Kirk McElhearnMar 15

PhotoActive Podcast, Episode 205: Spec Goblins and the MacBook Neo

Apple has announced the MacBook Neo, a $600 laptop running on the same A18 Pro processor that was used in the iPhone 16 Pro. Oh, and it has 8GB of RAM and starts at 256GB of storage. Believe it or not, lots of people on the Internet take issue with those specs, so we look at it from the point of view of whether it could be a good machine for photographers who blew all their money on a $10,000 Leica…

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Kirkville - PhotoActive Podcast, Episode 205: Spec Goblins and the MacBook Neo

Apple has announced the MacBook Neo, a $600 laptop running on the same A18 Pro processor that was used in the iPhone 16 Pro. Oh, and it has 8GB of RAM and starts at 256GB of storage. Believe it or …

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Show threadA. Lee Bennett Jr.
@mcelhearn I’m gonna hit the podcast when I can, but as a shortcut answer, do you have a strong feeling whether the 8GB Neo is adequate for my wife who shoots full res JPG (not RAW) with a Canon 70D and performs quite a bit of Photoshop touchup on dozens (sometimes 100/200+) for each event she shoots? Feels inadequate RAM, but maybe the latest Silicon chips negate it.
Mar 15 at 2:54pmIvory for iOS
Show threadKirk McElhearnMar 15
@leebennett Both Jeff and I think it should be fine. I think if they’re selling something like this they know that it can handle what most people need a computer for. I know someone still using an M1 Pro, and he has no problem with it. The Neo apparently is about the same as an M3 and single core and an M1 in multi core. So as long as you’re not doing anything too demanding it should be fine. And you can always return it if it doesn’t work out. (1/2)
Show threadKirk McElhearnMar 15
Put it through its paces for a week and see how it works (2/2)