MacBook Neo Teardown Reveals It's the Most Repairable Apple Laptop in Ages

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and PalmPilots. He drinks a lot of coffee in Seattle.

A MacBook Neo teardown has revealed an internal Apple surprise: The new budget laptop is actually easy to get into.

For several generations, the company's laptops have been designed as sealed vaults that house a processor, memory, storage and other electronics. And when I say "sealed," I mean it: Opening one up often involves using a heat gun to soften stretches of glue and adhesive strips.

That's all great for creating a solid aluminum laptop that won't split when you look at it sideways, but it is an ongoing source of frustration for non-Apple ...