MacBook Neo Teardown, Neo and Apple Creator Studio, Neo Revenue Potential, Apple’s New Instagram Play
Happy Thursday. We will cover four topics in today’s update to compensate for the lack of an update on Monday. There’s much to discuss, so let’s jump right in.
MacBook Neo Teardown
With MacBook Neo now available for sale, we are getting the first teardowns. While the results are surprising some people, those who have been monitoring where Apple has been going from a device repairability standpoint may not be as caught off guard.
Tech Re-Nu disassembled a Neo in just six minutes which they said was “amazing” for an Apple laptop (the video is available here). Here’s their full comment after finishing the teardown:
“I can't say we've ever had a Mac that looks as repairable and as modular as this one. No sticky tape, no tricky adhesives, modular parts, minimal parts as well, no hinge covers or anything like that. It's just super straightforward, elegant design. Apple have kept the costs down. They've got some simplicity up and that's just meant a really repairable, very easy to open laptop. So, we look forward to working on these devices in the future.”
The primary takeaway found with Neo possessing stellar repairability is that
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