Intel launches Macbook Neo killer

[Corefile]

Intel's new Core Series 3 is its answer to the MacBook Neo

Intel has launched the Core Series 3, a mobile processor arguably designed to provide cheaper consumer laptops. But early pricing from a Chinese vendor, Honor, doesn't look especially promising.

www.pcworld.com

 

[Apple_Robert]

How can you label the device as the killer to the Neo when it hasn't been released and price is unknown? For me, OS (and its integration ability) is a major factor when buying tech.

 

[dmr727]

In my experience, anyone using the term "xxx killer" is peddling clickbait garbage.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Ok so there’s a chip now but where’s the rest of the laptop? According to the article, laptops using this chip are expected “soon”. Also, pricing seems to be out of line compared to the Neo

• Major manufacturers including Acer, Asus, HP, and Lenovo will ship Core Series 3 laptops soon, though early pricing signals like the $1000+ Honor MagicBook 14 raise affordability concerns.

 

[maflynn]

There's already PC laptops out there that rival or exceed the specifications of the Neo for the same price

Personal perspective, I hate when I see xx killer threads along with -Gate threads, those terms are completely overused.

 

[edubfromktown]

A glorified Celeron processor is no killer (even in vaporware form)

 

[rampancy]

In my experience, anyone using the term "xxx killer" is peddling clickbait garbage.

And more often than not, the "killer" isn't even comparable to the product it's supposed to kill. As PBG4 Dude said, How is a bare CPU supposed to be a market killer of a fully integrated laptop?

 

[theluggage]

The Neo is a cheap Mac - it is not a cheap laptop. Significantly cheaper PC laptops are available, that will probably manage to fit your "personal productivity" work in between downloading updates and ads. Chromebooks are even cheaper.

Mac is a premium brand and I haven't seen anybody complain about the Neo's 'fit and finish'. If people weren't prepared to pay a premium for an Apple logo and MacOS, Apple would have gone bust sometime last century.

 

[JPack]

The issue has always been packaging.

Even when Apple was using Intel, nobody could package it like Apple. Processor is not the main selling point for Neo, it's the entire package meaning unibody chassis, display quality, trackpad, battery life, support, and of course macOS.

 

[maflynn]

A glorified Celeron processor is no killer (even in vaporware form)

Actually starting with panther lake, intel has been crushing in terms of performance and power efficiency. Their integrated gpu in panther lake has been rivaling discrete gpu performance. You can actually gain on these processors.

 

[chown33]

Personal perspective, I hate when I see xx killer threads along with -Gate threads, those terms are completely overused.

Welcome to Killergate -- the scandalous overuse of "killer" and "gate".

 

[ricketysquire]

Competition is critical. We don't want to live in a world where one company rules supreme. These companies are businesses not our friends our identity shouldn't be tied to them. We need them to compete on price, features, etc.

 

[BSDnostalgia]

But, the point still stands that Intel announced a processor and that the comparison to Apple's system is not apropos.

 

[Zazoh]

I am on several apple devices. The integration and ease of workflow spanning all the devices seamlessly is enough to make it where I'd NEVER switch ecosystems. In other words, if you gave me a Windows machine, I'd donate it to someone else.

Once more people are introduced to the advantages of that tight integration, nothing will ever come and take those users back.

 

[JPack]

Intel needs to pull another Centrino platform spec to compete against Neo.

They realized even back in 2003 that a platform is what sells because customers view the computer as a package. Intel CPU, Intel Wi-Fi, display, battery, and chassis requirements, etc.

 

[Abydos]

planning to cash in on intel stock via the rumor method, eh

 

[ricketysquire]

Intel needs to pull another Centrino platform spec to compete against Neo.

They realized even back in 2003 that a platform is what sells because customers view the computer as a package. Intel CPU, Intel Wi-Fi, display, battery, and chassis requirements, etc.

Totally agree on that. The integrated ARC GPUs are very competitive. I was playing Hogwarts Legacy on 1080p on an Arc 8 Core integrated GPU. I was very impressed.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

In my experience, anyone using the term "xxx killer" is peddling clickbait garbage.

Exactly. When I see "so and so killer" in a headline, I tune out.

 

[Genelec8341]

x86 is so 1996 😆

 

[sinanziric]

x86 cannot defeat Neo even if they would be giving them for free

 

[Abydos]

in between bridge hands, I seem to recall the i3 chip followed the core duo and proceeded the i5, so the chip is at least 8 years old, and possibly as much as 16 years old so how is this new or we dealing with neolithic (New Stone Age ) versus Paleolithic (old Stone Age ) type dating

 

[TechnoMonk]

Intel should go back to what they did in glory years. Pay HP and Dell billions of $ to put their processors. Oh wait this is 2026.

 

[warriors2017]

Intel cannot defeat Neo 'cause Neo knows kung fu 😭

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Wild guess and sure I’ll be proven correct, it won’t perform as well as the original M1 base shipped years ago.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Competition is critical. We don't want to live in a world where one company rules supreme. These companies are businesses not our friends our identity shouldn't be tied to them. We need them to compete on price, features, etc.

Sure, let’s see some macOS apps running on it then we’ll see how it competes against Apple Silicon running macOS. 🙂