The all-new MacBook Neo
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Stories discussed in this episode:
- This is Apple's new MacBook Neo in four colors [Gallery]
- MacBook Neo is now official: A18 Pro chip, $599, four colors, more
- MacBook Neo vs MacBook Air: Every difference between Apple’s 13-inch laptops
- Apple’s new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR have two different chips
- Your Mac might not support the Studio Display XDR's best feature
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to 95 Mac Daily for Thursday, March 5th, 2026. I'm your host, Chance Miller. We are sponsored this week by Ben Q. |
| 0:12.5 | Leading off today to round out its week of announcements, Apple has officially unveiled the new MacBook Neo. |
| 0:20.2 | This is the widely rumored lower-cost MacBook, and it's new MacBook Neo. This is the widely rumored lower cost MacBook, and it's |
| 0:24.0 | called MacBook Neo. The name is meant to designate that this is an entirely new, completely |
| 0:30.0 | re-engineered addition to the Mac lineup. MacBook Neo has a 13-inch screen with a liquid |
| 0:35.9 | retina display, 2408 by 1506 resolution, |
| 0:40.0 | with 500 nits of brightness, support for 1 billion colors, but no support for the wide P3 color gamut. |
| 0:48.2 | It's powered by the A18 Pro chip, which is the same chip from the iPhone 16 Pro, |
| 0:53.8 | with a 6-core CPU and a five-core |
| 0:56.7 | GPU paired with a 16-core neural engine. It comes with 8 gigabytes of unified memory and starts |
| 1:03.8 | with 256 gigabytes of storage. In terms of battery life, Apple says, you can expect up to 16 hours on a single charge. |
| 1:13.4 | In terms of design, it's made from an aluminum enclosure in four colors, blush, indigo, silver, |
| 1:20.1 | and citrus. And these colors also extend to the keyboard, which is color matched to the shade of |
| 1:26.1 | aluminum of the laptop. Apple calls it the |
| 1:28.9 | most colorful MacBook yet. It weighs 2.7 pounds, which is the same as the MacBook Air. |
| 1:35.5 | In terms of connectivity, there are two USBC ports, one with USBC 3 speeds and one with USB 2 speeds, |
| 1:45.4 | plus a headphone jack. |
| 1:49.8 | There is no support for MagSafe or any other connectivity options. |
| 1:54.1 | Bluetooth is Bluetooth 6 and Wi-Fi is Wi-Fi 6E. |
| 2:00.8 | You'll find a 1080P FaceTime HD camera, dual microphones with directional beam forming, and dual side-firing speakers |
| 2:03.7 | with spatial audio and Dolby Atmos support. In terms of performance, Apple says, |
| 2:09.2 | MacBook Neo is up to 50% faster for everyday tasks like web browsing compared to the best-selling |
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