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Apple just announced a new "cheap" MacBook for $599.
It's called the MacBook Neo, and it comes in multiple "playful" colors.
It uses the A18 chip -- the same processor found in the iPhone 16 Pro.
After months of rumors and speculation, Apple just announced its latest entry-level addition to its MacBook lineup: the MacBook Neo. Priced at $599 and equipped with an A18 processor (the same chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro), Apple takes aim at budget PCs and Chromebooks in the low-end PC market -- an area in which it historically has had virtually no market share.
Entry-level MacBook
The MacBook comes at a particularly interesting time, amid soaring RAM prices, update fatigue, planned obsolescence, and AI dominating the industry -- for better or for worse.
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