Sure, a poweruser can bring their own ram/ssd. But again they pay almost as much and have a worse system performance wise.

Normal users don't profit from anything you listed. They do have to buy a notebook with all components, and thus currently have to pay more for linux/windows hardware compared to Apple.

Also, RAM isn't backwards compatiple. Literally had this problem with my old ddr4 not fitting in the newer ddr5 slots when my ddr5 acted up.

> Normal users don't profit from anything you listed.

They can get their technical friends to set up a laptop for them and profit from what I mentioned.

> They do have to buy a notebook with all components

Sure, first time they do that, then they can reuse.

> and thus currently have to pay more for linux/windows hardware compared to Apple.

Sure, first time they do that. If they try framework, there are plenty of other cheaper options with pretty good specs.

> Also, RAM isn't backwards compatiple. Literally had this problem with my old ddr4 not fitting in the newer ddr5 slots when my ddr5 acted up.

Of course... but once you have something with ddr5 it should last you a long time, same as DDR4 did.

Now... you missed another point, some people just don't like or want MacOS, as nice as hardware might be, it's not acceptable software wise.

As for normal people, they'll just buy whatever is cheapest. If they even bother since phones/tables have already taken over.

I'm not sure laptops will have a market other then power users going forward...