Dell Inspiron 16 Laptop: 16" 1920x1200, Ryzen 7 7730U, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD Expired

All laptops, even the metal ones, the hinge will break if the laptop is not opened from the center every time. Nowadays, if you open any laptop from the corner it puts too much tension on the back cover and the hinge, which will cause the back or palmrest to snap. It's a metal screw into plastic basically so what do you think will happen. Every metal laptop still has plastic glued to the inside where the hinge is attached. So, a metal laptop is just metal on the outside but plastic inside where everything is attached. Everyone wants a light weight laptops so this is what you get now.

Same as USB-C ports which are horrible and go bad after a year and a half if used for power. That's why almost every laptop has two because the companies know they fail but people want them. A power jack which usually is a jack and cable can be easily replaced but USB-C ports are soldered on the motherboard so when they go bad, the motherboard will need to be replaced, unless you know anyone that will solder new USB-C ports on, which is not easy to find.

I have seen less than 1% of laptops when the USB-C ports are on a daughter board but until that happens I wouldn't go with USB-C as the power jack. Good example, MacBook Air - USB-C is easy to replace but the expensive MacBook Pro is soldered on the motherboard. I just saw a Dell Latitude where the USB-C ports were on a daughter board but not a common thing yet and until it's more common I would stay away from USB-C ports used for power.

@Satellite779 out here doing Gods work spreading the gospel about these hinges on every deal post.

I really want to buy one (to use Amex Platinum credits), but probably won't due to Inspiron hinges being prone to breaking off: https://www.dell.com/community/en...a8dee106d7