So far, the MacBook Pro and Air releases were pretty much what I expected.
The new monitors are laughable on pricing
The new MacBook Neo is very interesting though
Biggest gotcha's I see are, Touch ID only on the 512GB model, and only 8GB of RAM on either model. But education pricing starts at $499, regular people at $599. That's a hell of an option for kids these days.
On a side note, I was really hoping they would have a "student" and a professional version of this though. The is pretty much the exact same size and weight as the MacBook Air 13". I used to love the last generation of the 12" MacBooks. I used it as my travel laptop and kept the beefier one at home at my last job. That thing was 2 pounds flat and about the size of the smaller iPad Pro when closed, and it did everything I needed when I was on the road. Travel these days, I rarely get to spread out except for at the hotel, and space on airplanes seems smaller (I'm probably getting bigger) so I only use my iPad to work on a plane instead of my laptop. I would have grabbed one of these for me if it was a little lighter and had 16GB of RAM, but oh well.
The new monitors are laughable on pricing
The new MacBook Neo is very interesting though
Apple has introduced the new MacBook Neo
— Apple Hub (@theapplehub) March 4, 2026
- 13” LCD display
- A18 Pro chip
- 8GB RAM
- 256GB/512GB storage
- 16 hours of battery life
- Colors: silver, indigo, blush, and citrus
- Starts at $599 ($499 for students)
Order today. Available on March 11 pic.twitter.com/SlxiXCUvwk
Biggest gotcha's I see are, Touch ID only on the 512GB model, and only 8GB of RAM on either model. But education pricing starts at $499, regular people at $599. That's a hell of an option for kids these days.
On a side note, I was really hoping they would have a "student" and a professional version of this though. The is pretty much the exact same size and weight as the MacBook Air 13". I used to love the last generation of the 12" MacBooks. I used it as my travel laptop and kept the beefier one at home at my last job. That thing was 2 pounds flat and about the size of the smaller iPad Pro when closed, and it did everything I needed when I was on the road. Travel these days, I rarely get to spread out except for at the hotel, and space on airplanes seems smaller (I'm probably getting bigger) so I only use my iPad to work on a plane instead of my laptop. I would have grabbed one of these for me if it was a little lighter and had 16GB of RAM, but oh well.
