Your Next PC: a MacBook Neo?
Apple has just announced an all new MacBook Neo and it’s got us all wondering: “are you the one?” Short answer for most people: absolutely.
It means know thy self. I wanna tell you a little secret, being the one is just like being in love. No one needs to tell you you are in love, you just know it, through and through.
Oracle from The Wachowskis’ 1999 film the Matrix
Buy the MacBook Neo
For many people out there this is a no-brainer. Let’s start with the price: coming in at $600 or $500 with educational discounts this is an unbeatable bang for your buck.
At a time when all computing component prices are skyrocketing due to consolidated markets shifting to only serve AI companies, Apple throws their market prowess into a deal that is almost too good to be true.
Meanwhile Microsoft have spent the last year making continual annoyances and anti-consumer behavior. While Microsoft attempts to fix problems, their results have been notably lacking. And with last year’s retirement of Windows 10, it’s got many people wondering is there anything else that’s easier to deal with?
That’s why we couldn’t be more delighted to hear Apple announce the MacBook Neo. It’s got all the wonderful design Apple is known for and well optimized parts at a deal you won’t get anywhere else. It’s got a beautiful aluminum body in your choice of several styles, touch ID scanner, a great screen, HD camera, and all day battery life. Alan has been using his MacBook Pro M2 for a while now and loves how well it works for everything. These MacBook Neo’s promise to have all the benefits with fewer bells and whistles at a very affordable price.
We’ve even looked into Google’s Chromebooks but they have a glaring issue of a licensing issue where they decide to quit supporting security and software updates after a set time. Apple is not perfect on this front either, but generally has longer product support lifecycles and real world durability than Google, Microsoft, or any systems that run Android, ChromeOS, or Windows.
Who the MacBook Neo is For
Lots of people will be able to really enjoy this laptop in their personal and professional lives. Here’s a few scenarios that can take advantage of it:
- You work from home, a coffee shop, or travel a lot
- You are a student
- You need a reliable machine to browse the web, do some light photo editing, emails, social media, and document editing
- Your work hosts a Virtual Machine and you want a good laptop to connect to it
- You like using light AI features like ChatGPT or photo touch ups
Who the MacBook Neo is Not For
Let’s be honest, this MacBook Neo is not for everyone. Let’s go over a few scenarios that you should consider other options.
- You do a lot of video or photography editing and production
- You need more storage on your laptop than 256GB or 512GB
- You need to connect multiple extra monitors to it
- You have software that only runs on Windows *
- You need to run advanced tasks like a virtual machine on your Mac
- You want to run games or apps that are graphically or computationally intense
If the MacBook Neo is not for you but you’d like to try a Mac, we can help you find the right MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, or other system. We’re happy to look at Windows PC’s too if that makes more sense.
* There’s several ways to run Windows only software that can work with a Mac:
- In a Windows Virtual Machine on your Mac (We suggest MacBook Pros for this)
- On a Cloud hosted PC that you login to
- Using compatibility software
- Find an alternative that works on macOS
Considerations for Work
But what if I get a Neo for workers at my office? Glad you asked, it’s super simple to integrate Mac’s into our existing tools for secure remote management and support.
In fact with all the headaches Microsoft has introduced to Windows 11, it’s at least just as easy to setup our secure remote management and support tools on a Mac, if not easier.
Still have questions about Apple, macOS, MacBook Neo, Microsoft, Windows 11, or anything else tech? Contact us, we’re happy to help!