One of the cool things about the MacBook Neo is that it’s designed so the user can repair it if needed. You can order parts online and use Apple’s manuals to, say, replace a broken trackpad. But as it turns out, Apple doesn’t require you to buy the same-colored parts as your MacBook Neo. You could, for example, buy a Citrus trackpad for your Indigo Neo or mix-and-match keycaps to create a multi-colored rainbow MacBook Neo.
That’s exactly what Antonio G. Di Benedetto did at The Verge. After purchasing an Indigo MacBook Neo, he went to the Self Service Repair Store, bought parts of different colors, and used those parts to replace some of the Indigo-colored ones on the Neo. The result is a laptop with multiple splashes of color.
More important than the results, however, is the insight into how easy it is to replace parts on the MacBook Neo. It was relatively easy for Di Benedetto; replacing the trackpad, USB-C ports, and the bottom case went smoothly, but the trouble began when replacing the keycaps. Di Benedetto neglected to buy the tools from Apple needed to do this, so he used his own and ended up damaging some of the keycaps. The takeaway here if if you need to repair your Neo and you want to do it yourself, be sure to double-check for any necessary tools you’ll need on the Repair Store website.
