Oglądam materiał o "serwisowalności" nowego #MacBook #Neo - ten "tani" makbuk na procesorze z #iPhone (#A18Pro) i 8GB RAM.
Jest rewelacja. Wszystko na śrubkach, bateria i inne elementy bez kleju, rozbieranie i wymiana komponentów wręcz wzorowo. To świetnie, bo nie będą lądowały w elektrośmieciach a w serwisach (chyba że cena części zamiennych będzie powalać, wtedy będzie się składać np. 1 dobry z 3 uszkodzonych. Ofc jak Apple pozwoli, bo mogą być blokady w sofcie, jak w iPhone).

Na zdjęciu płyta główna. Tak, ten laptop to jest w zasadzie iPhone z monitorem, klawiaturą, gładzikiem i #MacOS. Albo inaczej, iPhone to MacBook bez klawiatury, gładzika, z małym displayem i iOs 😉
Praktycznie żadnego chłodzenia.

Oczywiście czekam na info, jaki Linux na tym ruszy. Ja zostanę raczej przy poleasingowych laptopach na intelu. Ale może za kilka lat, jak pojawią się niedrogie używki, czemu nie. Jeśli chodzi o energooszczędność, ten model jest niedościgniony.

Link do materiału: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Ma3mJ2R6OXo

I just played a little bit of "Divinity: Original Sin 2, Definitive Edition" on the MacBook Neo. I installed and ran the game through Steam and then went through various graphics settings.

Running the game in the full screen resolution of 2408x1506 at "High" settings works, but you'll only get around 20-30fps, which feels a bit sluggish. At a lower resolution, the game quickly becomes a lot more playable. At 1408x881, I could even set everything to "Ultra" and still maintain 60fps. In the end, I went with a compromise and set it to 1637x1024 at "Medium" settings. This would also run perfectly well at 60fps.

Conclusion: For a little gaming on the go, or maybe even an occasional LAN party with some friends, the MacBook Neo with its A18 Pro chip is perfectly capable of playing some games. It's not a gaming machine, but you can definitely find an acceptable setting. We've all had worse gaming PCs in the past and still had fun! 😉

#MacBookNeo #Apple #Gaming #MacOS #A18Pro #Benchmark

Apple MacBook Neo review: I’m returning the $599 Mac after just one day

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/macbook-neo-review-returning/

Apple Unleashes the M5 Era and Shocks Everyone With the $599 MacBook Neo

https://techlife.blog/posts/apple-unleashes-the-m5-era-and-shocks-everyone-with-the-599-macbook-neo/

#Apple #M5 #MacBookNeo #MacBookPro #MacBookAir #AppleIntelligence #AppleSilicon #M5Pro #M5Max #A18Pro

I think people, when assessing the power of the Apple A18 Pro phone chip being used at the heart of the new MacBook Neo, should remember this graph from AnandTech, posted at the time of the Apple M1's debut.

Note the performance trajectory of Intel's top tier consumer CPUs vs. that of Apple's A-series phone chips. In 2020, the Apple A14 Bionic SoC in the iPhone 12 outperformed, in single-core performance, Intel's i9-10900K CPU. That's right. This performance trajectory of Apple's phone chips vs. Intel's mainline CPUs was a major factor in Apple deciding to start rolling their own M-series CPUs for the Mac. (And the M1 grew out of the same A14 SoC shown here.)

This puts into question just how apt a descriptor of performance the term "phone chip" really is, I think.

cc @siracusa

#Apple #AppleSilicon #Mac #macOS #MacBookNeo #A18 #A18Pro #iPhone #CPU #GPU #cellphone #tech #technews #performance #Intel #SoC #AppleNews #technology #ATPPodcast

MacBook Neoに搭載されたA18 ProチップのNeural Engineを利用したAIスコアは、Apple M3チップを上回るもよう。

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://applech2.com/archives/20260307-macbook-neo-with-a18-pro-ai-benchmark.html