I think it’s cool and I’d buy one, but my thought is that Chromebooks don’t seem to sell to the general population. Even $500 ones with decent hardware. Neo probably has incrementally better hardware than $500-$800 Chromebooks, but is still a strikingly similar thing.
Penny pinchers are still going to buy horrible $300 Windows devices and suffer. Schools are going to continue to bulk buy rubber, indestructible Chromebooks at a better price point.
So my guess is Neo’s sale will be mostly cannibalized MacBook Air sales. But Apple probably did better research than me, so what do I know.
Gen Z is broke, so I guess Apple may have some sleeper customers out there with no laptops, and this will get them.
For most people, this is more than enough
I fully agree. It's going to be interesting to see how much market share Apple is going to be able to take from cheaper Windows laptops.
It has a lot of compromises for a tech audience perspective but with the educational pricing at $499 its even better
I think it’s cool and I’d buy one, but my thought is that Chromebooks don’t seem to sell to the general population. Even $500 ones with decent hardware. Neo probably has incrementally better hardware than $500-$800 Chromebooks, but is still a strikingly similar thing.
Penny pinchers are still going to buy horrible $300 Windows devices and suffer. Schools are going to continue to bulk buy rubber, indestructible Chromebooks at a better price point.
So my guess is Neo’s sale will be mostly cannibalized MacBook Air sales. But Apple probably did better research than me, so what do I know.
Gen Z is broke, so I guess Apple may have some sleeper customers out there with no laptops, and this will get them.