My nephew just graduated high school, and wants a laptop. When he decides what computer to buy, price (or more precisely, value) is the most important attribute.
Apple's MacBook Neo upended the 'value laptop' equation—Apple's not supposed to be both the cheapest option and the best value... but it seems like that's squarely where the Neo landed for the good-but-cheap laptop category.
My nephew is also my godson, and to kick off his computing journey, I thought I'd let him choose from a Framework 12 I bought to test, or the MacBook Neo I bought a couple months ago to use around the studio.
Not only upgradeability, but repairability, being able to swap components, and the general open nature of the hardware.
Less e-waste and Linux compatibility are nice, as well.
I agree, in my mind repairability is implied by the ability to upgrade but that isn’t always the case.
These have both.