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Apple Launches $599 MacBook Neo, Threatening Windows PC Market
(www.bloomberg.com)
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Apple really has a way of creating really great products and then just kneecapping the fuck outta them somehow. The 8GB RAM limitation is that kneecap.
I would gladly pay an extra $200 for another 8GB RAM, even though it would cost Apple maybe $20. But it's not even offered as an option. And of course, you can't just remove it and install your own, because it's "unified" garbage. As is, you have to upgrade to the $1100 Air to get that, which is a $500 tax on 8GB RAM. And that's too fucking much.
Saying M5 Air is just a RAM upgrade from Neo is silly. That M5 SoC will run laps around A18 Pro, not to mention other things like number of full speed USB ports, external display support etc. Neo needs USB-C display that can charge it because USB3 port is the only one it can use for power.
Neo is fine for web browsing and light tasks while even base M5 Air is a high end computer all things considered.
That's not really what I was saying. I was saying that's the only way to get 16GB.
90% of people don't need a high end computer, but they do need to multitask, which will be severely limited by RAM.
Yeah, no argument from me that it sucks there’s no option to upgrade. Other than forced segmentation and memory prices this might also be due to A18 Pro design which is more of a phone SoC - there’s no device with A18 that has different amount of RAM. I hope they’ll give an option for 12GB next year since even iPads get more these days.
My girlfriend is in the market for a new laptop since her 2012 MacBook Air is on it’s last legs and I guess Neo is what will make her upgrade. She doesn’t really multitask on her personal computer, just needs to express millennial urge to do serious things on a device that has a keyboard.