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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