https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/05/lenovo_pc_boss_4_in/ # # Sign in / up The Register(r) -- Biting the hand that feeds IT # # # Topics Security Security All SecurityCyber-crimePatchesResearchCSO (X) Off-Prem Off-Prem All Off-PremEdge + IoTChannelPaaS + IaaSSaaS (X) On-Prem On-Prem All On-PremSystemsStorageNetworksHPCPersonal TechCxOPublic Sector (X) Software Software All SoftwareAI + MLApplicationsDatabasesDevOpsOSesVirtualization (X) Offbeat Offbeat All OffbeatDebatesColumnistsScienceGeek's GuideBOFHLegalBootnotesSite NewsAbout Us (X) Special Features Special Features All Special Features Cloud Infrastructure Week Cybersecurity Month Blackhat and DEF CON Sysadmin Month The Reg in Space Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week Spotlight on RSA Energy Efficient Datacenters Vendor Voice Vendor Voice Vendor Voice All Vendor VoiceAmazon Web Services (AWS) Business TransformationDDN Google Cloud Data TransformationGoogle Cloud for StartupsGoogle Cloud InfrastructureGoogle WorkspaceHewlett Packard Enterprise: AI & ML solutionsHewlett Packard Enterprise: Edge-to-Cloud PlatformIntel vPro VMware (X) Resources Resources Whitepapers Webinars & Events Newsletters [personalte] Personal Tech 10 comment bubble on white Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025 10 comment bubble on white And the repair parts will be repairable too. Batteries, SSDs and more will no longer be sealed into casing icon Paul Kunert Thu 5 Oct 2023 // 13:45 UTC # Canalys EMEA Forum Lenovo is forecasting that the vast majority of its devices will be repairable by 2025 - as will the repair parts themselves - but it is not intending to specify where customers should have their kit fixed. Talking on stage at the Canalys EMEA Forum 2023, Luca Rossi, senior vice resident at Lenovo and president of its Intelligent Devices Group, said the company has committed to a net zero emission policy by 2050, and analyzing the components used in its hardware is part of the equation. smashed screen Europe's right-to-repair law asks hardware makers for fixes for up to 10 years READ MORE "On repairability, we have a plan that by 2025 more than 80 percent of the repair parts will be repaired again so that they they enter into the circular economy to reduce the impact to the environment." He added: "More than 80 percent of our devices will be able to be repaired at the customer, by the customer or by the channel and we are enabling this with a design for serviceability kind of approach." This means that "batteries, SSD, many things, will not any longer be sealed into the product but will be available for the customer to be to repaired on site and then save a lot of waste." [personalte] The world's largest PC maker doesn't have a terrible reputation in terms of the ease at which its gadgets can be mended, unlike Apple. The ThinkPad T14 Gen 3, for example, was assigned a fixability score of 7 out of 10 by Fixit; and the Framework 13 got top marks. [personalte] [personalte] Lenovo and other vendors aren't going to make hardware easier to fix out of the goodness of their own hearts: the European Council last month started to update EU rules to ensure consumers are better informed about the lifespan and repairability of the tech devices they buy. The requirements should be finalized before June next year. * Right to repair advocates have a new opponent: Scientologists * We all scream for ice cream - so why are McDonald's machines always broken? * After years of fighting Right to Repair, Apple U-turns-ish in California * Logitech, iFixit to offer parts to stop folks binning their computer mouse * Chromebook expiration date, repair issues 'bad for people and planet' * New York gets right-to-repair law - after some industry-friendly repairs to the rules Similar right to repair movements are also happening stateside, including in California and New York. Yet won't easing repairability hit Lenovo in the pocket as consumers and businesses, in theory at least, get a simpler solution to keep their devices running for longer? Canalys CEO Steve Brazier put this question to Rossi on stage. "I think you cannot you cannot look at this in this way," he said, adding the future looks very rosy for tech companies. "There are so many opportunities that frankly thinking I'm not worried that we will damage our business by doing what is right for the planet. Not at all." 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