I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
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I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
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Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#2is it not basically just an iPhone? (I have not had a mac since the classic mac)
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#3is it not basically just an iPhone? (I have not had a mac since the classic mac)
Pretty much yeah - it shares the same chip as the iPhone so you're not wrong. Biggest difference is it runs desktop apps (when it feels like it) and has a keyboard, but the DNA is the same.
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#4https://web.archive.org/web/20260325183607/https://alexandma...
(archive because the site is down for me)
Summary: It's not as good as my old Thinkpad running Arch
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#5is it not basically just an iPhone? (I have not had a mac since the classic mac)
I think this is a play to get more into schools and businesses.
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#6I don't understand why installing 47 distros and it surviving two operating systems they didn't mean to install has anything to do with the hardware.
It seems like the main complaint is that it is slow. I am not sure what all the other bits are about.
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#7I saw a post on a subreddit earlier where someone was considering getting rid of their 2019 Macbook Pro with an i9 and 32GB of ram, and so many of the comments were egging the poster on and saying it was an upgrade.
Terrible idea. It's cool that Apple are entering the budget space, but the hype around the Neo is nuts.
edit: found it https://old.reddit.com/r/macbookpro/comments/1s2tdrm/is_the_...
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#8I wonder if the target market for this thing is like my aged parents who basically use their phones for everything, even when it's obviously a painful experience, but they don't want a full-blown computer.
Kind of like a more intentional version of an ipad w/keyboard? I'm not sure I fully understand what the diff is between ipad w/keyboard and the Neo.. price, I suppose.
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#9> i paid $599 for this disappointment. the thinkpad cost me $180 on ebay like seven years ago and i think it’s mocking me now.
The guy is comparing a $200 ebay thinkpad with linux compared to a macbook with a modern operating system.
They're not the target demographic, I can tell you right now schools and (non-tech) parent's aren't going to buy their kids ebay laptops with linux on them.
You might as well say the neo sucks because a 6 year old m1 ebay macbok is a better deal. It's apples to oranges.
Re: I bought the MacBook Neo and it sucks
#10It really must suck if it doesn't even come with a shift key.