Daring FireballMar 4
★ Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo
https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_macbook_neo
Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo

The MacBook Neo is the first major new Mac aimed at the consumer market in the Apple Silicon era. It’s meant to make a dent — perhaps a minuscule dent in the universe, but a big dent in the Mac’s share of the overall PC market.

Daring Fireball
Show threadChancerubbage

@daringfireball so one port is usb 2.0 speed. How fast is the other one? Which side is the faster port?
Because folks will probably keep it plugged into a charger on the slower port.

People are whining about the usb 2.0 port so much that a lot of readers thing the shittymport is the only port.

Mar 5 at 6:05amIvory for iOS
Show threadOwen 🇦🇺Mar 5
@Chancerubbage @daringfireball Both ports are on the same side, faster 10GB port is at the back, slower 480MB port is at the front. I think a common user mistake is going to be that they plug it in to charge on the rear port and plug an external drive into the slower front port and wonder why file transfer speeds are so shitty. 🤪
Show threadChancerubbageMar 5

@vanitalo @daringfireball

I honesty think drive enclosures should have a small indicator screen that helps users suss out average throughput speeds and or cable type. The one Mac OS provides on monitor is too vague, tells one nothing about cable specs when it matters, etc.

Show threadChancerubbageMar 5

@vanitalo @daringfireball

It’s like Apple Watch updates inexplicably defaulting to Bluetooth data only. No, this is a Watch OS update, opening the data doors wide should automatically be part of the process during an os update.

I for one do not walk around with WiFi active on my Apple Watch. And the place I’m most likely to update the watch has a gated terms of service click through for its WiFi which must be connected manually first.i alway forget, the progress ticker says DAYS, not minutes.