alt Hacker NewsAside from this probably being a scam or dead project, but they do say they either remove or disable batteries. Either way battery can be removed.
> - Repairing old failed laptop components is more difficult than old servers.
I think "run it until it's dead" kind of thing.
Sure that can work for individuals and small groups with physical separate high availability. It maybe faster and simpler to find another replacement, but I'm thinking about it from a permaculture perspective of sometimes old parts inventory exist somewhere for cheap or it's only a small broken component that could be fixed to avoid unnecessary e-waste contributions and spending more money on consumption to fix a problem.
Typical enterprise server lifecycle is 4-6 years purposefully throws away uncertain remaining potential value because budgets needs to be spent, risk aversion to repairing what's considered "outdated", and possibly acquiring faster and more energy-efficiency equipment. I would guess it's about the same lifecycle length for enterprise and personal laptops too.