Why couldn't they just've called it Macbook, instead of Macbook Neo?
The MacBook Neo
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Re: The MacBook Neo
#832Why couldn't they just've called it Macbook, instead of Macbook Neo?
Because it's the new Macbook.
Re: The MacBook Neo
#833Re: The MacBook Neo
#834Just imagine what Apple would do to the market if they also offered a full Linux support, but not Windows... They'd probably own some 70% of Linux market outright and also double its overall size overnight.
You really overestimate how many people care about Linux …
Do I? What in my comment suggests that?
Re: The MacBook Neo
#835Windows reputation is declining, so the operating system might be the actual crisis. Linux with modern desktops (e.g. Gnome 3) might fill the gap, but the market is far from broad adoption. Promoting and improving Linux desktop and apps would be a long endeavour, but betting only on Windows which degrades to a cloud and AI advertising surface might be fatal.
There is no way all these corporations will change their infrastructure. Nearly impossible.
OTOH, client Windows is the smallest and least important building block in it. Microsoft is helpfully also setting all their native apps on fire too and replacing them with webslop that runs equally poorly on MacOS, ChromeOS and Linux as it does on Windows 11, so the biggest concern is (A)AD integration and centralized management… and all three are decently manageable these days. If Microsoft didn't throw in the Windows licenses for free, more orgs would already be looking at ditching Windows 11, and if it keeps getting worse, even that won't look like a good deal any more.
Re: The MacBook Neo
#836Why couldn't they just've called it Macbook, instead of Macbook Neo?
To stop comparison to the old 12” 1 port MacBook?
If you were to align the MacBook line with iPhone line logically this would be an ‘e’ class device, the Air would just become the MacBook, pro remains pro, and there would be a nice gap for a new ultra light MacBook Air, a modern Apple silicon version of the 12” MacBook - expensive, small and fast, analogous to iPhone Air.
Also new names are fun. This name is a fun name. Nice to see some playfulness from Apple.
Re: The MacBook Neo
#837I'm curious but could not find any information if virtualization is possible on the Neo. Not that 8GB is that promising to start with, but running a slimmed down VM has its uses.
likewise - surprised someone hasn't tried to run docker on it yet and reported success/failure.
Re: The MacBook Neo
#838Why couldn't they just've called it Macbook, instead of Macbook Neo?
It might be helpful to have a modifier on all the models. It's a bit awkward (not that the naming geniuses at Apple have ever cared about how awkward it's to talk about their products, witness "Apple Watch Edition" and Max Macs) to talk about iPads, because one of them lacks a modifier. "Which iPad" "The iPad iPad", etc.
Re: The MacBook Neo
#839Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why? Like many people I don't do serious work on my laptop. It is used for Web browsing, email, and to SSH into other machines. A simple, affordable, but well built machine like the Neo would be ideal for this, on the condition that I can run Linux on it. I currently use an aging XPS in that capacity and the Neo would be quite compelling as a substitute.
your average neo buyer doesn't know what ssh is and would probably like media apps ranging from capcut to lightroom.
Not sure that’s true in general, but the comparison here is between Linux and macOS. And I believe that for the set of users contemplating Linux, GP is largely correct.
Re: The MacBook Neo
#840> A decade ago, Apple began switching from trackpads with mechanical clicking mechanisms to Magic Trackpads, where clicks are simulated via haptic feedback (in Apple’s parlance, the Taptic Engine).... The Neo’s trackpad is mechanical. It actually clicks, even when the machine is powered off. I wonder if the real clicks on mechanical trackpad will actually feel better than the simulated clicks on the Magic Trackpad.
Why do you need to wonder about this? We've had mechanical trackpads for ages to compare them to. They feel worse. Getting even click pressure across a large surface is nearly impossible.
I used to have a 2011 MBP and a M1 air at the same time. I actually preferred the mechanical trackpad of the MBP. Unfortunately that laptop died.