DIY motherboard market for laptops

Hardware makers are beginning to sell laptop motherboards and designer chassis separately, creating a small consumer market for DIY upgrades and board swaps rather than whole‑device replacement. This shifts value from sealed products to modular components and creates new secondary markets for spare boards, repair services, and longer device lifecycles. — If it scales, a board‑level DIY market could reshape e‑waste economics, consumer bargaining power, and how firms design lifecycle and support policies.