Comment on Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
$600 MacBook in 2026 is absolutely insane to me. Around 2007/08 when I started using MacBooks as a student the entry level ones used to be 1200€.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Consider that this is an iPhone 16 in a MacBook shell, though. This gives you performance comparable a 5 years old used MacBook M1. It’s usable, but it’s designed to act as a gateway drug, you’ll immediately hit storage and memory limits and want to buy a more expensive one.
8gb of RAM in 2026 where most modern apps are made in electron and a basic text editor takes half gig to show a blank page is less than ideal
fatcat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
To be honest it is not as big of deal. I have a MacBook M1 with 8 GB of memory and my swap is regularly 20 GB but I don’t have any problems when actually working with the system. It’s handling the low memory situation very gracefully.
For browsing, office and some media it’s totally fine.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This thing can run iPad apps right? So at least that is an option when the desktop version is shite. I mean I’m using an iPhone 14 for the last 4 years and it’s fine to use. This laptop is aimed at college and high school kids who just need a browser and take notes. It’s probably fine for that. It’s a Chromebook competitor it’s not for power users.
mriormro@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This is meant to tackle the chromebook market.
Scrollone@feddit.it 2 weeks ago
I just wished Apple would revert that shitty Liquid Ass UI. It made the operating system unusable.
foliumcreations@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have a 2015 13" Macbook Air with 4gb ram, and a new battery running, Mint with i3 wm and except for a few very unoptimised webpages I don’t experience any significant lagg when browsing. streaming 1920x1080 video without issues(the screen resolution is 1440x900 so no need for more) sure I only use it for writing on the go and minor surfing, anything heavier like video editing or Blender I do on my main desktop or my lenovo legion. This whole - anything less than 16gb ram is garbage in current year. Does not take into account that a lot of consumers and middle managers actually don’t do anything heavy on their computers.