Seems like landfill fodder with the memory at 8gb.
MacBook Neo
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#192i didn't even know usbc2 ports were a thing
The USB-C ports are unbalanced. Should have one on the left and right, not side by side.
Unbalanced USB-C ports has become a common bad design in the laptop industry.
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#193More affordable Mac, there is nothing wrong with it. But the only issue in school is the rick kid's parent will get them Macbook Pro or even Macbook Air, and the poor kids will get Macbook Neo... I'm sure the kid will not feel great about having Neo while her friend have Pro version.
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#194Interesting.
It's been a while since we've had excitement at the "cheap and cheerful" end of the spectrum.
Anyone remember the initial Eee PC... and the problems it created for MSFT during the Vista transition?
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#195Interesting that it's the same weight, less wide and less tall than the Air model, though it is a bit thicker. Seems like an amazing entry-level offer for kids and students. But to be honest for myself I also don't really much added value of an Air or Pro anymore. I think the memory of 8gb is the biggest limit for a device you want to use another 6-8 years, except for the most casual of users. Those who have multiple…
I think 90% of people will be fine with just an iPad. Some will need a small bump for laptop OS but not necessarily the specs which is where the Neo comes in, then the Air is for medium workflows and Pro is for if you do anything long running and intensive. It's quite a good ladder actually small steps that just add what each tier needs.
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#196What on earth, at least they could have provided 16gb as base RAM. 8gb RAM in 2026 - what on earth were they thinking.
You would be shocked to learn that HP is able to sell plenty of $500 Chromebooks with 8GB of RAM.
Re: MacBook Neo
#197I think this has no virtualisation instructions right? Since AFAIK, those are restricted to the Mx series. Of course the 8GB of RAM is also limiting for running any kind of VM, but this notebooks are almost exactly what I was looking for, except for the 8GB of memory.
I think they very intentionally assume folks are not running VMs or doing much more than "every day" tasks. Given the pre-packaged E-Waste sold at most retailers for a similar price (or more) I think this is a really fantastic market move by Apple. This is doubly true as I read weirder and weirder things that Microsoft is doing with respect to Windows 12 and, well, in general.
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#198Looks like they're using some new variant of branding font for this. Inspect Element shows it as SF Pro Display, but it's actually just being masked over with an image
https://www.apple.com/v/macbook-neo/a/images/overview/welcom...
Also, why not just MacBook? Wasn't that historically the base-level laptop name?
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#199Would definitely consider for my next laptop. What’s the best solution for “Mac Subsystem for Linux”?
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#200How will the A chip fare for LLM-based use cases, compared the M series?
And will we have software compatibility issues because of A versus M issues?