This model is absolutely short-circuiting the brains of the Apple haters. It upends everything they’ve been complaining about for a decade; all the same arguments that had merit 10 years ago but were mostly resolved 5 years ago (meanwhile, little said about the things Apple currently is terrible about.)

This laptop is:

• cheap
• repairable
• runs a full os

It is not:

• upgradable, but what laptop is these days.

Seriously, it address three of the biggest complaints against Apple historically, and we’re supposed to be mad the phone doesn’t runs desktop OS? Was under the impression the phone didn’t run a full OS because of technical limitations?

Apple could’ve launched a $599 laptop that ran iPadOS, but they didn’t and yet there’s still complaints.

upgradable, but what laptop is these days?

Oh, you poor ignorant fanboy…

Fair enough, enthusiast laptops do. I can’t think of a sub $1,000 mainstream consumer laptop that is.

Pretty much every machine I’ve had open has upgradable ram. Unless the machine is the absolute thinnest of ultrabooks, the Ram has been easily removed, replaced and upgraded.

It doesn’t matter really what laptops you’ve owned, what matters is the landscape of new models.

Pretty much every car I’ve owned is gas powered, but we agree the future of most cars is electric.