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Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599 (www.apple.com)
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[+] -8 points 6 months ago (15 children)

Similar iPads also come with a lot less ports, no physical keyboard, no aluminum clamshell protection, and a shittier OS.

If you honestly think these justify the crap CPU, you're absolutely out of touch with reality.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (14 children)

    Please enlighten me then, if you don't mind. Are there some good benchmarks out there that show the Inadequacies of the A18 chip?

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (13 children)

    Please enlighten me then, if you don’t mind. Are there some good benchmarks out there that show the Inadequacies of the A18 chip?

    I found several after only 30 seconds of googling, including Apple fans' favorite benchmark: Geekbench multicore where the A18 is about 40% slower.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (12 children)

    Isn't it about 40% cheaper than the M4 CPU macbook ?

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  • [–] -2 points 6 months ago (11 children)

    Isn’t it about 40% cheaper than the M4 CPU macbook ?

    It's 100% the same price as another portable M4 computer sold by Apple

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    How much does each USB port cost per device?

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  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    How much does each USB port cost per device?

    A 5-pack of USB C ports costs about one dollar on Aliexpress.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    How about a keyboard that is similar to the Neo keyboard?

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    How about a keyboard that is similar to the Neo keyboard?

    10 dollars and that's retail, not manufacturing cost.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago* (6 children)

    How much for a 13" display to match the real estate of the Neo display? (Same specs too, dont cheap out)

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

    How much for a 13" display to match the real estate of the Neo display?

    Look up the costs of 11" and 13" HiDPI displays and subtract the costs yourself. I'm sure you can do it. I bought an excellent 14" external HiDPI USB C monitor for 40 Euro recently.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    How about a travel bag to hold all this extra equipment?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    How about a travel bag to hold all this extra equipment?

    Completely irrelevant to the topic that Apple the cost of the Neo is not reasonable.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Relevant because Neo has it built in.

    How about the price of an iPad case?

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