For me it's not an upgrade have M1 Air with 1tb and 16gigs battery sustained throughput and more gpu. It's a niche machine. If the Air fails will just use M5 iPad Pro. Waste of money for me not a good swap!
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Is anyone with M1 or M2 Air 'upgrading' to the Neo?
- Thread starter thadoggfather
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Can't see why a M1 or M2 user would upgrade to a Neo. It would be a downgrade.
I do have a M1, it feels great. I would only upgrade it if it would become suddenly very slow. Or if my eyes demanded a 15" laptop.
I do have a M1, it feels great. I would only upgrade it if it would become suddenly very slow. Or if my eyes demanded a 15" laptop.
Basic75
macrumors 68030
If you have an M1 or M2 Air and are happy with the performance you don't need a new computer. If you have one and are not happy with the performance you are more than a casual user and probably don't want a Neo as your next Mac.
Basic75
macrumors 68030
It's a shame we will never know how many Neos owned by kids need to be repaired or replaced because it didn't have MagSafe that one time it was needed.
JoeG4
macrumors 68040
Definitely no lol. I have a 15" m2 air. I wanted the bigger screen. Mine's in really nice shape and still has at least a few years of life left in it. I use my desktops 99% of the time anyway. I usually use my laptop at my piano lol.
4sallypat
macrumors 603
I agree Magsafe would be nice, as I work in EDU.
USB-C ports so far in our 15,000 Chromebooks have not been an issue with breakage.
Most of our repairs are LCD screen breakage, keyboard keys picked off, hinges destroyed, and 3.5 mm jacks with broken off tips.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I'm not seeing the Neo as an upgrade with the M2. Doing some googling, it seems that the M1 MBA and Neo seems to offer similar speed processing wise
A case can be made for the M1 and neo being on the same level processing wise. From what I can gather multicore its about the same where as single core the neo is faster, however when you include the 50% slower drive speed, overall performance may feel a bit more sluggish then the M1 MBA
A case can be made for the M1 and neo being on the same level processing wise. From what I can gather multicore its about the same where as single core the neo is faster, however when you include the 50% slower drive speed, overall performance may feel a bit more sluggish then the M1 MBA
Macbookey
macrumors 6502
I love the Neo, but only FOMO would be an honest reason to change from my M2 MacBook Air. It would be foolish to do so and for the types of things that I do on my Air, I am not the target demographic. As I have said in other posts, I am thrilled that the Neo exists, and that the Mac is getting attention and making noise. The success of the Neo will make macOS more of a priority, I hope, and that is all I want. My M2 Air has exceeded all expectations in my transition to a laptop only life on the Mac as a previous iMac diehard. I will be going for the Pro in my next upgrade, after I see what the next generation brings.
QCassidy352
macrumors G5
1BadManVan
macrumors 68040
i agree, especially for the m2 with the updated design, better screen and magsafe vs the m1. M1 could be an easier sell for a casual user that would notice the single core boost in speed and snappiness for daily browsing and light usage though
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
I was just using a friends maxed out M1 13" MBA (16/2TB) in Silver yesterday and wow I'd forgotten what a sexy piece of hardware that is.
It totally blows away the Neo in feel, fit, finish, "curb appeal" ... all of that.... while trading blows on performance.
I can't imagine trading an M1 MBA for a Neo.
It totally blows away the Neo in feel, fit, finish, "curb appeal" ... all of that.... while trading blows on performance.
I can't imagine trading an M1 MBA for a Neo.
