@daringfireball Okay, it’s cool, but now that we have a benchmark we know that, in almost every way, the Neo is the same or worse than the backdoor-of-Walmart-new MacBook Air M1.

Make it make sense. It’s neat that they pulled it off, but upgrade the webcam, add some colors, & the old slanted MBA is no worse... plus better ports and backlit keyboard!

This must be cheaper to make than the M1 MBA and/or allows them to upgrade more inexpensively for years.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/05/macbook-neo-first-benchmarks/