racerhomie
macrumors 6502a
My MacBook Pro has been working fine with 8GB RAM and Swap for over 9 years. Stop being this naive. My previous Mac had 3GB, and my first Air(2008) had 2GB
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MacBook Neo Outsold Every Other Mac in Its Debut Quarter
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At least the pricing is more fair than the air and the pros
Astuces iOS
macrumors 68030
you could notice in a bit lower perfs AND BATTERY !!!
The $599 ($499 Education) Mac Mini for sure,
klasma
macrumors G4
Don’t you mean the 16e (without MagSafe), or maybe the Air (mono speakers)? The 17e is certainly more modern in its feature set than the SE 2 and 3 were at their time.
The Neo also has its share of compromises: The screen isn’t that great and uses interpolation, external monitor support is limited in terms of resolution, no backlit keyboard, Touch ID only on the more expensive model, one unlabeled USB-C port with only USB 2.0 capabilities.
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Astuces iOS
macrumors 68030
Yeah but it was in the 8gb era and your Mac did not have the lasted OS, run open core on it to run Tahoe and we will talk
zarmanto
macrumors 65816
That stands to reason. According to your sig, your current MacBook is configured with 128GB of RAM, and you're using the latest Pro-series iPhone; you're clearly not the target audience for either of the less expensive products.
JPack
macrumors P6
It confirms how fake the story about "binned chips" was.
Kuo told us last year Apple estimated they would sell 5-7 million units this year. Suppliers prepped for that number. There's no chance Apple "ran out" of chips only after 1.1 million units.
Kuo told us last year Apple estimated they would sell 5-7 million units this year. Suppliers prepped for that number. There's no chance Apple "ran out" of chips only after 1.1 million units.
IceCool
macrumors 6502a
It's so funny to me how wrong you are about everything. 🤣
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
That thread didn’t age well, did it? We love our neo for what we need it for. The biggest issue we have is windows muscle memory.
MacBook Neo - Good luck with 8gb of ram
Final review here, I cannot recommend the MacBook Neo and here is why : For now it's an ok Mac, even with 8gb it runs macOS well for the moment ! The problem is the future, I don't expect a lot from this Mac in 3-4 years ! It will start to slow down, it's the first Mac with A series chip too...forums.macrumors.com
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Yeah of course that would run like **** because it's literally not supported and has zero optimizations made for it. That's not because of the 8GB of memory.
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
In three years I’ll buy another one IF it comes to that.
IceCool
macrumors 6502a
"...run open core on it to run Tahoe and we will talk"
Says the one who continues arguing with actual MacBook Neo users who actually - successfully - put it through its paces. 🤣
Howard2k
macrumors 604
I don't have one, but it's a fantastic laptop from what I've seen - for the majority of home users.
I’m interested in them because I have kids and I feel a lot better about them demolishing a cheap phone or laptop than Apple’s mainstream and high end models.
Astuces iOS
macrumors 68030
Nah bro, I wish you luck, if it works then good for you... but it might not
matthew12
macrumors regular
I mean, yeah. Of course it did. You can get it for pretty cheap. And if you qualify for the education discount, it's even cheaper. If someone casual is buying a new computer, a Neo is a great idea. Obviously if you need more power, it's not, but this isn't aimed at power users, it's aimed at students and older folks.
What on Earth are you blathering about?
Astuces iOS
macrumors 68030
Don't expect the A18 Pro to be the best chip, it performs a bit like the m1 and the m1 will probably be dropped in 3 years
IceCool
macrumors 6502a
I'm an AI engineer, developer, and designer. I occasionally do work in Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. I use a 16" M5 Max with 128GB RAM - and half the time even that isn't enough. Trust me when I say, not unlike many others here, I know what "real" work is.
That being said, I also "know" that virtually no one purchasing the MacBook Neo cares nor is affected by the problems that you seem to have with their computers.
Read the article. That under $700 market is worldwide. It said Apple sells M1, M2, and other older Macs in places like India at sale prices. They sell enough that it accounts for 2%.
When you look at Apple's market, only 3.25% of the people live in the US. The other 96.75% don't live there. Or looking another way, the three largest countries, by population, are (in order) India, China, and then the US. Unless you count the EU as a country, then the US would be #4.
I think Apple looks at that 97.75% number as where its future growth will come from, especially in India. Selling cheaper computers there is a good way to bring people into the Apple ecosystem.
Not really, you use a bit more SSD i/o but those are so power efficient nowadays it’s negligible.
Astuces iOS
macrumors 68030
For sure you won't run those apps there, but what about normal apps like Claude AI or discord that use electron and eat your ram, add an animated background to that and you will see how fast it will drain.
Apple isn't the problem, they have a good strategy, you buy the new and then want to upgrade to the air ! We will see in 3 years anyways...
jz0309
macrumors P6
Very happy with mine.
And the numbers are not surprising.
And to all who call(ed) it "gimpbook" and whatever else, the actual users of the Neo don't care but keep spec hunting...
And the numbers are not surprising.
And to all who call(ed) it "gimpbook" and whatever else, the actual users of the Neo don't care but keep spec hunting...
It's going to last way longer than the latest Dell XPS on 8 GB of ram. Windows doesn't allocate ram well at all.