Launched in March 2026, the budget MacBook Neo laptop was praised in various reviews for its value-for-money proposition. In addition to remarking on its durable design, overall experience, and ...

Chip upgrade brings pro-level power, long battery life and plenty of storage, but the Air now faces real competition The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy ...

For years, the MacBook Pro has been among the leaders in laptop battery life. When Apple debuted its M-series chipset, it changed our expectations of how long a laptop could stay alive on a single ...

Contrary to popular belief, you can't recharge lithium-ion batteries an infinite number of times, not even in MacBooks. Sooner or later, you will need to replace the battery in your laptop if not your ...

Compared to other brands, Apple prefers to keep its product catalog quite modest. For several generations now, we've had two tiers of laptops to pick from — the budget-friendly MacBook Air or the ...

Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook by far — it’s also the most repairable MacBook in “about fourteen years,” according to an in-depth teardown by the how-to website iFixit.

Apple's new MacBook Neo design makes it startlingly quick and simple to repair, with Self Service Repair program instructions proving the point. Throughout, it's been criticized for being expensive ...

Apple has updated its battery cycle count support document to include the new MacBook Neo, revealing that the entry-level laptop has a maximum cycle count of 1,000. A battery cycle is completed when ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

The word “cheap” is a loaded one. It usually means the price is below expectations, which raises a product’s appeal. But it’s also used as a derogatory term for something of poor quality. Sometimes, ...

Apple is clearly hoping to disrupt the affordable laptop market with the launch of the MacBook Neo, its most affordable MacBook ever with a starting price of $599. The caveat is that it's powered by a ...

We noted that the brand new M5 Pro and M5 Max versions of the MacBook Pro have a significantly different chip architecture to their predecessors. While the M4 Pro and M4 Max models had a mix of ...