HeyJaredThe Neo Notebook
Neo Notebook is a weekly vodcast dedicated to the MacBook Neo - Apple's boldest entry-level laptop in years.
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Double Bid, Sticker Shock (opens the original)
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Marty, Dave, Eric, and Brett unpack Dell's two-front move on the Neo — the colorful budget 14S and an XPS 13 price hike driven by the memory crunch — then work through a Reddit week heavy on macOS 27 reactions, buy-or-wait debates, real-world workload questions, and troubleshooting. — DELL'S DOUBLE BID — The Dell 14S Is Yet Another Cheap Laptop Chasing the MacBook Neo (Engadget via Yahoo Tech) https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/dell-14s-yet-another-cheap-070000413.html Dell XPS 13 Gets a
Everybody's Making a Neo (opens the original)
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Berlin showed up with four $699 aluminum MacBook Neo answers in a single week, Gurman finally put an A19 Pro and 12GB on the Neo 2, and thirteen Reddit threads asked whether the cheapest Mac can do real work — Marty, Eric, and Brett sort the real threats from the paint. IFA 2026 ANSWERS THE NEO Dell Wants to Fight Apple's MacBook Neo With Color, But Its Product Names Are a Mess (Windows Central via Yahoo Tech) https://tech.yahoo.com/computing/articles/dell-wants-fight-apples-macbook-134155797.ht
Dave, You're Getting a Dell (opens the original)
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Marty, Dave, Eric, and Brett dig into this week's wave of budget Windows laptops gunning for the MacBook Neo, the Neo's growing footprint in K-12 classrooms, accessory and repair news, listener troubleshooting, and Dave's head-to-head test of the new Dell XPS 13 against the Neo. TOP STORY: This Week's Wave of Neo ChallengersChuwi UniBook ($449) — "A Funhouse-Mirror MacBook Neo" (Ars Technica) https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/review-chuwis-449-unibook-laptop-is-a-funhouse-mirror-macbook-ne
Living with Windows on Neo (opens the original)
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A look at how the MacBook Neo holds up running Windows apps, faces off against a $429 Snapdragon rival, and survives real-world life — stickers, dents, and all. TOP STORY: CAN THE NEO MOONLIGHT AS A WINDOWS MACHINE? Parallels Confirms Apple's MacBook Neo Is Suitable for Virtualizing Windows 11 (Thurrott) https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/333983/parallels-confirms-apples-macbook-neo-is-suitable-for-virtualizing-windows-11 Parallels Desktop Creators Say MacBook Neo Does Indeed Have Enough Muscle to
The Neo 2 Gets a Season (opens the original)
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The Neo Notebook (NNB019): Marty, Dave, Eric & Brett break down the MacBook Neo 2's newly firmed-up Spring 2027 launch alongside a wave of Windows rivals -- Lenovo, Qualcomm, and Dell -- closing in on its price point. TOP STORY: MacBook Neo 2 Rumors Firm Up MacBook Neo 2 Release Date Will Boost Apple's Spring Sales (Forbes) https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2026/08/15/apple-macbook-neo-2-release-date-a19-pro-specs/ Apple's MacBook Neo 2 Expected to Sport 12GB of Memory in Key Upgrade (MacD
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