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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87815, member: 27"]
A $599 price tag on Apple's new MacBook Neo came with a laundry list of trade-offs that make budget shoppers think twice.

MacBook Neo headline specs
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[*]A 13-inch Liquid Retina display runs at 2,408 x 1,506 resolution.
[*]Brightness tops out at 500 nits with uniform bezels.
[*]Dual-firing speakers pack Spatial Audio support.
[*]Color-matched aluminum frame and keyboard complete the look.
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A18 Pro chip instead of A19 Pro
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[*]Supply constraints on the A19 Pro forced Apple's hand here.
[*]Letting a low-margin laptop cannibalize iPhone 17 Pro production was a nonstarter.
[*]Apple fell back on the A18 Pro to keep things moving.
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RAM and storage workaround
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[*]Only 8 GB ships inside, courtesy of TSMC's InFO-PoP packaging.
[*]Bumping that number would have wrecked already razor-thin margins.
[*]SSD-based virtual memory kicks in to compensate during heavier tasks.
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Trackpad took a serious hit
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[*]Pressure-sensing capability got axed entirely from this model.
[*]Force clicks and pressure-sensitive drawing are both off the table.
[*]Haptic feedback is nowhere to be found either.
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Battery and port limitations
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[*]Its 36.5Wh cell manages just 11 hours of web browsing.
[*]That trails the M5 MacBook Air's 15-hour figure by a wide margin.
[*]One USB-C port maxes out at USB 3.0 speeds of 10Gb/s.
[*]Another port is stuck at USB 2.0, capping throughput at 480Mb/s.
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