general

[shut jewel]

they meant the version with touch id

[uncut canyon]

macbook neo is available in pink and yellow.

[crimson fjord]

the macbook neo has truly terrible specs unfortunately

even for the price

[shut jewel]

spamton

[uncut canyon]

i’m sorry this lines up too well

it’s the spambook

[crimson fjord]

6 core cpu, 5 core gpu 8gb of ram and 256gb of storage

i mean

[summer wadi]

so... how long can I expect it to go well? 5 years? maybe 3?

[crimson fjord]

it's basically a chromebook

lmao

[idle vigil]

Oh, so they do want to sell it for $799.

[summer wadi]

bro it's the ram

[uncut canyon]

THE FIELD OF PINK AND YELLOW.

[crimson fjord]

the ram and storage

256gb is unnacceptable

[summer wadi]

tim cook needs to be kirked istg

[tribal yew]

Basically a affordable laptop for college students or what

[half compass]

yeah

[untold helm]

Kinda wish they had 12Gb of ram

[half compass]

pretty much

[untold helm]

Exactly

[frigid otter]

I agree

[idle vigil]

We put a headphone jack, bigger screen, & a keyboard on an iPad/iPhone.

[half compass]

if the upgraded model has 12gb i would be absolutely sold

[summer wadi]

bro they were selling 256gb MacBooks for 999 literally yesterday

[uncut canyon]

but better since it runs an actual OS and not just chrome and android apps

• former cros user

[crimson fjord]

yeah and it was unacceptable

[uncut canyon]

i’m sorry but crostini was underwhelming

[untold helm]

Plus M1 power

[crimson fjord]

yesterday today

it's shit

[tawdry river]

is 8GB even apple intelligence

[idle vigil]

https://tenor.com/view/bob-monsters-vs-aliens-bob-monsters-vs-aliens-blue-slime-blue-dude-gif-1245470433669060961

[untold helm]

Yes

[crimson fjord]

it barely makes the cut

[uncut canyon]

no 👍

[crimson fjord]

barely

[half compass]

yeah

[summer wadi]

bro, another 4gb of ram would literally mean no worrying about swapping

[crimson fjord]

it SHOULD have 12

[half compass]

it runs fine

[crimson fjord]

the neo won't be bad for

1-2 years

[half compass]

macos swap isn't that bad

[crimson fjord]

give it 4 updates

[summer wadi]

bro, imma kirk up tim cook myself

[crimson fjord]

it'll be totally and utterly fucked

[shut jewel]

iWjj8(2(8ieeksllwI9

[uncut canyon]

i think this chat is exactly who the target buyer base isn’t

[crimson fjord]

it's literally just a base m1 air

[frigid otter]

What? Chromebooks can’t do anything AT ALL! This thing has a usable OS, and 8GB is not good, but at least it’s not 4 like some chromebooks

[half compass]

truth nuke

[tribal yew]

They think it’s for the video editors

[summer wadi]

the smaller the SSD, the lower the endurance. and TS comes with 256gb ram

[half compass]

it's an m1 air sequel

[narrow crown]

true! people who already own better macbooks

[crimson fjord]

i am purely talking from hardware

[idle vigil]

I have similar opinions on the 17e.

[rustic prawn]

You’re right to call me out on that. While I am using mannerisms typically associated with AI – I can assure you that I am a human 🙂

[crimson fjord]

obviously chromeos is complete garbage

[half compass]

the touchid model comes with 512

[shut jewel]

i think you can install apks on chromeos

[summer wadi]

I don't wanna spend 1600 AUD for a new MacBook Air

[narrow crown]

this is exactly what a clanker would say

[idle vigil]

Wait a minute.

[summer wadi]

bro I need ram, not storage

[idle vigil]

It’s only $699.

Hmm.

[frigid otter]

Exactly, it’s for college students and people who want more of a web machine

[half compass]

then dont buy it 😭

it's so easy

[uncut canyon]

though, i’ve done low scale FCPX video editing on an 8gb m1 and it’s not pure suffering

[summer wadi]

I still use a mechanical hard drive for my projects and data because I'm so paranoid about SSD endurance

[crimson fjord]

I can't lie you're much much much better off buying a used m1 air off ebay

It is quite literally the same machine but cheaper

[summer wadi]

I literally use a ramdisk on my windows laptop for downloads

[half compass]

dude 😭

[uncut canyon]

this is fair

[velvet zenith]

@muted shuttle Get a job

[idle vigil]

If I trade in my iPad mini, I can buy the 512gb Neo for $449.

[crimson fjord]

I mean the a18 pro and the m1 are similar anyways

[untold helm]

Education store knocks off $100 off that

[half compass]

a18 pro is slightly better

[muted shuttle]

Hi im waiting on a response from the job I applied for

[idle vigil]

It can play some weaker games.

[half compass]

like slightly

[crimson fjord]

Anyways

[shut jewel]

this is what the ai look like

[tribal yew]

Some of these college kids don’t know anything about no 256gb

[idle vigil]

I don’t go to college.

[summer wadi]

I'm not joking, it serves me so well

[crimson fjord]

unfortunately my $5000 macbook pro is only worth 1.7k to apple

[tribal yew]

[untold helm]

Doesn’t matter

[uncut canyon]

you need to enable dev mode for that

[untold helm]

I don’t really think they even check

[idle vigil]

DM me the link?

[uncut canyon]

but it is possible yeah

[crimson fjord]

and since the new m5 pro is 4.9k for any kind of reasonable configuration i guess I won't be upgrading

[untold helm]

https://www.apple.com/us/shop/goto/educationrouting

Your a student

[tawdry river]

499 is crazy price

[crimson fjord]

you're

[idle vigil]

Man my gaming laptop has a 512 SSD & I put a 512 GB micro SD card.

[crimson fjord]

it really isn't

[untold helm]

True

[shut jewel]

You're*

[idle vigil]

I r a student!!

[crimson fjord]

499 is still piss poor

[untold helm]

Yeah

[narrow crown]

macbook has no sd slot tho

[wheat oracle]

If only they sold Mac neo for like $200

[summer wadi]

apple Australia doesn't even have financing...

[signal hazel]

they kinda do

[crimson fjord]

huh?

yes they do

[signal hazel]

you need an .edu email

[crimson fjord]

what are you talking about lmao

[uncut canyon]

i still can’t get over the fact they called it NEO

[narrow crown]

how could they possibly make a profit

[wheat oracle]

I’m about to buy AirPod max and iPod touch 7th gen

[idle vigil]

I think I don’t need more than 512 gigs…on a MacBook.

[uncut canyon]

tricky tony does it again

[velvet zenith]

What do you want them to call it

[wheat oracle]

Fuck profit do what your fans want from you

[velvet zenith]

They burned the normal macbook name years ago

[wheat oracle]

They are already rich with other products

[crimson fjord]

"Macbook"

[frigid otter]

There’s no way.. It’s not a Chromebook. Competing with lower-mid range windows PC laptops

[winter meadow]

Do they require proof that ur a student?

[summer wadi]

because calling it just MacBook, like the old regular macbooks would be confusing. and calling it MacBook SE would change its meaning.

[crimson fjord]

It's the same product line

It's the base budget macbook

There's nothing different about it compared to the macbooks of yesteryear

[shut jewel]

MacinJosh

[wheat oracle]

Bro I got a 12GB RAM Desktop for free but it cost my dad $90

[chrome peak]

well. neo means new. this is the new macbook, the successor to that crappy one from 2015

[crimson fjord]

I mean hell it even kinda looks like the old ones

[signal hazel]

i guessed neo cos neon

[summer wadi]

bro 😭

[idle vigil]

Make this man president of the discord.

[crimson fjord]

Ngl the funny part of this is actually how tough of a sale it makes the air seem

the air is 1.7k here

thats a 1k jump

[teal bramble]

Rank
66/520845

im no longer rank 67y

im so sads

[chrome peak]

fym bro. im just saying

[crimson fjord]

i mean yes you get an actually competent machine for that price

but regular people won't know

[summer wadi]

mf apple sold M3 MacBook pros with 8GB ram in 2025!!!

so this isn't that bad tbh

[idle vigil]

Who here has an Apple Card?

[untold helm]

I noticed apple made it look kinda budget too

[summer wadi]

where are you, in the land of Oz?

[untold helm]

Like the finish and keyboard matching

[idle vigil]

Apple was literally treating RAM like gold before all of this chicanery.

[uncut canyon]

oh yeah no i know that
i mean, this is all one giant $600 deltarune reference

[crimson fjord]

Uh, do you think people weren't complaining about it then?

[idle vigil]

$1,200

[chrome peak]

https://tenor.com/view/better-call-saul-chuck-mcgill-chicanery-breakdown-gif-25422432

[crimson fjord]

It's the fact that they already made the move to 16gb

And now have backtracked

8gb is unacceptable

[frigid otter]

Yeah, they did. I had to use my dad’s Mac mini base M1 2 years ago and I just couldn’t..
Not enough storage or ram💀 could barely use it for what I do with my old laptop

[crimson fjord]

it was before

it still is

[uncut canyon]

600 usd

[summer wadi]

bro they were like up to 3K machines.

[crimson fjord]

it's not even close to enough

[chrome peak]

apple is a small company, they can't afford 16gb. give them some slack!

[idle vigil]

You have to buy both colors.

[ruby umbra]

i just buy online and no proof of student. usually in person they will ask for student id

[crimson fjord]

again i am really struggling to see what your point is

it's unacceptable full stop

[summer wadi]

some dumb photography mfs bought 4TB M3 MacBook Pros with 8GB ram

[uncut canyon]

..right, right

[crimson fjord]

it doesn't matter if the machine cost 10k

[summer wadi]

🤣

[idle vigil]

Actually maybe they should have given it 10 gigs of RAM.

[crimson fjord]

or 700

[fossil rapids]

Neo is a laptop for the sake of having a laptop

[chrome peak]

thing is, does the A18 pro even support 16gb? i am asking in good faith

[idle vigil]

Just to annoy you.

[crimson fjord]

it's unacceptable

12gb is the bare minimum

[winter meadow]

I see why

[idle vigil]

This is a good point.

[summer wadi]

Tim Cook is gay for doing this

[arctic field]

Hmmm guys is there a gir command for all the default repos

[winter meadow]

Photoshop won’t take more than 8

[idle vigil]

Does macOS even need more than 8 gigs of memory?

[crimson fjord]

it's going to perform like shit now

[frigid otter]

Probably not. Shouldn’ve used A19 Pro for 12gb ram

[chrome peak]

seemingly it doesn't support it, no

[crimson fjord]

and it's going to perform even worse in 2 years time

[uncut canyon]

i ran (walked) deadlock on a laptop with 4gb physical without disk swapping

[crimson fjord]

it's shelf life will be nothing

it's literally a repeat 2015 macbook

[slim nova]

does this include apple intelligence

[summer wadi]

it fucking swaps on idle, bro!!!

[summer wadi]

NO

[idle vigil]

Well my current MacBook says “A1278” underneath.

[frigid otter]

Something tells me this isn’t going to happen.

[idle vigil]

Does it matter?

[slim nova]

hell fucking naw

[idle vigil]

AI isn’t very useful (to me).

Or anyone for that matter.

[uncut canyon]

mmmmmmm……… a12

[slim nova]

Apple intelligence sucjs

[crimson fjord]

i imagine the graphs will be extremely similar to the 2015 macbook sales

minus the education market

[untold helm]

Chromebooks still have 4gb btw

[crimson fjord]

then again

[arctic field]

Guys why tf is thebigboss repo not in the /repo

[uncut canyon]

https://tenor.com/view/deltarune-chapter-4-deltarune-deltarune-chapter-4-roaring-knight-true-gifs-gif-10457574261792655678

[crimson fjord]

i don't see why you wouldn't just get chrombooks

[untold helm]

TikTok Girls getting it in pink:

[crimson fjord]

uh yeah i haven't used a chromebook below 8gb in at least 3 years

[untold helm]

Apple logo

[frigid otter]

Because they’re EWASTE!

[summer wadi]

AI is so useful, that companies like apple and microsoft have to shove it into our faces. "yes, copilot has 100M users, definitely not because we shoved that turd into the taskbar of our OS"

[crimson fjord]

the main market here is schools

[untold helm]

The ones they shit into the edu market are still

[idle vigil]

My MacBook is not charging, anyone know why?

[crimson fjord]

schools don't give a shit

[idle vigil]

I don think it is the cable.

[crimson fjord]

schools used to buy base macbooks

chromebooks came along

they dumped the macbooks and bought up all the chromebooks

why

they're easy to manage

they're cheap to replace

kids handle them like shit

no school is giving their kids macbook neo's

ts ridiculous

[idle vigil]

This is the most I have talked here since ever.

What are they going to reveal next for us to talk about what incremental upgrades would have made it a buy?

[crimson fjord]

in my opinion there is 2 cool things about the macbook neo and 1 very very fatal flaw

1 it has cool colours

[summer wadi]

I don't think so bro

it's definitely not for schools

[crimson fjord]

2 it's cool to finally see apple admit macos can and should run on a series chips

the fatal flaw

it's an absolutely atrocious deal

[idle vigil]

I need to write a report, or an essay, & I want to watch movies.

[summer wadi]

what an absurd world we live in: iPad Airs with M chips, Macbooks with A chips

[idle vigil]

Because of the iPad Air?

[crimson fjord]

No

Because of the base m1 macbook air

[idle vigil]

That isn’t what I said-

Ohh.

Right.

[crimson fjord]

Which regularly sells between 300-350 usd and is quite literally the same laptop

[idle vigil]

Hold on.

[crimson fjord]

and base m1 airs are ALREADY slow

[summer wadi]

bro ts is 6 years old. macOS 27 is probably the last OS it'll support.

[idle vigil]

Oh wow, $324 on eBay.

[idle vigil]

Oh no!

[crimson fjord]

yeah how do you expect the neo to do any better

it's the same freaking hardware

[carmine elk]

and no oclp bc arm64

[crimson fjord]

they benchmark nearly identically and they have nearly identical specs

[idle vigil]

I am waiting for the Steam Machine.

[untold helm]

Pink and some people don’t buy used for some reason

[summer wadi]

bro, fym OCLP

[frigid otter]

I love my iPad Air

[crimson fjord]

better support wise

[idle vigil]

That’s cool, my Mini is just swell.

[crimson fjord]

the neo should be dumped at the same time as the m1 air

[summer wadi]

OCLP will not support macOS 27 on any hardware

[crimson fjord]

because they are the same laptop

[idle vigil]

It plays PUBG: Mobile.

[summer wadi]

coz intel is dead

[frigid otter]

It’s an updated M1 air

[half compass]

i should get a macbook neo

[crimson fjord]

updated how

in what way

[half compass]

A18

[summer wadi]

I'd sell my bussy to Tim for a MacBook neo with 16GB ram

[crimson fjord]

a18 and m1 literally benchmark within 2% of each other

give me a break

[untold helm]

They should of had 12Gb of ram

[frigid otter]

A18, newer components, and support not ending in a year

[crimson fjord]

newer components is bullshit

[untold helm]

Margin of error

[crimson fjord]

yeah it's margin of error

it's reused scrap

[summer wadi]

wait, it has apple intelligence

[crimson fjord]

older keyboards probably from m2 airs, hell they fucking cheaped out on touch id and make you get 512 for that

it's much thicker than the m1 air yet doesn't come with cooling as far as i'm aware

[graceful granite]

600 dollars is 515 euros, why does the new macbook cost 700 euros

[carmine elk]

js gimme my virtual jailbroken iporn 16

[frigid otter]

Why are you even arguing about it? If your trashing on it, then it’s not made for you

[crimson fjord]

it's IO is LITERALLY the same thing

[crimson fjord]

i'm trashing on it because it's made for nobody

it's like the 17e

it has no market

nobody should buy it

there is a better option in every single case

[frigid otter]

17e sucks, yeah, but the Neo is a good idea

[summer wadi]

oh shit I was thinking of buying it

[untold helm]

Schools and TikTok girls who want macs

[summer wadi]

if it had dynamic island I would

[carmine elk]

it has market and it’s called schools. The MacBook neo is a Chromebook alternative

[crimson fjord]

schools will continue to buy chromebooks

tiktok girls are idiots and they're pretty irrelevant to the argument

[quaint ginkgo]

A good idea poorly executed

[steep belfry]

i get a cortisol spike every time aaron posts that shit

[crimson fjord]

but it isnt

its not even in the same price bracket

[carmine elk]

most schools are switching to apple products such as a16 iPads tho

[crimson fjord]

it's literally double the cost

also

chromebooks are built to be treated like shit

[untold helm]

Well it depends on the cost of the Chromebooks

[crimson fjord]

you look at the macbook neo and tell me the same

[summer wadi]

bro imagine if the 17e had dynamic island, and the MacBook neo had 16G ram

[quaint ginkgo]

An m2 air or hell even m1 mbp is a much much better value. You get a flagship design with a better chip and a better battery with both

[summer wadi]

I'd take Tim's big ol' curvy for them

[untold helm]

And I feel they are targeting the ones that use shitty min spec windows 11 laptops

[crimson fjord]

chromebooks are designed with the idea that they're cheap to replace, cheap to maintain, cheap to manage and monitor and cheap to buy

[carmine elk]

but chromebooks can barely even handle 2 chrome tabs

[crimson fjord]

who cares

the school doesn;'t

[untold helm]

.

[frigid otter]

Well, places like my school uses $700 pieces of shit called HP fortis laptops, so for the same piece, a MacBook neo would work so much better

[summer wadi]

windows?

[crimson fjord]

the other final nail in the coffin

schools love chromeos

its piss easy to lock down

you can't do shit on it

[frigid otter]

It has windows

[untold helm]

@crimson fjord

[carmine elk]

so is macOS

[crimson fjord]

uh

not even close

it's not even in the same ballpark

chromeos is an os designed from the ground up to be as easy and pleasant to mass lock down and control as possible

it's basically it's sole purpose

[frigid otter]

It was only made for web browsing

[crimson fjord]

i'm talking at large here

[crimson fjord]

yeah

and that's all schools need it to do

web browsing

[summer wadi]

true

[teal bramble]

ho lee shit

[teal bramble]

19% VAT in germany

[slim nova]

Won’t the MacBook neo be an iPad competition

[teal bramble]

and shipping and stuff

[crimson fjord]

oh thats the other thing

[summer wadi]

iPads are more expensive than the neo

[uncut canyon]

apple freedom leitmotif

[crimson fjord]

the ipad has it outclassed in EVERY manner

[summer wadi]

have you seen how much magic keyboards cost?

[slim nova]

Yeah i know I’m rocking an iPad Pro

[slim nova]

But it has macOS

[crimson fjord]

again

who's the target market

[summer wadi]

the magic keyboard is probably more expensive than the neo

[uncut canyon]

your mom

[crimson fjord]

the target market does not give a shit about macos

[slim nova]

Students

[uncut canyon]

/gen

[untold helm]

U would be mocked if you brung a iPad as your laptop

[summer wadi]

my bussy got wet when I saw the price. but then I realised it has 8GB of ram

[slim nova]

I mean macOS on an iPad Pro would server better

[manic lichen]

but i don’t like windows 11 sooo

[crimson fjord]

that's such a nothing point

also

the ipad is cheaper

much cheaper

$100 aud cheaper

[untold helm]

Add Magic Keyboard

[crimson fjord]

which is 70 usd cheaper

[summer wadi]

bro the keyboard is like 300 aud for the ipad

[frigid otter]

People who want to keep in the Mac ecosystem, but without paying $1000

[crimson fjord]

why do you need a keyboard

who says you need a keyboard

the ipad is perfectly usable without one

hell

[manic lichen]

2 usb ports, magic trackpad, etc

[crimson fjord]

most people i see at my lectures don't even have one

[untold helm]

For school activities it’s not

[frigid otter]

Is a laptop, what your comparing it to?

[summer wadi]

bro wdym... how do you compare a MacBook with an iPad if the iPad don't have a keyboard

[untold helm]

For like making slideshows n shit you kinda want a keyboard

[crimson fjord]

most people i know at my university have an ipad which they use as a computer without a keyboard

[frigid otter]

EXACTLY, this guy makes no sense

[slim nova]

You mean iPad Air

[ocean elk]

yo

[crimson fjord]

no i dont mean ipad air

i mean the base ipad

[ocean elk]

i wanna bag fine shyt

[slim nova]

💀

God damn it the new MacBook neo looks really cool

Shits even cheaper than the iPad Pro

[crimson fjord]

of course it's cheaper than the ipad pro

it's an inferior product

by a country mile

it's not even remotely close

[slim nova]

(macOS)

[crimson fjord]

macos is really not all it's cracked up to be at that price

[velvet imp]

it's an ipad but its not locked down

[slim nova]

I could run more apps on that shit

[manic lichen]

i like it too
but i want to see some videos testing before buying it
8gb of ram it’s so disgusting

[terse dome]

it doesnt even have an m series chip

why does a macbook get an a series chip

[slim nova]

8gb? Aw hell naw

[summer wadi]

anyone here own a 8gb ram Mac?

[terse dome]

and a ipad, a m series

[crimson fjord]

the ipad pro has a tandem oled 120hz screen and an m5 chipset

[terse dome]

this makes no sense

[terse dome]

i have a mba 2017

[crimson fjord]

which litreally destroys the neo in every single way

[slim nova]

wtf is apple doing

[terse dome]

@teal bramble stop sobbing this is my old laptop

[slim nova]

True but the iPad Pro is a battery eater

[terse dome]

obv i have a better one

[crimson fjord]

who gives a shit slap a bigger battery on it

[manic lichen]

yea it’s disgusting

[frigid otter]

Yeah, an I had to use it, M1 Mac mini base…
Took forever to export videos for my Video editing class

[crimson fjord]

it's a much better product

[summer wadi]

bro do u think xcode will f ck me in the ahh if I get the MacBook neo with 8gb ram?

[crimson fjord]

look you won't have fun

it'll do the job

i'd recommend a base m1

strongly

[summer wadi]

it will?

[terse dome]

well you'd probably atleast have to close all other apps

[crimson fjord]

very very strongly

i truly don't know why you'd go for the neo

[terse dome]

price

[manic lichen]

price

[crimson fjord]

is literally double???

[summer wadi]

I can do that. what I'm worried about is if it can be my development machine for the next 4 years...

[crimson fjord]

i'm sorry what

[slim nova]

Does MacBook Air have an 13 inch

[crimson fjord]

the base m1 regularly sells for 300-350

[terse dome]

@summer wadi honestly though get a used m1 pro or something it'd be much better

[frigid otter]

Wdym?

[crimson fjord]

price is literally the m1 air's strongest point

[terse dome]

well, as compared to latest

[manic lichen]

i just need the sims 4, minecraft and roblox running any good

[crimson fjord]

okay sure but the neo and m1 air are the same machine

[slim nova]

Why dont you go for an m2 MacBook Air

[summer wadi]

bro, FB marketplace listings in Sydney are mad sus.

I don't wanna get scammed

[frigid otter]

Well, it’s just a bit cheaper for older hardware, and less software support, and I Hope you understand

[crimson fjord]

i'm sorry

a bit cheaper?

[terse dome]

@crimson fjord @ruby copper they had to pad the specs page with preinstalled apps 💀 💀

[crimson fjord]

it's half the price

[slim nova]

MacBook neo seems like an overpriced type writer compared with the air

[crimson fjord]

it's $300 cheaper

I'm so confused

[terse dome]

just get a new one from a reputable source then

still cheap

[manic lichen]

https://www.amazon.com.br/Apple-MacBook-polegadas-Processador-unificada/dp/B0DZLBXQ25/ref=asc_df_B0DZLBXQ25?mcid=a2fbe1fb84603c74b2f86d4be90699ae&tag=googleshopp06-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721147801917&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12258583216796760967&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=20092&hvtargid=pla-2374768378214&psc=1&gad_source=1

amazon in my country are selling m2 for like $2k

[summer wadi]

do u have any recommendations?

[frigid otter]

It’s used, and a lot of people don’t trust used laptops such like places as eBay.. I know I don’t

[summer wadi]

touchbar M2 MBP with 16GB ram seems cool ngl

[crimson fjord]

hell even in australia you can get a base m1 air for $400 usd

[terse dome]

idk what you consider reputable so you'd have to do some research on your own, im perfectly fine with buying from suspicious sources

[summer wadi]

but Neo has cool colours

[crimson fjord]

which is $250 less than the EDUCATION mac

[frigid otter]

Good idea!

[crimson fjord]

it's such an awful deal

[slim nova]

paint

[terse dome]

@crimson fjord yo surely you've got reputable sources in sydney

give them to bro

[teal bramble]

whats ur new one

[summer wadi]

where?? give me some links bro

I can't seem to find any

[crimson fjord]

i'm based in canberra

[chrome peak]

ah they finally updated pages? is it just the icon or did it get a makeover

[old mist]

is the neo worth it?

[terse dome]

close enough

[summer wadi]

No

[crimson fjord]

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/147179475162

[terse dome]

idk bro i havent used it in a decade

[old mist]

fr? whats wrong with it

[chrome peak]

ah

[crimson fjord]

$430 usd

go nuts

it's a far better deal

[simple drift]

just get a m1 air for 400

[summer wadi]

bro this is 8GB ram

[slim nova]

refurbished 13-inch MacBook Air M2 for $629.00 only 129 dollars more than the neo with series chip

[summer wadi]

I need at least 16

[crimson fjord]

no fucking shit

you were considering the neo

don't get the neo

get an m1 air

it's the same machine

but half the price

if you want more ram

[simple drift]

m1 air goat laptop

[crimson fjord]

get an actually competent
machine

[chrome peak]

does anyone remember this fuckass thing

[slim nova]

goat

[simple drift]

i will be upgrading soon

[crimson fjord]

the m1 air is completely incompetent and so is the neo

[simple drift]

to a pro

idk if i’ll get a m2 pro or m4

[slim nova]

i thoguht the neo had around 16 gbs of ram atleast

[crimson fjord]

if you absolutely need a macbook with 16gb rn

[slim nova]

m4,

[crimson fjord]

i can only recommend 1

the m1 pro

[simple drift]

the m1 air is good

[crimson fjord]

the m1 air is a pile of dogshit

[slim nova]

m4 basically has the same performance as m2 pro

[simple drift]

yeah but it’s really expensive

[simple drift]

son

[summer wadi]

hmm... I see

[slim nova]

but unified memory and stuf

[crimson fjord]

8gb ram on tahoe is nigh unusable

[slim nova]

liquid glass (lite)

[frigid otter]

It’s amazing! M1 air is what you were just talking about

[crimson fjord]

by what metric?

[terse dome]

m1 mbp or m1 pro mbp

[crimson fjord]

whats it amazing at

m1 pro

[old mist]

should i get the neo for school bc rn i use my gaming laptop and it dies in an hour and its loud as fuck sometimes so i have to restart my whole laptop to reset its fans

[terse dome]

perhaps

[crimson fjord]

the m1 mbp is literally daylight robbery

[untold helm]

@crimson fjord look at the launch trailer apple posted, yeah re-explained everything about macs

It’s targeted towards students

[crimson fjord]

yk what the market is

[fossil rapids]

Neo is effectively an ewaste because of the ram if not now then in a year

[crimson fjord]

it's uni students who just want a mac that they don't have to think about

ppl who will walk into the apple store

[terse dome]

meanwhile my student ass wanting a m5 pro with 32 gb of ram and 1tb

[crimson fjord]

ask the employee "whats the cheapest mac"

and buy that

but schools will not be falling for this shit

[chrome peak]

yooo same wallpaper

[crimson fjord]

schools are looking to minimise costs

at every point

[terse dome]

chromebook!

[exotic thistle]

we love chromebooks

my fav brand of ewaste

[fossil rapids]

who spends $599 on a chromebook?

[crimson fjord]

the chromebook and the neo will never compete

[chrome peak]

my desktop is messy as shit so im a bit shy to like, show icons. but yeah

[silver scaffold]

It has a bigger battery than the neo 😭

[frigid otter]

Schools fell for the Chromebook scam, and the neo ain’t a scam

[crimson fjord]

the chromebook is a schools wet dream

the neo is a schools nightmare

chromebooks are not a scam

[fossil rapids]

Every school i went to used an iPad

[crimson fjord]

they are a purposefully and carefully designed product

[velvet imp]

best wallpaper is macos lion

[crimson fjord]

they nearly perfectly fulfil their purpose

[untold helm]

Windows laptop schools

[crimson fjord]

are a minority

[exotic thistle]

schools ive been to had windows laptops, ipads, or chromebooks

all same district, but them mfs loved switching it up

[signal hazel]

they didn’t in my school

[uncut canyon]

i personally prefer mavericks but lions is very very nice yes

[silver scaffold]

The ones the schools are buying are way overpriced

[frigid otter]

https://tenor.com/view/invincible-omniman-omni-man-think-think-mark-think-gif-10154057437310280034

[fossil rapids]

Except elementary which had MacBook racks (I think schools got poorer over the years)

[crimson fjord]

not for them

[frigid otter]

YES THEY ARE! THINK MARK THINK

[velvet imp]

its so good

[untold helm]

My school is a Chromebook school but has to have like 2 dedicated room full of AS iMacs because Chromebooks can’t run shit

[crimson fjord]

they pay special prices

[chrome peak]

i have a folder full of old mac wallpapers

[uncut canyon]

…that’s snow leopard lol

[crimson fjord]

chromebooks are designed to run like shit

[velvet imp]

oh is it

[terse dome]

iPhone 17e + MacBook Neo

[crimson fjord]

oh god

the wallet burning duo

[fossil rapids]

I mean most students are just on chrome and using docs and cool math games.

[velvet imp]

i thought 10.6 was lion

[uncut canyon]

yeah leopard and snep were the comet
lion was andromeda galaxy

[slim nova]

snow leopard

[simple drift]

lion is 10.7

[velvet imp]

oops

[uncut canyon]

i dunno which galaxy mountain lion was

[slim nova]

is the entire selling point of macbook neo it’s colors

keyboard themed colors

[crimson fjord]

idiots will get 17e + neo
ppl who think about it for more than a second will get m1 air and a 14/15 pro

[velvet imp]

5c

[simple drift]

goated

[uncut canyon]

THE FIELD OF PINK AND YELLOW

[slim nova]

17e pink + neo pink

[simple drift]

i’m constantly switching so i have like all macos wallpapers downloaded

[slim nova]

pinterest ahh setup

[fossil rapids]

17e is at least better deal than the 16e

[copper tendon]

Oh nice the MacBook neo has 8gb of ram

[crimson fjord]

uh no not really

[simple drift]

still would rather buy a 15 pro

[crimson fjord]

it's just as bad

[copper tendon]

So it’s just ewaste

[simple drift]

can you not upgrade it at all

[copper tendon]

Nope

[crimson fjord]

the 15 pro is better in EVERY measurable margin

[simple drift]

wow

that

is bad

[copper tendon]

You’re just stuck at 8gb

[fossil rapids]

it’s 8 gb even with the 512 gb + Touch ID upgrade

[terse dome]

no it's like literally designed to be a base ipad with non detachable keyboard

[simple drift]

hopefully they do some magic and optimise macos for a18

[crimson fjord]

120hz screen better build quality better design slightly slower chipset better price

[untold helm]

Some chromebooks have 4

[fossil rapids]

But you get macOS

[crimson fjord]

no shit

[copper tendon]

The only thing you can upgrade is storage to 512gb

[crimson fjord]

oh no

you're forgetting

you get the touch id sensor back with that!

[copper tendon]

ChromeOS is not nearly as heavy as MacOS Tahoe lol

[simple drift]

does the base not have touch id??

[uncut canyon]

they do that already no?

[copper tendon]

No it doesn’t

[crimson fjord]

this is some straight bullshit

[fossil rapids]

chromeOS is bloated Linux

[simple drift]

it runs real bad on 8gb of ram

[velvet imp]

does this mean we can run macos on the 16 pro now

[simple drift]

insane

[crimson fjord]

i mean honestly

[simple drift]

that’s what i’m thinking

[crimson fjord]

the sensor probably costs them $2

[copper tendon]

Someone will attempt it

[simple drift]

someone find a nonui 16 pro

[frigid otter]

That sounds fun

[uncut canyon]

ugh this laptop better get a linux port so i can go 3x memory size with zram

[chrome peak]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-cat-explosion-gif-17905284344545073180

[copper tendon]

8gb of ram with no upgrade option is rough

[fossil rapids]

Not even m1 air has full compatibility yet

[terse dome]

R&D probably costs them more, no A18 Pro device before the neo uses Touch ID

[velvet imp]

hmmm i wonder who has an AI 16 pro

[simple drift]

realistically it’s only gonna be used in like schools and shit mainly

[simple drift]

what

[terse dome]

im sure some chinese companies will think of a way

[uncut canyon]

works fine on my m1

[uncut canyon]

wait what’s missing

[fossil rapids]

graphics

[uncut canyon]

i run my m1 mac mini headless so i don’t get the real experience

[fossil rapids]

I mean it “works”

[uncut canyon]

uh no they had a vulkan implementation last i checked

and we’re able to play a bunch of steam games via a whole stack of tools

[fossil rapids]

it’s working states but also macOS would give you double the performance

[uncut canyon]

yeah but none of the games lmaooo

[copper tendon]

I wanna see some Chinese company put an 8tb ssd and 128gb of ram in that bitch

[fossil rapids]

it’s same as Linux because arm, crossover uses wine

[terse dome]

the most powerful ewaste

[copper tendon]

[uncut canyon]

mmmmm no not here

FEX translation to run linux Steam, Proton to run windows games

[untold helm]

Doesn’t stop ChromeOS using all 4gb at idle

[uncut canyon]

https://asahilinux.org/2024/10/aaa-gaming-on-asahi-linux/

[copper tendon]

Tahoe requires 16gb minimum

[fossil rapids]

Crossover uses proton tweaks, it’s not platform dependent

[copper tendon]

The upgrade to 512gb with Touch ID should have included an extra 4gb of ram

At a BARE minimum make it 12gb

[fossil rapids]

You can manually do it as well but crossover makes it easier

[untold helm]

Not anymore

[terse dome]

the "consumer" here pulls some weight

the DTK:

[slim nova]

classic chrome behavior

[copper tendon]

Just because Apple allows it to run on 8gb doesn’t mean it will run well

[simple drift]

someone must port big sur to the the neo

[terse dome]

big neo

[uncut canyon]

i haven’t even heard the crossover project do anything in the last like 5 years besides sponsoring wine and having their own “user friendly” fork or whatever

[fossil rapids]

That’s the point, they only sponsor and macOS optimizations

[uncut canyon]

screw macOS

[fossil rapids]

Wine and proton are platform agnostic

[untold helm]

Run proton on windows

[slim nova]

neo is prolly gonna run macOS air or something

[uncut canyon]

technically possible

[somber totem]

the neo has no charger in the box

[fossil rapids]

Ok well, not that but running proton on windows is pointless

[untold helm]

20w charger

[fossil rapids]

does wine work through WSL?

[uncut canyon]

of course

[copper tendon]

False

[uncut canyon]

wsl is just hypervised linux

[crimson fjord]

it's reused tech

m and a series chips are the same line

they're the same core design

[somber totem]

The charger is sold separately

go to the product purchase page of the neo

[uncut canyon]

but also wine runs on any OS that can compile it so… i guess it’s technically possible on windows? i’m sure it wouldn’t actually work cuz it’d clash with actual windows or smth

[fossil rapids]

the dev kit Mac mini before m1 was also a series A12Z I think

[uncut canyon]

i wanna try that lol

[somber totem]

it's only the laptop and cable. no charger or stickers in sight

[graceful granite]

515*1,19 = 612,85

[terse dome]

yes, the DTK

[teal bramble]

and like more taxes that lead up to 699 eur

[terse dome]

hey your tax euros make sure the Deutsche Bahn runs consistent(ly late)

[untold helm]

Power adapter as the cube

[somber totem]

I just checked and it's actually just specific regions that have the 20W charger

[ocean elk]

i wanna bag fine shyt

[uncut canyon]

i’d be surprised if they didn’t include it actually
i don’t think you can just use any old charger for most laptops

[mighty bronze]

Guy's huge news iOS 26.3 jailbreak dropping tomorrow

[somber totem]

Europe (or probably just poland) ont have the charger

[fossil rapids]

EU and UK don’t get a charger because EU laws say there needs to be an sku without a charger so they just removed it entirely

[desert cairn]

glorified iphone charger

[untold helm]

Like most apple products

[somber totem]

tf is an SKU

[untold helm]

AS so requires like no power

[fossil rapids]

Brexit: none of the benefits, all of the disadvantages

[desert cairn]

fr

[desert cairn]

product id basically

[velvet imp]

it is an iphone

[desert cairn]

i mean yeah

[compact cobalt]

The Neo is cool but it’s too expensive in Canada for anything above the base spec

[desert cairn]

m1 was a glorified iphone 12 pro

it started to diverge more after m2 tbh

[uncut canyon]

WE’LL HAVE NEO APPS, NEO SITES, NEO COLORS !!!

[somber totem]

I wonder why won't they just give us Europeans an option to get the charger for like 20 euros more instead of forcing us tu inconveniently buy the charger separately.

[slim nova]

and neo na

[untold helm]

macOS Lite

[terse dome]

@desert cairn there is a Potential for the neo's display to be a cut down ipad air m4 display without the digitizer...

[uncut canyon]

[[Hyperlink blocked.]]

[desert cairn]

i believe it

[slim nova]

liquid glass lite

[fossil rapids]

so as everyone already said iPad without detachable keyboard running macOS

[teal bramble]

w joke w reference w u

[uncut canyon]

tvOS on gen4

[teal bramble]

❤️‍🩹

[desert cairn]

i mean i think that was their goal

[untold helm]

Diff res and ppi

[compact cobalt]

The Neo looks like something Apple would’ve released in the late 2000s, early 2010s

[untold helm]

12in MacBook

[desert cairn]

i think they just want to take over the chromebook market

[compact cobalt]

Even like the polycarbonate MacBooks (in spirit)

[somber totem]

The A18 pro compares mostly to the M1 and M2 so basically we are getting a macbook Air M1 with a yellow color and a new walpaper that spells mac if you really focus

[compact cobalt]

The trackpad is also worse btw

[terse dome]

by cut down i mean cutting the pixels such that it's that trimmed resolution, the only question is how hard is it to change ppi

[compact cobalt]

It’s probably going to be the same sort of trackpad as the pre Retina MacBook Air or Pro

[desert cairn]

seems to compare with m4 with less cores

[compact cobalt]

How many cores does it have again?

[desert cairn]

faster than m3 in single core, slower than m4 in single core

[desert cairn]

a18 pro from the iphone has 6

idk if itll be the same

[slim nova]

isn’t a18 pro last years chip?

[desert cairn]

yeah

[compact cobalt]

Also, it’s a bit interesting to me (at least) that they opted to put the A18P over the A19P, I guess they’re doing that because it’s cheaper

[desert cairn]

its like an m4 in single core and an m1 in multi core

[slim nova]

mfs didn’t even bother putting a a19 pro

[compact cobalt]

M4 single core is insane

[slim nova]

iphone 16 pro on steroids

[desert cairn]

in between m3 and m4 for single core basically

closer to m4

which is really good for an iphone chip

[polar python]

https://x.com/mascobot/status/2029049603946102971?s=46

Marco Mascorro (@Mascobot)

My new hobby is getting these *huge* bare metal servers for $59 on Hetzner:

X · Mar 4, 2026, 4:21 AM

[desert cairn]

what the hell

[terse dome]

FUCK hetzner

[desert cairn]

thats a ddr4 cpu too

kind of insane

lmao

[compact cobalt]

I love my Xeon E5520

Inefficient piece of shit

[slim nova]

how much did m4 score

[compact cobalt]

Anyways power efficiency is woke

[desert cairn]

i should benchmark my xeon gold 6150

theres no good geekbench results for it at all

everyone is using like 2 cores

[slim nova]

ok that’s just sad

[compact cobalt]

The thing with my laptop is that the multi core is a good amount better than the M4, but weaker in single core by a bit

[desert cairn]

but its a server cpu from 2014

[desert cairn]

apple chips are insanely good in single core

[compact cobalt]

4 Zen 5, 4 Zen 5c cores in that thing

[slim nova]

does the m4 compare with server grade cpus from the big 25 single core

[compact cobalt]

True

[compact cobalt]

Most likely?

[slim nova]

damn

[compact cobalt]

Server chips prioritize multi threaded performance over single core

[desert cairn]

^

[slim nova]

true

[compact cobalt]

(Not necessarily a bad thing, it’s really for servers)

[desert cairn]

its kind of crazy

[slim nova]

hopefully intel cooks something up with their latest thing

[desert cairn]

core ultra 9 285k vs m5 base

[compact cobalt]

yeah but like tbf

it’s an Intel

[slim nova]

wtf

how bout amd

[fossil rapids]

Reddit likes the Neo, calling it “crazy value”

[chilly bear]

WHAT do you want

[desert cairn]

its all the same shit

[compact cobalt]

what is even the latest AMD mobile chip

[desert cairn]

intel core ultra chips r really good

i dont know

im comparing m5 with desktop chips because at this point they score the same or better

[slim nova]

shitty multicore always failing chip or something

[desert cairn]

obv they beat in multi core, they have more cores

[fossil rapids]

I think AMD because all cores are the same

[compact cobalt]

Not on mobile

[desert cairn]

efficiency cores are a good thing actually

[slim nova]

but only by a slight margin which is crazy

[compact cobalt]

Mine has the efficiency core thing

[desert cairn]

its the year of the macos desktop

[compact cobalt]

Iirc the efficiency cores from AMD aren’t much slower though?

[chilly bear]

got banned in ranked for being too op

[compact cobalt]

They have less cache though

[desert cairn]

nah same w intel

theyre decent cores

beats most older cpus

[compact cobalt]

Oh alright

[slim nova]

i wonder what snapdragon is doing with their chips

[desert cairn]

nothing meaningful

[fossil rapids]

I run VMs and Linux containers and they are annoying to setup probably with efficiency cores

[compact cobalt]

What’s the point of e cores though? Is it because they’re easier to add to the chip on the fab?

[desert cairn]

it just kind of works in linux i think

[desert cairn]

it lets you make use of your p cores more sort of

instead of wasting cpu cycles for smaller tasks

you put them on the e cores

and theyll finish slower but you still have your p cores

[compact cobalt]

I just wish Linux had a more intuitive way of managing that

[desert cairn]

you can pin processes to cores but it kind of just works automatically

[fossil rapids]

It’s slower so the actual usable cores are only the p cores

[worthy garden]

@ashen basin https://youtu.be/OrwRswnYc74?si=QgEz8dwEywZG39X0

[desert cairn]

nah

[wraith lance]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18ESmv37jM/

how did they even fake this?

[desert cairn]

the e cores in a modern core ultra chip are like the same as a 10th gen intel cpu

i dont know about amd or apple

[fossil rapids]

I haven’t looked into it in a few years

[desert cairn]

but like m1 is 4p4e and you dont even notice the e cores are being used

[fossil rapids]

I mean this mostly for VM and stuff, i dont think it matters in day to day

[desert cairn]

im not 100% sure how that works

[untold helm]

Playing a video

[slim nova]

so the e cores are as fast as the p cores?

[desert cairn]

ok apparently the hypervisors just handle it transparently

no

theyre slower and clocked lower thats the whole point

[fossil rapids]

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-P-State-Disable-E-Fix

when I was looking at it few years ago, there were bugs so ultimately decided against it

I guess it’s fine now

[desert cairn]

yeah

[slim nova]

is that the new panther lake?

[neon jay]

oo

[desert cairn]

like i said im pretty sure the e cores in core ultra 200 are comparable to like 10th/11th gen intel

[neon jay]

uh

i got timed out for saying an emoji 3 times.

[desert cairn]

so theyre completely fine

[neon jay]

for a week

[desert cairn]

you couldve dm'd modmail

[neon jay]

but i got un timed out in a day

[wraith lance]

oh yeah, just noticed his hand movement's doesn't align with the privacy screen

[compact cobalt]

Ok the Neo reminds me a lot of the 2008 aluminum MacBook

[slim nova]

but with lot less value

[fossil rapids]

If it were A18 Pro with 16 GB ram in the shell of an M1 air, would it eat into M5 air sales?

[desert cairn]

yes

thats why its 8gb

[slim nova]

what’s the point of neo

[fossil rapids]

Force upgrade to M5 Air

They need a stepping stool

[desert cairn]

to try and take over the chromebook and cheap laptop market

probably

[slim nova]

atleast put an m series chip with 16 gigs of ram and corner cut else where

[fossil rapids]

I mean the cpu isn’t the issue, A18 Pro is powerful enough

[slim nova]

well

ram

[fossil rapids]

I want to see someone do benchmarks

[compact cobalt]

https://x.com/geerlingguy/status/2029215655686283742?s=46

Jeff Geerling (@geerlingguy)

MacBook Neo looks like a great low-spec Mac—but limitations abound. Most egregious is the two USB-C ports, as reported by MacRumors, are USB 3.0 (10 Gbps), and USB 2.0 (480 Mbps).

Both support charging, but only the USB 3.0 port supports DisplayPort!

https://t.co/ySHyPjQVty

X · Mar 4, 2026, 3:21 PM

lmao

That is such a dumb limitation

[untold helm]

USB 2 in the big 26

[jaunty garnet]

wasn’t usb 2 invented in 1998 or something

[fossil rapids]

Alex Ziskind is going to do LLM testing on Neo

[harsh bolt]

Makes sense tbh

it looks to be more like an education focused laptop

so it's probably cheaper

[slim nova]

it ain’t gonna run shit

[fossil rapids]

“Just run safari”

[slim nova]

8 gigs of ram

wtf llm it gonna run

[jaunty garnet]

600m model

[compact cobalt]

This is the problem for Canada though

[slim nova]

olm

it only runs olm

that’s it

[fossil rapids]

You can get ~90% usable memory out of the 8 gb, if you run nothing else in the background so 7 gb model can fit

[compact cobalt]

And then where I live the price is closer to 920$ because of taxes

[jaunty garnet]

OS uses way more than 1gb

just windowserver is more than 1gb

[terse dome]

wtf apple taking apr

[fossil rapids]

You can cap it to 1 GB, it’ll run fine, just slower

[copper tendon]

Inb4 you have people asking how to iCloud bypass MacBook Neos from school

[hard comet]

nfr procrastinated a bug report and one of the bugs i found was fixed

fuck my fucking chungus life

[jaunty garnet]

my school is literally banning MacBooks this spring

because of the iPhone mirroring

[copper tendon]

How is that even possible

[compact cobalt]

Wait Neo only has 8 gigs of RAM right?

[untold helm]

Don’t worry apple ram is 2x pc ram or whatever the fuck the sheep say

[copper tendon]

Yes

[compact cobalt]

Surprised it doesn’t cost 30 000…

[untold helm]

500 under edu store

Same price as the m4 mini

[fossil rapids]

ram on the pc side is also expensive right now

[untold helm]

Overall it is

[fossil rapids]

so you have to make 8 gb work like 16

[copper tendon]

According to Apple 8gb of ram on a Mac is basically the same as 16 on windows

[compact cobalt]

I’m just wondering how they managed to keep the price this low

[hard comet]

im such a redacted istg

[slim nova]

modding macbook neo and putting an m5 chip it in

[copper tendon]

Idk how that’s possible when the 8gb on macOS is shared

[untold helm]

12 would have been a good compromise

[fossil rapids]

4 gb for safari, 4 tabs and 4 gb for macOS

[coarse wedge]

yeah good fucking try apple im not falling on your tiny ass bullshit again

[copper tendon]

thats what i was saying

[compact cobalt]

Isn’t it closer to like 6 GB because of the GPU when doing anything intensive

[copper tendon]

12gb would have been good

[slim nova]

insane optimization would need to be made

[copper tendon]

yea i mean its shared lol

[untold helm]

Excess iPhone 16 pro chips, no True Tone, no thunderbolt, no backlit keyboard

[coarse wedge]

600$ for a fucking netbook sized ipad with a keyboard

[copper tendon]

at least on windows with your 8gb you have vram

[coarse wedge]

fuck you

that aint cheap

[untold helm]

$500 with edu store

[copper tendon]

tbf thats pretty cheap

[compact cobalt]

I mean in terms of the RAM

[boreal tree]

The security cameras of my house at Dubai aren’t working should I be worried

[coarse wedge]

whatever i dont give a fuck

[untold helm]

Still much better than a shitty Chromebook or windows laptop or the same price

[copper tendon]

$500 is cheap, but apple has to remember they have to support this new macbook neo for years to come

[compact cobalt]

Like one stick of 8GB DDR5 costs more than the entire fucking laptop

[coarse wedge]

i cant even scrape 200€ and they think this was cheap

[slim nova]

not a great place to ask for these kind of advice

[boreal tree]

I need help

[compact cobalt]

Oh Dubai

[untold helm]

A iPad costs 350

[copper tendon]

shipping a brand new mac today with 8gb of ram. imagine how bad it'll be 3-4 years down the line

[desert cairn]

$500 for a whole ass laptop is fine actually

would i buy it? no

[copper tendon]

i mean its at a minimum getting what 5 years of updates?

[compact cobalt]

Bro’s living in CoD Ayatollah Warfare

[coarse wedge]

limited firmware and hardware

[copper tendon]

it's gonna get bad once you get into year 5 of the software updates though

[slim nova]

maybe it has no ai features?

[coarse wedge]

macs are top but the neo is just shit

[slim nova]

or it all uses private cloud compute

[compact cobalt]

I wonder if the Neo is going to be updated yearly or if it’s going to be spread out more

[flat mantle]

hello

[desert cairn]

im on year 5 of updates for my m1 8gb and its >fine

[untold helm]

~M1 power and it’s targeted towards students

[desert cairn]

the chromebook users wont care

its not m1 power its like in between m3 and m4

single core

[slim nova]

i wanna see blender on the neo

[untold helm]

It’s will be much much better then a Chromebook of the same price

[copper tendon]

8gb 5 years ago was fine

8gb today?

[coarse wedge]

still five hundred FUCKING DOLLARS

[copper tendon]

we already see how macos tahoe is with 8gb of ram so

[untold helm]

Which it’s the main competitor

[desert cairn]

my ssd doesnt think its fine

[desert cairn]

its really not that bad

it could be much worse

[copper tendon]

it will be much worse in 5 years lol

[untold helm]

How much was it supposed to cost?

[compact cobalt]

I wonder what kind of DAC they’re putting for the 3.5 adapter

[hard comet]

also 8gb m1 here, its ok but has gotten noticibly slower, will upgrade to the redesigned m6 macs probably

[desert cairn]

lol

my poor ssd

its quite insane actually

[coarse wedge]

google needs to lock the FUCK in and fund development of more powerful and optimised arm based laptops

[coarse wedge]

200

[desert cairn]

but if i can do all of this on 8gb, a student can use google docs and chrome on 8gb just fine

[copper tendon]

this is rough

[untold helm]

Brochacho

Are you serious

[copper tendon]

not just students will be buying it

[desert cairn]

students and old people

[copper tendon]

bros already hitting 7gb of swap today

[coarse wedge]

chromebooks will still be widely used i see

[desert cairn]

and its working fine

[copper tendon]

imagine 5 years down the line with mbn

[desert cairn]

i also have a shit ton of stuff open

[terse dome]

https://vxtwitter.com/i/status/2029220454553010358

High Yield (@highyieldYT)

The new @Apple MacBook Neo is powered by the A18 Pro, a mobile chip that is packaged using TSMC InFO-PoP. The DRAM sits on top of the SoC, it's a single, closed packaged. That's why the MBN comes with the same amount of 8GB DRAM as the iPhone 16 Pro. Same chip, same package.

vxTwitter / fixvx · Mar 4, 2026, 3:40 PM

[desert cairn]

macbook neo users arent using opencode and binja

theyre going to use google chrome to watch youtube and use google docs

[terse dome]

macbook neo users would use geforce now

[raven pine]

apple is really pushing these macs

[copper tendon]

macbook neo users using parallels desktop to virtualize windows

[terse dome]

too much of a workload for the neo

[raven pine]

imagine someone in like 15 years makes macos run on the iphone 17

[terse dome]

15 years?

[raven pine]

like they did with android on the 2g

[terse dome]

https://x.com/khanhduytran0/status/1954724636727587237 we already have this you know

Duy Tran (@khanhduytran0)

macOS on iPhone running Activity Monitor and Xcode

X · Aug 11, 2025, 2:00 AM

i think not very long until

[desert cairn]

lmao

[raven pine]

jailbreak is probably gonna take a while

[raven pine]

yeah i mean native

[chrome peak]

https://www.kikatek.com/Product/1470150-FURY3513056-Noodle-Stopper-Madoka-Kaname-Puella-Magi-Madoka-Magica

[raven pine]

oh shit is that native?