Comment on Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599
LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml 16 hours 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 14 hours 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 12 hours 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.
mriormro@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
This is meant to tackle the chromebook market.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 13 hours 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.
Scrollone@feddit.it 13 hours ago
I just wished Apple would revert that shitty Liquid Ass UI. It made the operating system unusable.