Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo'

[darngooddesign]

iPad Air is the one that gets me, they release the Air name because it's thin and yet it is not the thinnest iPad.

And iPod is even sillier than MacBook neo.

 

[MacBH928]

MacBook Neo will boast ProMotion, no notch, eSIM, and 24GB RAM and 512GB for base model. Price will be 499. At least these are the specs people here would be happy with.

no notch?! that is a feature over the mb pro models!

 

[playtech1]

I really think the MacBook Neo is going to be a hit - if the entry price is low enough. Even really expensive windows laptops are utterly compromised - not least because Windows itself is an increasingly user hostile OS that is suffering fro under investment (sleep mode? good luck!) - and cheap ones feel really cheap.

Apple has a great talent for making mediocre hardware feel like quality.

 

[Dirk Pieters]

I really hope these aren't the actual colors. I've hated these iPad colors since they were released. The yellow especially is 🤮

That yellow is like a dirty mustard. Not good indeed.

 

[darngooddesign]

no notch?! that is a feature over the mb pro models!

That just means it has big dumb bezels.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Not really. I don’t remember seeing anyone say that about those names.

You don’t need to remember it, the entire 25 year history of this forum is archived.
The names were hated just like this one.

 

[Krafty]

How are they not?
I can assure you, the exact, exact same comments were made about the MacBook Air when it first launched.
In fact, here you go…

Introducing the MacBook Air?

After the banners went up on Friday, we posted the whispers we'd heard about the upcoming thin Laptop, and that it would be called "MacBook Air". 9to5mac posts some notes about the history of this name, including a Google cache record of a computer named "MacBookAir" documented in Adium's usage...

www.macrumors.com

Anyway, just like MacBook Air before it, assuming that “MacBook Neo” is really the name people will complain and complain and “Steve would never” for a couple months until it just becomes part of the regular lineup.

Damn, I was really like that in 2008...

 

[Mackan]

Those colors in the render looks very unexciting.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

They probably asked Siri to manage the release.

“Here’s what I found on the web for release management.” Links to Ex-Lax home page.

 

[Orange Bat]

I’ll be waiting for the MacBook Paleo

 

[Dirk Pieters]

wtf is this name. Just call it MacBook.

“Apple has a new MacBook” is pointless information now for potential new customers because there are just too many updates. Most updates are chip bumps anyway, with redesigned hardware maybe every 4-5 years.

Apple needs this laptop to be different, to stand out, in order to market it the way it should be marketed to reach the customers they want. Read: (a bit more) affordable, for new customers, etc.

If true, then a new suffix like Neo will automatically trigger curiosity. “MacBook” never will.

 

[Compote]

They've really bent over backwards with the name.

Badum tiss.

 

[Baseiseough]

Honest question...if you can get the Apple TV app on your phone, playstation, and many other devices already...what's the point of buying an actual Apple TV?

The Apple TV app on the Apple TV 4K streams content at a higher bitrate than on other devices. That’s what I’ve been told.

 

[dduraznito]

What a cringeworthy, **** name.

Agreed.
Unpopular opinion, but I always thought the same about "Ultra" and never got used to it.

 

[darngooddesign]

They've really bent over backwards with the name.

Badum tiss.

 

[honcho]

Not sure about the name. Maybe someone at Apple misread “product matrix” as “matrix product”.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Those colors in the render looks very unexciting.

Not to worry. Those are just render colors that don’t actually represent the actual colors used.

 

[Naraxus]

El oh el. People getting THIS worked up over a name 🤣

 

[DankeBrutus]

Damn, I was really like that in 2008...

Time is a cruel mistress.

I sure hope not, that name is HORRIBLE

Roy Hobbs being a man ahead of his time lol. We've been complaining about Apple's product lineup for decades.

 

[k1121j]

Honest question...if you can get the Apple TV app on your phone, playstation, and many other devices already...what's the point of buying an actual Apple TV?

Here are a few i can think of

1. Airplay is certainly not how i want to put content on my tv.
2. I use the Direct TV stream app on my Apple TV for Live TV
3. I don't own a gaming console
4. My entire smart home including cameras, garage doors, lights etc. are accessible on the Apple TV
5. If my phone is plugged in somewhere i don't need to have it in hand to use the TV.
6. Most of my smart TV's including my newest Samsung S95F tv have clunkily interfaces
7. I have 5 TV's and a 109 inch movie room screen, With the apple TV's they all work the same way have the same apps and are pretty seamless for all users
8. JellyFin ( like plex but free ) is not available any other way that i'm aware of with my setup.

 

[Johnny Applesuede]

El oh el. People getting THIS worked up over a name 🤣

Look, a quarter century is not enough time to ambiguate away from the Matrix. 😉

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

did they run a school competition for that name?

Should’ve just been Macbook

 

[Retro Rider]

How could they fumble the name? They just needed to name it MacBook and it would be out of the park.

 

[delsoul]

did they run a school competition for that name?

Should’ve just been Macbook

Named it the, “Cookbook!” 😂

 

[darngooddesign]

did they run a school competition for that name?

Should’ve just been Macbook

To be fair, it’s directed at students not super serious adults.