Ernie Smith @ernie@writing.exchange
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Because I was curious: The last Mac laptop to ship without a backlit keyboard was the 2010 polycarbonate unibody MacBook.

Every Mac laptop sold since the 2011 MacBook Air has had one. Well, until now.

Not the only thing that‘s missing, either.

512pixels.net/2026/03/the-diff

The Technical Differences Between the MacBook Neo and MacBook Air - 512 Pixels

With a price point of $599 (or $499 for students!) Apple had to make some cuts when designing the MacBook Neo. Here’s a list of what separates the MacBook Neo from the $1099 MacBook Air, besides their sizes: Only supports 8 GB of unified memory No MagSafe One of the two USB-C ports is limited […]

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Link author: Stephen Hackett@ismh86@eworld.social

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RE: writing.exchange/@ernie/116172

so Apple is selling the MacNeo with specs similar to the Dell Inspiron with soldered 8GB of RAM of 10 YEARS AGO?

why drop $600 on a laptop when you can get a used Dell laptop for 50 bucks at a Goodwill store?

oh, the keyboard is backlit, has more ports and the display is a touchscreen.

i know, cuz i use one for the “smart tv” i dumbed down on purpose to avoid the fuckery of Roku’s & TCL’s spyware.

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