Comments like this remind me of the folks who say “you pured cancer; what about diabetes?” Wait around long enough, and something better will always come out. The question is, how long is long enough? I like what I got, no one has said anything bad about it yet, or bad enough to matter, so, if it’s within your reach and it serves you, get one.
> On Mar 16, 2026, at 6:47 AM, Dennis Long <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rumor has it the one that comes out next year will have 12 GB of Ram and the > a19 chip. > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2026 4:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Macbook NEO with VoiceOVER > > VoiceOver works just fine on the MacBook Neo, yes. As do most typical > applications, which are not bound by CPU or RAM, but networking performance > and disk throughput, which on the Neo is perfectly acceptable. > > Unfortunately, there is a lot of bellyaching about the specs from people who > already know they need a better machine, because it's human nature to beat > people into a shape they like than it is to acknowledge that adequate is > enough. And, to be brutally honest, many of those obviously well-informed and > discerning Apple-product-using techies would probably be well served by the > Neo a lot of the time as well: you don't need more RAM or CPU power than is > actually required to run any one task, so you only run into a limitation when > you start putting load on your system, which puts you well into the realm of > a demanding user. You're just not going to run into any issues in typical > use. I know this because I am one such person: my iMac has 128 GB of RAM in > it just so I can run multiple Linux and Windows virtual machines on it at > once. Clearly you aren't going to do that on your MacBook Neo. But, of > course, you already knew that. > > If this is your first Mac, I think Neo is an excellent choice. It means you > can experiment at a more reasonable price. And, as was originally suggested > by this thread, it's also going to be an excellent little travel book for > many. I think Apple are going to sell a great many of these things, which > means lots and lots of new people will be introduced to the Mac ecosystem by > a computer that, again, quite honestly, does everything they really need in > daily use. I'd be lying if I didn't say I hope Apple has even bigger > aspirations for this thing—at the very least, a higher-priced model with the > most obvious shortcomings like the RAM, USB 2 and Touch ID sanded off—but > it's still an incredible deal as it stands now. > > So yeah, no problem. Go to it. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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