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Posted by wonderwonders
 - Today at 19:45:48
QuoteIn the end, it is quite clear that the MacBook Neo's small battery is a purely cost-cutting measure.

Maybe Apple decided to play it safe and opted for a smaller battery to further increase value of Air version. Neo is good but not too good and that's by design.
Posted by opckieran
 - Yesterday at 02:09:57
I wasn't aware this was such a defecit in battery life for this price segment? It really doesn't seem that bad.
Posted by kb
 - March 10, 2026, 19:47:37
What a strange mistake - another 10 or 20Wh would amount to something like $10 or $20 on a per unit basis. Whatever you think about 8gb of RAM, that was pretty clearly necessary to hit the price point, but battery is an easy feature to provide cheaply if weight and bulk are secondary and you're working with an efficient SoC like the A18.
Posted by Redaktion
 - March 10, 2026, 19:05:11
The initial batch of Apple MacBook Neo reviews is now online, revealing a big compromise that Apple has had to make to keep the price down. More specifically, the battery life of the MacBook Neo might disappoint some fans, as it gets handily beaten by the MacBook Air 13.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Major-weakness-Apple-MacBook-Neo-battery-life-suffers-from-excessive-cost-cutting.1246942.0.html