Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

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 ...

The $599 MacBook Neo arrived with a hard limit: 8GB of RAM. Some of you probably don’t understand the hoopla… more RAM can simply be added, right? Nope. The design of Apple’s processor makes it fast ...

The MacBook Neo is Apple’s most affordable notebook yet The all-metal notebook is available in four colors: blush, citrus, indigo, and silver Doubling the storage and adding Touch ID costs an extra ...

I’ve been pining for an Apple return to the bold laptop colors of its old iBook G3s for years. The new MacBook Neo, which comes in four colors that aren’t just black or silver, gets close to that, and ...

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A thermal pad modification can boost sustained clock speeds in the MacBook Neo under heavy loads, but it's not something that most people should attempt. Every modern processor slows down when heat ...

Apple’s MacBook Neo has quickly gained attention as a budget-friendly laptop with unexpected strengths in gaming and emulation. Priced at $599, or $499 for students, it combines the Apple A18 Pro chip ...

There's always been a pretty obvious gap between what companies demo on stage and what you can actually go out and buy when it comes to humanoid robots. But that gap got a lot smaller in October 2025 ...

This week, Apple’s newest laptop, the MacBook Neo, went on sale. Reviews of the device have been almost universally positive, with many praising the laptop’s starting cost of just $599—a price point ...

Bottom line: Apple's push into cheaper laptops is also reshaping how its hardware gets fixed. In the MacBook Neo, a stripped-down internal design, modular components, and lower service fees come ...

After starting my career at PCMag as an intern more than a decade ago, I’m back as one of its editors, focused on managing laptops, desktops, and components coverage. With 15 years of experience, I ...