Longer-lasting laptops: the modular hardware you can upgrade and repair yourself
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Please bring back swappable laptop batteries.
This is the new Dynabook Portégé Z40L-N, and it’s not quite what I’m asking for — while it does unusually have its own dedicated compartment, this 56Wh battery is more user-serviceable than swappable. Some other laptops offer that too. But what if you could carry a second battery with you, charge it outside of the laptop (maybe integrated USB-C), then toollessly swap at a moment’s notice?
Or are external batteries just better for that now?
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