I think you are asking for tradeoffs in hardware that don't exist. A user repairable laptop necessarily has to have screws, wide bezels, visible hinges, and a s

I think you are asking for tradeoffs in hardware that don't exist. A user repairable laptop necessarily has to have screws, wide bezels, visible hinges, and a somewhat thick body, which prevents it from having Apple product's clean and thin look. But there is a audience for that. Lots of people like that look, just as many people like the exposed brick aesthetic. In terms of software UI and cleanliness, it's unlikely anything can happen till Framework is a many billion dollar company that can hire hundreds/thousands of SWEs to fix linux. That's what Apple does and succeeds (and Microsoft does and fails).