Ah. Now I have context. You think that every windows laptop out there is like your X1? Pop a few screws and away you go? Not everyone out there could afford to buy an X1. Most get stuck buying something like a bog standard HP 14-XXXXXXXX series, all of them having plastic back covers that requires a sharp plastic prying tool to open the cover, which a standard iphone repair kit usually provide.
But of course, they not having the cash to buy an X1 is their fault right? I mean, us "neighbour" guys are a bunch of no good pirates anyway to Mister "I use an X1E" like you anyway.
Nope, not every laptop is X1. And even though X1 is way less expensive then MBP, I'm well aware that not everyone can afford something like X1. But it's not just the matter of price, not everyone NEEDS something like X1.
But your context is something like this: "cheap HP laptop"
I get it, their cheap laptops are bad. From my experience with HP, every laptop they make is bad when compared to competition.
But HP is just one of the brands. Lets look at Dell. They have cheap options, and they have expensive laptops. But thru the whole lineup upgrading is really easy. For Lenovo it's super easy, it doesn't matter if it's 700$ or 2000$ laptop. Acer and Asus from my limited experience = easy upgrades.
So for most of laptops, be it cheap or expensive, upgrades are easy. You're sticking with HP, but how about MS? They are almost as bad as Apple when it comes to upgrades. Possible in most products, but you have to be handy to upgrade.
But more then 90% are easily upgradeable.
So 'mister who uses a X1E' understands that not everyone can afford one. Especially because that 'mister' comes from, and lives in a rather poor country. So believe me, I probably understand that better then 99% of people in this forum. But that 'mister' also understands that not everyone needs something like MBP or X1E. And he also understands that HP = sole laptop manufacturer out there.
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