TomApple's new MacBook Neo is a solid budget performer for the Apple-focused experience. What was it like to spend a week with this low-cost entrant into Apple's lineup? It's not perfect, but for many job roles, it's the exact tool for the job. We're going to buy a lot of these over the next few years.
Bart@tbridge good writeup and echos my experience. Regarding the "Tom's MacBook" comment, if you jump into ABM and filter on device, the Neo is listed as a varient of MacBook along with the OG and 12", not at its own thing like the air or pro. My head canon therefore tells me this is apples answer to the "why dont apple put an apple silicon chip in the 12" macbook" question.
David Nelson@bartreardon @tbridge I wonder if they were still deciding how to brand it when they had to finalize the software build, so they played it safe and left the suffix off.
Or you could have a head-canon where it’s not actually part of the product name, but a marketing label highlighting that it’s new.
The New MacBook —> The Neo MacBook —> The MacBook… Neo 😜
@dmnelson @bartreardon I was actually thinking they might've just wanted to call it "MacBook" and decided on Neo late late in the game.