Younger generations are used to touch interaction as one form of input because they have been doing it most of, if not all their lives; it’s similar to how I would never have bought a computer with command line as the only input.
I think they also add a backlight to the keyboard. Its been the most talked about con
Both ports will be USB3 if the A19P supports that. Up until the Neo, A chips were designed for a single USB so two ports is an good hack; I think the decision was made after the Neo’s planning for A# chips to be designed for two USB ports even if the phone and base iPad only have 1 port.
He also said web apps only, but a year later we got the App Store.
I am dumber for hitting the link for this post.
Apple's second-generation MacBook Neo may not feature a touch-capable display after all, according to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
In a report dated September 2025, Kuo accurately predicted that the MacBook Neo would enter mass production in the fourth quarter of 2025, noting that it would not feature a touchscreen. In the same report, however, the analyst said he believed Apple could add a touchscreen for the second-generation model, expected in 2027.
Kuo's latest thoughts now appear to push back against the possibility. From the report shared this morning:
Kuo says Apple's first touchscreen Mac is still expected to launch later this year in the form of a new, high-end MacBook Pro with an OLED display and a new design. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has suggested the machine may be positioned above Apple's existing MacBook Pro Models, and could adopt the moniker "MacBook Ultra."
The all-new MacBook Neo launches today, with prices starting at $599. Kuo says shipments of the Neo are slightly lower than his prior estimates, totaling around 4.5–5 million units (with about 2–2.5 million in the first half of 2026). For a single laptop model though, that's still a very impressive number.
Article Link: MacBook Neo 2 Might Not Feature Touchscreen After All
Perhaps. Personally, I have been a touch typist most of my adult life so it's one of the features I never use or miss if not there. But since these cater to k-12 students and older people (amongst other demographics), backlit keys may help those buyers if they aren't touch typists. So I could see that as well.
I'm not convinced it's just what people are used to. There's a significant convenience and efficiency of being able to move between keyboard, touchpad and mouse in the same plain that doesn't extend to touching the screen. I get it for an iPhone or an iPad, but when you're already presumably having to use the keyboard/trackpad it's a different situation.
Assuming a 16 GB 18 pro even exists, there’s still no reason to offer that version. The 8/512 Neo is 400 less than the 16/512 Air; a 16/512 Neo would be 200 less at which point you could more easily stretch to a base Air.
I won’t be getting haunted. I agree with him on the view of the touchscreen PC. Like Danhausen, “I curse you!”
Thanks for the link.
Upgrade to A19 would be disappointing because that would mean it would be stuck at 8gb of ram for a few years.
