I think that this is a really impressive launch price of the new cheaper MacBook.
Generally the retailers seem to be a bit cheaper than the edu store price so this could be even cheaper soon.
I'm looking forward to seeing more information about this as the value seems insane. Even though it's 8gb ram.
It’s a really weird product.
I think they’ll sell heaps but they’re far less economical than a Chromebook.
Noel Leeming will be ecstatic to push their insurance on them I bet
Probably makes more sense in the US where iPhone is like 90% marketshare for youth. Chromebook's are one of the few ways kids actually use something outside the Apple ecosystem, so Apple would love to disrupt that!
I literally just heard about these. For every day users this feels like a far better option in terms of processing power and battery life than a comparable priced Intel laptop. The Intel ones will more than likely be plastic and aluminium is harder wearing in my opinion, and never give battery life like the ARM ones. And presuming it's a standard apple track pad, no intel based laptop at this price point has ever had a trackpad of this quality. The ability to virtually never needing a mouse, and a very light power supply is super convenient.
But is it cost effective for kids, not so sure. Older Students and every day users? Yeah, but chromebook welding school kids? I dont think so.
Unless you need specific Intel based windows software most people would probably find these a beast of machine.
The trackpad in these are supposedly using actual clicks instead of the taptic engine found on the other macbooks.
But from what I can see Apple's will likely still be better.
Overall seems like a solid setup, For under 1k from the EDU store you really can't get much better, and I doubt there are any windows laptop that will compare as an overall package.
From what I can see a m1 macbook air is about the same performance that the neo will get which is plenty for most basic users. It will be an option for those that use additional light desktop apps but don't want a cheap windows laptop or an expensive chromebook.
its uses Apple A18 Pro chip same cpu used in iphone 16 + 8gb ram
so i guess it will preform as good as the iphone 16?
so the performance is greater than m1 from what ive seen.
no info on the resolution on the site but macrumors has more specs comparing to m5 air.
Anyone know if the storage is user upgradable? I'm guessing it's not, but it would be nice to be able to get the 256GB option now and upgrade later if needed.
When I clicked the link - there's a 512GB option, $200 more than the 256GB model.
Its all soldered now with macbooks.
![[Pre-Order] MacBook Neo from $979 Delivered (Available from March 11th) @ Apple Edu](https://files.cheapies.nz/n/57/55057.jpg?h=d3dd98ef)
8gb ram is cropping up more now due to crazy ram prices. My ram kit I bought last year is now double what I paid.