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- Wednesday March 04
- 05:00 pmApple Announces Low-Cost 'MacBook Neo' With A18 Pro Chip
Continuing its product launches this week, Apple today announced the "MacBook Neo," an all-new, low-cost Mac featuring the A18 Pro chip. It starts at $599 and begins shipping on Wednesday, March 11. MacRumors reports: The MacBook Neo is the first Mac to be powered by an iPhone chip; the A18 Pro debuted in 2024's iPhone 16 Pro models. Apple says it is up to 50% faster for everyday tasks than the bestselling PC with the latest shipping Intel Core Ultra 5, up to 3x faster for on-device AI workloads, and up to 2x faster for tasks like photo editing. The MacBook Neo features a 13-inch Liquid Retina display with a 2408-by-1506 resolution, 500 nits of brightness, and an anti-reflective coating. The display does not have a notch, instead featuring uniform, iPad-style bezels. It is available in Silver, Indigo, Blush, and Citrus color options. The colored finishes extend to the Magic Keyboard in lighter shades and come with matching wallpapers. It weighs 2.7 pounds. There are two USB-C ports. One is a USB-C 2 port with support for speeds up to 480 Mb/s and one is a USB-C 3 port with support for speeds up to 10 Gb/s. There is also a headphone jack. The MacBook Neo also offers a 16-hour battery life, 8GB of unified memory, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 6 connectivity, a 1080p front-facing camera, dual mics with directional beamforming, and dual side-firing speakers with Spatial Audio. Read more of this story at Slashdot.04:53 pmBudget speed: How fast will the low-cost MacBook Neo really be?
Apple's budget-focused MacBook Neo borrows the A18 Pro chip from an iPhone 16 Pro. Here's how the chip compares against other Apple Silicon Macs, and why it's actually a pretty smart thing for Apple to do.MacBook Neo has an A18 Pro chip borrowed from the iPhone 16 Pro MaxApple's launch of the new MacBook Neo is a fresh salvo into the value computer market, normally dominated by Windows notebooks and Chromebooks. The value end of the market meant Apple had to cut production costs.One of those cuts was the CPU. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums04:48 pmThe MacBook Neo is (probably) not for you, but that doesn't make it a failure
With the MacBook Neo, Apple has created a brand new MacBook not aimed at its usual fanbase, and is instead gunning for iPhone owners who haven't yet made the leap to Mac.The MacBook Neo name has some implicationsOn Wednesday, Apple announced the MacBook Neo, a budget-friendly, entry-level macOS machine. It's cute, has lower-end Mac specs, and, perhaps most importantly, it's priced to move.But I'd like to make it very, very clear to 75% of people reading this piece, and probably 90% of the AppleInsider reading cohort — the MacBook Neo is probably not for you. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums04:44 pmToday in Apple history: CFO Peter Oppenheimer retires from Apple
On March 4, 2014, Peter Oppenheimer, the Apple CFO who presided over a decade of skyrocketing growth, stepped down from the company. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)04:32 pmPSA: MacBook Neo, Intel Macs might not work with new Studio Displays
Apple’s new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR are now available for pre-order, but if you want to connect a MacBook Neo or Intel Mac, you may need to look elsewhere. more…04:29 pmPre-order deals: M5 MacBook Air and M5 Pro with up to $100 gift cards, up to $50 off new iPad Air, more | 9 to 5 MacPre-order deals: M5 MacBook Air and M5 Pro with up to $100 gift cards, up to $50 off new iPad Air, more
Apple has now unleashed the M5 Pro MacBook Pro, and M4 iPad Air go live at retail. We have uncovered some notable pre-order deals on all of it, including FREE $50 gift cards on the M5 MacBook Air, $100 gift cards on the M5 Pro MacBook Pro, and even a chance to save $50 on the new M4 iPad Air – you can score one as low as $249 with trade-ins. Those offers also join deals on a 1TB Mac mini, Apple Watch Ultra bands, and more down below. more…04:21 pmBest cases you can buy right now for iPhone 17e
When it comes to the best iPhone 17e cases, more will come out soon. But you should protect your handset now with one of these greats. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)04:19 pmApple’s MacBook Neo just made Chromebooks obsolete
Apple's MacBook Neo, isn't just another laptop — it's a calculated strike at the heart of the affordable computing market. This $599… The post appeared first on MacDailyNews.04:16 pmMacBook Neo has compromises, but not all of them will matter to you
Until now, the MacBook Air was the lowest-cost MacBook, and the new MacBook Neo is only cheaper because it drops certain features. Here's what you have to give up, large and small, and whether it's worth it.The new MacBook Neo is fractionally smaller than the MacBook AIrPerhaps the overriding issue over the MacBook Neo is whether it is powerful enough for what you need to do, and for most people, it will be. Yet to get a lower cost, there are key things that the MacBook Neo has to lack compared to the next model, the MacBook Air.The most visible of these is the screen — but then probably only if you put them side by side. Even though both models are said to have 13-inch screens, the MacBook Air's one is actually 13.6 inches. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums04:08 pmMacBook Neo is the second Mac to hit the $499 education price point
MacBook Neo has a competitive starting price of $599, and for education customers, the $100 discount means Apple now has two compelling Macs for just $499. more…04:00 pmNew Belkin 3-in-1 foldable charger gives your iPhone a full 25W [Review] ★★★★☆
The travel-friendly Belkin UltraCharge 3-in-1 Foldable Magnetic Charger quickly juices up an iPhone, AirPods and Apple Watch. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)03:54 pmHere are all the product videos Apple published this week
While Apple didn’t hold a traditional event for this week’s announcements, the company released its usual product ads and promo videos. Watch them all here. more…03:52 pmWe still love the M4 MacBook Air–especially now that it’s $300 off
Macworld Sure, there’s a new MacBook Air with the M5 chip, but that one’s not gonna be on sale for a long time. The M4 model that came out last year, however? Yep, you can get that one for $300 off. Amazon is selling the 15-inch model with 24GB of RAM and 512GB of storage for just $1,299, the best price we’ve ever seen for this configuration. So, the MacBook Air is easily one of our favorite laptops, so much so that we gave this model a perfect 5-star rating, as well as our Editors’ Choice award. We appreciated that you can hook it up to two external displays, as well as the performance boost over the previous model, and the 12MP Center Stage camera that’s gonna do wonders for you when you’re on video calls. The laptop can last a good 18 hours on a single charge, which means you’ll likely have no issue leaving home without your charger. And through it all, the 15.3-inch Liquid Retina Display is also going to deliver sharp visuals with gorgeous colors, which makes it ideal for content creation and streaming all the content you want. So hurry up and grab this 15-inch M4 MacBook Air for $1,299 before it’s gone forever. Buy now at Amazon03:44 pmThree new MacBooks were announced by Apple this week
Today marks three days straight of Apple product launches, with the MacBook Neo being the third new Mac to debut. Here are details on the three new MacBooks that have been announced. more…03:44 pmThe MacBook Neo showed me everything I know is a lie
Macworld There’s a famous scene in The Matrix just before Neo takes the red pill from Morpheus, where the latter is explaining what the Matrix is. He tells Neo that the world he lives in is a construct, and the red pill will disrupt the simulation and reveal the truth. Apple’s new MacBook Neo is the red pill. Had I not known the price before I picked one up, I would have guessed it cost at least $799 and possibly $999, depending on the specs. It doesn’t just disrupt that laptop landscape with a machine that has no right to exist in the budget market. It changes everything people think they know about Apple. Picking it up feels just as premium as a MacBook Air. The Neo is made of what feels like the same aluminum as Apple’s high-end laptop, although its array of colors—Citrus (yellow), Blush (pink), Indigo (dark blue), and silver—gives a playful vibe. But make no mistake, it’s built for serious work. The MacBook Neo could be a $999 MacBook Air.Michael Simon / Foundry For the first time since the iBook, the keyboard (which has the same bouncy Magic Keyboard feel as the Air) isn’t black, but they’re not totally white either. They have a tint that matches the case color when they catch the light, one of the premium touches that belies the $599 starting price. Open the screen on a table with one finger, and the body won’t lift up like so many plastic PCs and Chromebooks. Start typing, and your fingers will fly around the keys. Play a video and the side-firing speakers will immerse you in sound. Raise the brightness and the 13-inch Liquid Retina display will shine. Pinch the haptic trackpad, and it’ll feel like you’re using an iPhone. We’ll need to test the A18 Pro processor to see if it can withstand the pressures of a hard benchmarking session, but that’s not really going to matter for its target market. Neither will the 8GB of RAM or 256GB of storage. This is a machine built to defy conventions, to make people think they’re using a thousand-dollar laptop when, in fact, they only spent a fraction of that. The MacBook Neo looks and feels like a premium laptop.Michael Simon / Foundry Down the rabbit hole For as long as I’ve been using and writing about iPhones and MacBooks, there’s been a notion that Apple users are foolishly paying a tax to a company that charges extra because it can. Even as its competitors made thousand-dollar smartphones and all-aluminum laptops that cost just as much, Apple has never been able to shake the reputation that its users are blindly overpaying for pretty devices that don’t measure up. The MacBook Neo doesn’t just dispel that notion, it upends the entire philosophy that Apple is a brand for foolish rich people who don’t know better. I’m writing this on an M3 Max MacBook Pro and my mind is still back at the MacBook Neo table. There’s no turning back. When I walked over to the MacBook Pro table at the Apple experience, I had my pick of machines because no one else was there. They had all taken the red pill.03:30 pmThis heavily discounted Dyson vacuum packs a frickin’ laser
Get a grade-A refurbished Dyson V15 Detect stick vacuum for $339.99 (regularly $599.99) with 10 tools and laser-guided cleaning tech. (via Cult of Mac - Your source for the latest Apple news, rumors, analysis, reviews, how-tos and deals.)03:18 pmApple’s MacBook Neo is $599? Whoa.
Macworld Apple on Wednesday introduced the MacBook Neo, a new addition to the MacBook line. Priced at $599/£599, the MacBook Neo is the lowest-priced laptop that the company offers–it’s $500/£500 lower than the MacBook Air, following that device’s sort-of price rise yesterday. That’s a considerable difference. To get to such a low price point, the MacBook Neo features a number of compromises compared to its pricier brethren. This starts with its chip, an A18 Pro, which was previously used in the iPhone 16 Pro and has since been replaced by the A19 Pro in the iPhone 17 Pro. The Neo’s A18 Pro has a 6-core CPU (2 performance and 4 efficiency cores), a 5-core GPU, and 8GB of unified memory–no memory upgrade options are available. This essentially feels like Apple took the A18 Pro straight from the iPhone and made no obvious adjustments for the MacBook Neo. The MacBook Neo comes standard with a 256GB SSD; for $699/£699, customers can get a 512GB SSD. No other storage options are available. The laptop has a 13-inch Liquid Retina display with a 2408-by-1506 resolution, 500 nits of brightness, and support for 1 billion colors. The display has an anti-reflective coating, but it does not have a notch like the MacBook Air or the MacBook Pro. The larger black bezel at the top of the display houses a 1080p FaceTime HD camera. The Magic Keyboard has pale keys, reminiscent of Apple’s iBook from the early 2000s, but their precise shade is designed to match the chassis. However, Touch ID is not included with the $599/£599 model. To get Touch ID, you’ll need to upgrade to the $699/£699 model that also has the 512GB SSD. The MacBook Neo has one USB-C 3 port and one USB-C 2 port; MagSafe is not included. The laptop supports one external display with a native resolution of up to 4K at 60Hz; it simultaneously supports the built-in display at full native resolution. There’s also a 3.5mm audio jack, but it does not support high-impedance headphones. Wireless connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 6. For battery life, Apple estimates “up to 16 hours video streaming” and “up to 11 hours wireless web” for the 36.5‑watt‑hour battery. Apple includes a 20W USB-C Power Adapter and a 1.5-meter USB-C cable. The MacBook Neo measures 0.50 by 11.71 by 8.12 inches (1.27 by 29.75 by 20.64 cm) and weighs 2.7 pounds (1.23 kg). The colors available are blush, citrus, indigo, and silver. The MacBook Neo is available for pre-order now. Orders will start to arrive with customers on March 11, when the laptop will also be available in Apple Stores.03:17 pmApple has announced 7 new products this week
Apple launch week is in full swing with seven new products announced, including iPhones, iPads, Macs, and more. more…03:13 pmMacBook Neo external display support is remarkably similar to iPhone & M1
Apple's new MacBook Neo can connect to an external monitor, but its native display support shows exactly where Apple positions the machine in its Mac lineup.The MacBook NeoThe new notebook can handle one external display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz while also using its built-in 13-inch Liquid Retina display. It connects through a USB-C port with DisplayPort, which is perfect for a single 4K monitor.However, it doesn't support multi-display setups like some higher-end Macs do. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums03:12 pmHands-on with Apple’s new MacBook Neo [Gallery]
Apple today unveiled the new MacBook Neo, which starts at an impressive $599. I’m in New York City for Apple’s corresponding press “experience,” and just spent some time checking out the MacBook Neo in person. more…