MacBook Neo

This is a slam dunk for people who need an iPad but want to run a real desktop OS. Perfect for small kids and students. It’s not designed to be docked to a monitor or high end peripherals. It’s meant for light productivity and entertainment on the couch or at a kitchen table. Perfect for non pro hom

whatever you think of tim cook’s strategy, the people at apple really cooked with the neo

I'm not an Apple fan, but I like this news because it lights a fire under Microsoft's ass. They've been slowly destroying the Windows ecosystem and consumer trust for years. Neo doing well is a big threat, because it's in a perfect position for educational adoption and that's how you hook your next

The new MacBook Neo is equipped with two USB-C ports, but they are not the same. The left USB-C port supports USB 3 speeds of up to 10 Gb/s, while the right USB-C port closer to the trackpad is limited to USB 2 speeds of just 480 Mb/s. As a result, Apple says external display connectivity is support

The Macbook Neo was a masterstroke by Apple. They’ll cannibalize the low-cost laptop market. There aren’t any laptops that can compete with it at its price point.

suggesting that customers are upgrading to the ‌MacBook Neo‌ and the M5 ‌MacBook Air‌, rather than the new MacBook Pro models with the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. I'm expecting the Neo will actually cannibalize sales of other Macs, as Apple customers had no other device to choose from until now. Those who

Up until Tahoe, I felt every version of macOS made my Macs feel snappier and have features I wanted For me the green line was steady up and then dropped off a cliff But with the Neo, it's gonna come back around. 8gb is going to have apple refining their os to run better and hopefully Tahoe will be a

I hated having to go through the process of pissing on my Mac to yellow the keys so I’m really glad Apple finally changed this with the citrus Neo!

It’s a great student laptop at $499 with the education discount it makes more sense for parents to buy than an iPad. It’s Apple’s New Education Option (NEO) after all.

It's just the price and segment. 8GB on a MacBook Pro (which, in 2024, had a starting price of $1,599 despite having only 8GB of RAM) is horrible, and was never OK. 8GB on a MacBook Neo (which, in 2026 has a starting price of just $599) is perfectly fine. 24GB should be the minimum in 2026 (for a pr