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I don't understand what's so configurable about this laptop. All you can choose is the expansion cards which control what ports you get, which is useless.

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Before Ultrabooks this kind of upgradability was the norm, even the CPU was socketed.

These days you can't even change the battery on most laptops.

You should look at the Linus tech tips review. The components inside are all clearly marked and easy to upgrade. Even the screen has an easily removable bezel.

You can buy it without RAM, without storage, without WiFi card, and without OS and sort out all those things yourself. It's still a laptop with all that entails, but everything that was reasonable to make configurable or swappable -- they did it.

Do you actually save money if you buy all those components yourself? With all the shortages and issues it is a real nightmare sourcing inexpensive components these days. Unless you're at a huge scale and have contracts with the component manufacturers, or you've been hoarding a supply of parts from years ago... I bet it's going to be cheaper to tick a box when ordering vs. buying the same stuff from newegg, etc.

Yes, even if only because you can choose something lower-spec'd than they offer, they're certainly not ripping anyone off (like any other manufacturer does!) vs. buying the same elsewhere. I checked Amazon & Scan at my time of pre-order (UK) and decided to go for it just for the.. 'thrill' of it. (Suppose I can/should check again nearer the time.)

Doesn't any laptop already allow this?

What laptop do you know of that allows this?

Anything Dell makes allows you to choose components and OS.

To be fair I haven't purchased a laptop since 2010.

> All you can choose is the expansion cards which control what ports you get, which is useless.

Given the number of people who argue about which ports are the right ones I think it's quite a nice feature.

The usb c ports have recesses for standardised dongles, that's mostly it.

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