Snappy performance, high-quality screen, best-in-class keyboard and trackpad show cheaper can still be great
Apple’s brand new entry-level laptop is powered by the chip from an iPhone and offers more than just the essential MacBook experience for a great price, putting the PC industry on notice.
The MacBook Neo is the first of its kind from Apple. A 13in laptop that runs on an A18 Pro chip and brings the starting price for a brand new MacBook down to £599 (€699/$599/A$899) – £500 or the equivalent less than the MacBook Air.
The Neo is an entirely new model but shares almost all its design DNA with the MacBook Air and Pro, including its quality aluminium body, sleek lines and rounded corners.
The Neo is 10g lighter, 1.4mm thicker and slightly smaller than the current Air by 8.6mm and 6.6mm on width and height respectively, which makes it feel quite dense for the size of machine. In practice it is not materially smaller for fitting in a bag or on a desk.
