Apple lastly introduced its long-rumored finances MacBook Wednesday, and it is known as the MacBook Neo. Its begins at simply $599, or $500 lower than the most recent 13-inch MacBook Air, and preorders at the moment are open. Education consumers save $100 by ordering it instantly by means of the Apple Store. At Best Buy, it comes with a free $25 present card.
The MacBook Neo will start delivery on March 11 alongside a slew of different new units, together with new iPhone 17e, M4 iPad Air, M5 MacBook Airs, M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pros, and Studio Displays. Apple introduced them earlier this week, and their preorders are additionally reside.
We’re nonetheless ready to get our arms on a MacBook Neo for testing, however within the meantime, let’s take a better have a look at its specs. They have been closely leaked forward of time, so when you’ve saved up with the rumors, most of what you are about to learn will sound very acquainted.
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Meet the MacBook Neo
The MacBook Neo is available in (left to proper) blush, indigo, citrus, and silver finishes.
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The MacBook Neo is technically Apple’s first devoted finances laptop computer. It informally succeeds the M1 MacBook Air, which Apple bought by means of Walmart for round $699 from March 2024 to early this 12 months. But as an alternative of an M-series chip, the MacBook Neo runs on the A18 Pro chip, the identical processor contained in the iPhone 16 Pro. This is the primary time Apple’s ever put an iPhone chip inside a laptop computer.
The MacBook Neo has a 13-inch Liquid Retina show with a 60Hz refresh price and 500 nits of brightness chassis. It’s configurable with 256GB of storage or 512GB of storage and Touch ID; each choices have 8GB of RAM.
The MacBook Neo consists of WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 6, two USB-C ports, a MagSafe charging port, and a headphone jack. Its aluminum chassis is available in 4 colours: silver, indigo, blush, and citrus.
The new MacBook Neo is now obtainable for preorder on the Apple Store, Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and Walmart.