MacBook Neo: Apple launches new compact MacBook starting at $599

[Redaktion]

Apple has released a new compact MacBook, almost eight years after discontinuing the 12-inch MacBook. Larger and heavier than its spiritual predecessor, the MacBook Neo makes various compromises to hit a $599 starting price.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/MacBook-Neo-Apple-launches-new-compact-MacBook-starting-at-599.1242488.0.html

[Boo]

and weighing 1.23 kg

For 13 inch this is too heavy. Sub 2 lb would have been nice/expected.

Both memory configurations ship with 8 GB of unified memory

Only 8 GB RAM? Boooo

[Julian M]

It's funny how they insisted on an aluminum enclosure and glass display - it's supposed to be cheap, it should be super light and sturdy instead of elegant and heavy(ier).

The design doesn't match the abyssmal specs, the A18 Pro with only 8 GB of RAM is for a tablet, not a notebook - performance will be trash once you have 5 tabs opened in the browser, it won't play games unless it's iOS ones, and the life span of this thing is limited and short by design.

Overall, cute design, but a terrible purchase: if you want a cheap Mac, get a MBA when it's on sale.

[Benedict Chen Luashfui Li]

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[RobertJasiek]

Overall, cute design, but a terrible purchase: if you want a cheap Mac, get a MBA when it's on sale.

Something in this direction is our tech enthusiast thinking but how about children or elderly people, who just want some Mac and do not care for specifications (and do not even appreciate the absence of the notch)? Does it have a good enough price and is it good enough for them?

[Julian M]

Something in this direction is our tech enthusiast thinking but how about children or elderly people, who just want some Mac and do not care for specifications (and do not even appreciate the absence of the notch)? Does it have a good enough price and is it good enough for them?

I can appreciate the need for a cheap device that handles the base stuff well enough without overdone specs - but this thing is a tablet with an attached keyboard, it has no upgrade path and is essentially e-waste waiting to happen when it stops working/gets unbearably slow.

The impressive detail is that runs MacOS and not iPadOS, actual performance remains to be seen in real-world usage that isn't limited to synthetic benchmarks (which say the chip is plenty fast, but an iPhone/iPad chip isn't meant to be used quite the same way as a notebook).

[anoop]

Would like to see results on FRC/temporal dithering.  Aside from that, this seems like it will have very poor performance given the small amount of low speed RAM.