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Laptop Design For Disassembly

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-disassemble-stephanie dept.

retroworks writes "Stanford and Finland are cooperating on a project to make a 'modular' laptop which can be more easily disassembled and upgraded, and eventually recycled. Video presentation by smarterplanet.com is a sober answer to the Jaime Guittierez 'Clean the Fan' video."

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  1. cheapest is the top priority for laptop makers by optikos · · Score: 3, Informative

    until at the premium-model level

  2. Clueless high-school optimism by Confused · · Score: 3, Informative

    What a piece of clueless high-school optimism this project is.

    They wrap the innards of a netbook into the a casing regular size casing. Look at the space wasted on the fastenings for the screen bezel and the additional thickness added by all those thick plastic sheets between motherboard and keycaps. With that much space and weight wasted, at least they could have gone on the full eco-trip and made the casing out of cardboard or recycled wood. They totally miss the main selling point of a laptop: Small and light.

    At least the project leadress was blond and pleasant to look at. But to improve the video, they should have cut the scenes where the geek or the invention appeared.

    To sum it up: rather worthless - except for blondie if one is attracted to the type.