Most companies don't build products to last 10 years nowadays. Those days are in the past and probably never coming back. Apple gave up on being carbon neutral a while ago.
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MacBook Neo Outsold Every Other Mac in Its Debut Quarter
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jlc1978
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That depends on how many new buyers they attracted vs those that would have bought, say, an Air instead; for example lets assume the 500 Neo cost a sale of an 1000 Air. if the sale ratio is 2:1 in the Neo’s favor, the revenue loss is a wash since teh additional Neo’s make up for it. As long as the margins are the same then there is no impact at all. If teh ratio is higher, then revenue increases and the margin stays the same.
PBG4 Dude
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That’s exactly what it does. It’s reversible so you can try it and revert if you don’t like it.
Nicky G
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As someone who’s been using Apple products since being a kindergartener in the early 80s, I have to say this is an incredible milestone, especially in the past 20-25 year period.
The Neo is capable now. After a few years of updates, well, it’s going to be insane. I love that many more people will have the opportunity to be Mac users. It’s a perfect gateway drug, er, device. 😉
The Neo is capable now. After a few years of updates, well, it’s going to be insane. I love that many more people will have the opportunity to be Mac users. It’s a perfect gateway drug, er, device. 😉
Give the laptop to someone and don’t tell
Them about how much ram it has. 99% of people will never even notice it’s 8gb of ram. It’ll do everything they are using it for.
The Neo is one of the best values from any tech brand in a long time. I have an m5 max and I find myself using the Neo almost exclusively unless I need the extra horsepower.
Apple and anyone who buys the Neo should be very proud of it. It’s in no way a ‘cheap’ laptop. I’m actually shocked they have the price as low as it is.
Them about how much ram it has. 99% of people will never even notice it’s 8gb of ram. It’ll do everything they are using it for.
The Neo is one of the best values from any tech brand in a long time. I have an m5 max and I find myself using the Neo almost exclusively unless I need the extra horsepower.
Apple and anyone who buys the Neo should be very proud of it. It’s in no way a ‘cheap’ laptop. I’m actually shocked they have the price as low as it is.
Nicky G
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avkills
macrumors 65816
Just think how many Apple Silicon desktops Apple could sell if they were priced around $2000-$2500 and had a couple PCIe slots, with *big maybe* swap in GPU cards, upgradeable RAM and upgradeable SSDs.
Icing on the cake would be Apple Silicon CPU modules so you could upgrade the core system from the base to a Pro/Max/Ultra. If Apple could keep with a ultra fast interconnect for 5-10 years, this idea would be a no brainer.
Icing on the cake would be Apple Silicon CPU modules so you could upgrade the core system from the base to a Pro/Max/Ultra. If Apple could keep with a ultra fast interconnect for 5-10 years, this idea would be a no brainer.
burgman
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burgman
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Happy_John
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Added to the fact that you can't run Tahoe on unsupported Macs via OCLP.
Don't feed the troll.
zarmanto
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Well at $500 3 years of service is a pretty good deal. What will the trade in be in 3 years? $150? I’d say $350 for a computer for my college freshman education major is money well spent.
The battery health of my MacBook Air is at 84%, and I get perfectly fine battery life with electron apps (Notion, Obsidian etc). you are just whining for the same of whining.
dmr727
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KENESS
macrumors 6502
Haven't you got something else... never mind. Not worth it.
This basically proves that price was/is the biggest deterrent for most consumers to choose a Mac over a PC.
with current economy, no wonder it outsells all other models!
Luftkopf
macrumors 65816
That can take a minute to work through, I remember when I switched from XP! So worth it though.
All chips are ‘binned’. Some are put into the sorting bin for ‘works perfectly’, and end up in iPhone Pros and Pro Maxes. What is a ‘non binned’ chip? One that hasn’t been made yet?Maybe the newer ones will be non binned chips.
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Howard2k
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Maybe the newer ones will be non binned chips.
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Why would they be non-binned?
It sounds like you don't understand what binned chips are. The entire industry takes this approach.