Thoughts on MacBook Neo
I’ve always had a soft spot for smaller laptops. One of my favorite laptops was the anemic MSI Wind netbook that I had in 2008-2009 or so. It featured that first generation Intel Atom, a sluggish mechanical hard drive, and I upgraded it to a “whopping” 2 GB of system memory. The stock Windows XP experience, and hilariously aspirational use of Windows Vista 32-bit on it, were honestly awful. But when I installed Ubuntu on it, that little netbook became a perfect little note-taking computer for college. And not having to lug the rather hefty 2007 MacBook Pro 15” showed how portable it truly was at the time. Enter the MacBook Neo. It’s Apple’s first real foray into a budget laptop. Even their early Intel MacBook models were still more dear to the wallet. And the MacBook Air, even as a capable entry device to the world of MacOS, still has never truly been “budget” oriented. It gives you an excellent entry into M series Apple Silicon chips but it’s still north of $1000. The Neo though? That...
