I get the hype.

[TSE]

Wife and I were tired of juggling a single MacBook Air between us so went out and bought a MacBook Neo today. Base model. Citrus.

Installed Figma. Claude. Discord. Parallels Desktop.

This makes no sense, but even with 8gbs of RAM, it runs Windows 11 just fine within Parallels for what I use it for (Project 1999, an older 3d MMORPG).

The vibrant color is fantastic. I love the white keys. I realize this is controversial, but I just wish the bezel was white as well to match my iMac.

For all intents and purposes it's equal to the Air's. It's bright. The colors are nice. It does the job.

The trackpad is actually BETTER than the haptic. It's incredible. If you haven't yet, go out and check it out at a store near you.

Only thing I notice is the battery does indeed drain a little faster. I like to take my laptop to the kitchen and play some Youtube while I clean it every night, and after half an hour it went to 92%. That's about 5 hours of battery life which is fine.

Overall, super happy. It's a nice, nice computer. The Air needs to go the way of the premium ultraportable. Make it two pounds. Thinner than ever. The Neo just ate its lunch.

 

[jonasen]

Interesting!
But yeah Parallells eat battery also on a more powerful machine so the drain is expected.
I think it would struggle for my developer work but it's not meant for that, for anyone who just browse the web, watch movies and word processing it must be the best machine you can get now for its price.

 

[apostolosdt]

Running Parallels+Windows 11 on an 8 RAM sounds really interesting. So what basically you're saying is that Neo runs with effectively 4 RAM just fine! I'do like to hear more, if you don't mind.

 

[1rottenapple]

Interesting. I do find the display slightly less vibrant while I’m st the store. But perhaps I need to spend more time looking at different sites.

I like the idea of white bezels! So true I love the old designs it would look great with white.