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Farewell Neo, Hello Air.
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Apple not including 12+ gigs of RAM and a backlit keyboard on the Neo was an atrocity. Enthusiasts today will not love the Neo in 3+ years, at least probably not most of them.
conmee
macrumors 65816
I don't know... there are quite a few 12" MacBook enthusiasts floating around here that are still content with a Core i3+8GB RAM going on 9 years. Granted, the 12" MacBook may not be their primary device anymore.
What's also wild is that 1.1M Neos were sold in Q1 and 6.7M Neos in Q2 according to IDC. Given Apple usually sells around ~25M or so Macs per year, it's crazy to think that Neo sales could end up being +30% of all Mac sales this year (unless there's a fair amount of cannibalization vs MBA and MBP). Some people may not be happy with Neo in 3+ years, but for now, 7.8M (and counting) don't seem to care.
pharry
macrumors newbie
I got the MacBook Neo when it came out, it is a nice little machine and I like it being slightly smaller and NOT having the notch. It serves my needs (I’m not a not a pro user) but occasionally the ram speed makes launching new apps a bit frustrating. I could also use a backlit keyboard. On balance, a great value and I’m looking forward to see what the Neo 2 will bring of improvements.
1BadManVan
macrumors 68040
I wouldn't say slower, I've seen plenty of Neo ssd speed tests come in slower, it's basically within the margin of error. But yes, the 256gb ssd on the m2 is much slower than every other gen. But for most usage cases, it's not something you'll really notice. Higher storage tiers of the m2 were about double the speed. I used own an M2 air with 1tb storage