154
submitted 2 days ago by mudkip@lemdro.id to c/technology@lemmy.world

Apple appears to have prematurely revealed the name of its rumored lower-cost MacBook model, which is expected to be announced this Wednesday. A regulatory document for a "MacBook Neo" (Model A3404) has appeared on Apple's website. Unfortunately, there are no further details or images available yet. While the PDF file does not contain the "MacBook Neo" name, it briefly appeared in a link on Apple's regulatory website for EU compliance purposes.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] artyom@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

An N150 w/16GB RAM is gonna be way more useful than a A16 or whatever with 8GB. Most people will never touch the potential power of their processor but they certainly will be doing a bunch of shit simultaneously.

[-] encelado748@feddit.org 21 points 2 days ago

As an owner of both an n150 minipc with 16gb of ram and an m1 8g air I can assure you this statement is false. The first is a toy compared to the latter. You can use it as inexpensive home server, but not as a work machine.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I also own both and disagree. But this isn't an M1, regardless.

[-] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago
[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago
[-] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

My my, you do have a singular wit.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Yes because your comment was so witty...?

[-] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago
[-] rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

I mean, if that fits your use-case, I'm not gonna tell you not to get it. Plenty of folks just need a machine for scrolling a social media feed, documents, and Youtube.

But anyone who wants more than what amounts to a Chromebook can get it pretty affordably with the low-end macbooks. Effectively tripling your speed for another $200 is definitely worth it for lots of folks, and memory paging is a lot faster than it used to be.

Benchmarks can be hit or miss, but aren't totally useless:

N150: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+N150

Low-end M1 from 2020: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Apple+M1+8+Core+3200+MHz

And finally, the A19 they're talking about using: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Apple+A19+Pro

[-] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

These are CPU benchmarks, they don't account for available RAM.

this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
154 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

82296 readers
5376 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS