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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by GekkePrutser on Friday September 24, 2021 @05:51PM (#28648227)
They could manage it in a $80 keyboard when that tech was new and probably more expensive, I'd think they could do it in a $1500 laptop :)

And a hole with a plastic insert would be fine for me too. It wouldn't be as minimalist but not doing it at all is much worse IMO.

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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by Groxx on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:55PM (#28649091)
Membrane keyboards are so incredibly common and simple to make that I'd be willing to bet they make dramatically more profit on that keyboard than on a $1500 laptop (proportional to price). Even after accounting for all the wasted R&D and refunds and repairs spent denying problems with their butterfly mechanism.

So kinda yes... but also kinda no, I don't think that really supports a claim that it's cheap enough to do everywhere.

But yeah, I'd totally be fine with an LED glued into a hole. The indicator is the important part, and it's a shame that it's gone.

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