Apple's new $599 MacBook Neo features the A18 Pro chip, a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, 16-hour battery life, and fun colors. Check it out!

Neo has found a glitch in the price Matrix. Apple is continuing its affordability offensive with the pending release of the MacBook Neo, which is the company’s cheapest digital notebook ever. The product will set customers back just $599 for 256g storage (and $699 for 512g),

You might expect the replacement of efficiency cores with balanced ones to have an impact on battery life, but this doesn’t appear to be the case. Macworld spotted that the new M5 Pro and M5 Max MacBook Pro models list the same maximum battery life as their predecessors:

The MacBook Neo is a new laptop from Apple that is sure to be a big hit because it comes in at a much lower price than the MacBook Air, starting at $599/£599 compared to the MacBook Air’s $1,099/£1,099.

The MacBook Neo is Apple's newest Mac, and the most affordable notebook that Apple has released to date at $599. Designed from the ground up, the Neo is unique because it features an A-series chip instead of a typical M-series chip. It has lower-end features than the MacBook Pro or the MacBook Air to keep costs low.

Apple's new budget MacBook is bringing macOS to a lot of potentially new customers, but its certainly making some meaningful tradeoffs to hit such a low price.

Initial guess-work about Apple's low-cost MacBook in 2023 set pricing at about $500, but surprise increases in component pricing since then are a problem in 2026.

You can set charge limits for your MacBook.

Macworld Apple released the macOS 26.4 beta to developers on Monday, and those who have installed it have found a new feature that’s been a long time a-comin’. Apple is adding the ability to set a charge limit for the battery in a MacBook.

Apple unveils the MacBook Neo starting at $599. Featuring the A18 Pro chip, 16-hour battery, and a 13-inch Liquid Retina display in four vibrant new colors