Comment on Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 hours agoyou have to spend $270 on a keyboard/trackpad regardless
That’s Apple tax, not manufacturing cost. MacBook replacement keyboards sell for 10 dollars on Aliexpress.
Zangoose@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
That’s great but hardware doesn’t exist in a vacuum. With an ecosystem as locked-down as an iPad’s you can’t just ignore the software. It’s not like you’ll ever be able to uninstall it because it’s intentionally locked down, unlike a macbook which allows installing apps and even modifying the bootloader to boot into a different OS.