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Setting up the MacBook Neo didn't take me long. I already had a Time Machine backup of my MacBook Pro, so the switchover was simple. And because the Neo uses the same MacOS software you see on other Apple computers, I felt right at home. However, there was a noticeable shift in the hardware experience. I moved from a laptop with a 14.1-inch mini-LED screen to one with a 13-inch LCD screen, making the Neo's smaller size along with brightness and contrast differences instantly noticeable. There was also a downgrade in RAM and the ports I could use. I now had 8GB instead of 16GB of memory, and I

With everything said, my week with the MacBook Neo left me with a positive impression of Apple's entry-level laptop. When I bought my first Mac, I went with a MacBook Pro because I wanted the best experience Apple had to offer and enough performance headroom that I wouldn't need a new machine for quite some time. But at $1,700, I paid for that privilege. The MacBook Neo costs just a fraction of what I paid for my MacBook Pro, and while it can't match the Pro's performance or likely its useful lifespan, it did everything I needed it to do during the week I was without my Pro. It's a well-balanc

The new MacBook Neo is the perfect low-cost laptop for school and casual home use, and the MacBook Pro is great for those who need higher-level processing and graphics performance for content creation, graphic design, advanced STEM work and gaming. In between, the MacBook Air is more of an everyday laptop that favors portability over performance, although it has power to spare and a long battery life, according to our tests. That’s why the MacBook Air is still CNET’s pick for the best MacBook for most people. The 15-inch MacBook Air acts as a bridge between the 13-inch MacBook Air and MacBook