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Zac also offered a brief comparison to the $599 MacBook Neo in his article, noting that Dell actually had Apple's laptop readily available next to each XPS 13 in the product showroom. That's the thing about the new XPS 13. It doesn't feel like Dell has cut any corners to arrive at the $599/$699 introductory pricing, and the best part is that Dell offers plenty of additional configuration options for those who need more RAM, more storage, and more raw processing power. On that note, it is worth highlighting the new XPS 13's launch cadence. These first models available now come with Intel's "Wil

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