The new MacBook Neo won’t come close to competing with the MacBook Air or especially MacBook Pro for video editing and gaming, but it will for the browsing, writing, and music that most users need.
MacBook Neo will suit the majority of users — image credit: Apple
MacBook Neo will suit the majority of users — image credit: Apple
Apple has made its MacBook Neo $500 cheaper than the lowest-cost M5 MacBook Air, and it’s done so in part by switching to an iPhone processor. Using the A18 Pro from the iPhone 16 Pro, this is not going to match the M5 in Apple’s more expensive laptops.
Yet where the MacBook Air and in particular the MacBook Pro are most powerful is in work that requires multi-core use. That’s video editing, model rendering, image editing, some audio editing, and certainly scientific work.