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Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by ForceBru »

mattfrommars wrote: post #166

More 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.

Apple: here's an affordable laptop. This comment: but the poor kids are going to feel inferior to the rich kids with this affordable laptop! Of course the poor kids are going to get cheaper & slower computers, cheaper clothes, etc. And they won't feel great about it because being poor isn't great.

But now they'll have more options! If they like Apple, they'll have a (likely pretty good) Apple laptop! It's great! I think a more affordable Mac is _good_ (at least better than no affordable Mac) and will make the poor kids happier.

Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by SirMaster »

r0fl wrote: post #6

"Education customers can purchase it for $499." That is insane pricing for a brand new apple product. They will sell so many of these!

I'd rather go for a Refurb M1 Air with 8/256 and TouchID which go for $300-350...

Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by kraig911 »

I want one for all my kids. I love it. I just wish it had more ram. Personally though this direction is good. I wish now apple would add some sort of AI to it's icloud offering that these computers could use that wasn't necessarily 'local'

Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by mvkel »

It's strange that the low-end machines get positioned as "every day task" devices when the biggest ram hogs by far are browsers and websites.

Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by post-it »

oybng wrote: post #183

Given how incredibly bloated OSX is now and that everything else is CEF, how can they possibly justify 8gb of ram? Even my ancient w7 box has 64gb

Mac manages memory significantly better than Windows. My 8 GB Air feels better at multitasking than my 20 GB Windows laptop.

Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by paxys »

With every new device Apple releases the split between iPadOS and macOS gets more awkward.

Makes no sense for a $1500 "Pro" iPad to have desktop-class RAM, storage, an M5 chip, and be stuck with a Fisher Price OS, while this one has the equivalent specs of last year's iPhone and gets the full power of macOS. Just unify the two already.

Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by SirMaster »

zitterbewegung wrote: post #47

It's interesting that to get to the price point of $499 (edu) or $599 that what Apple did was - No touchID on the base model - 8GB of RAM - USB 3 and the second port is USB 2 - No MagSafe. But, you can still get a 512 gb of SSD and it adds the TouchID sensor back. For education the upgrade may actually make sense.

Feels like a refurb M1 Air is a much better deal.

8/256, TouchID, Magsafe, USB3 all for $300-350 currently.

Re: MacBook Neo

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Post by hakube »

I think this is a very niche product or a potential Chromebook competitor. This is good enough for students and kids.
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