MacBook Neo hands-on: Apple build quality at a substantially lower price

Ars Technica
By Andrew CunninghamMar 4, 2026, 1:44 pm64 pts
NEW YORK CITY—Whether you're talking about the iBook, MacBook, or MacBook Air, Apple's most basic laptops have started at or within $100 of the $1,000 price point for over 20 years. Sure, the company had quietly been testing the waters with a Walmart-exclusive M1 MacBook Air configuration for several years,…

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