MacBook Neo: my first week with the $600 laptop

And the verdict is..

May 02, 2026

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As many of you know, I bought the new MacBook Neo laptop recently for a trip to Europe, as an alternative to lugging my uber-heavy MacBook Pro 16 inch laptop.

With a great starting price of $600 (I paid $700 for the extra RAM and storage, from 256 GB to 512 GB) and the same weight as a MacBook Air (which starts at $1,100) I figured why not?

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