I customized a MacBook Neo with colorful spare parts
Jun 05, 2026
Indigo, citrus, and a touch of blush. It’s a Neo cocktail. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge
The MacBook Neo is Apple's cheapest laptop, its most colorful, and its easiest to repair in years. That means owners can buy replacement parts in all four of its available colors and swa
p them in on their own. So that got us thinking: What if we bought a Neo just to see how funky we could make it look with official parts?
I ordered an indigo Neo to tinker with, and some spare parts from Apple's self-service site.
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I opted for a replacement trackpad and bottom case in blush, and USB-C ports and keycaps in citrus. My goal was to make it as mishmash-y as possible without changing out more labo …
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