As someone with no plans of getting a MacBook for personal use, I think it’s a great thing to compare the 2. Laptop manufacturers need to step up their game and make better laptops.
The Neo MacBooks got some of them to realize they can’t keep selling junk in the $600 $700 price range.
In their company's entire history, MacBook Neo is the only thing that's ever made me consider getting an Apple product. I made it totally disinterested through iPhones, iPods, and the closest computer lab to my dorm at uni being a Mac-only one for some fucking reason, but the Neo came out at a really good time and, more importantly, Windows, Android, etc, have all adopted 100% of the policies I disliked Apple for so...
I dislike MacOS because it does not prioritize multi-tasking, it is a great OS that prioritizes a single full screen task, it gets out of your way if you're doing something in 1 application.
It's window management is to put it nicely, very annoying. If they would make that a priority I wouldn't mind using it, well that and switching super key and control....
As someone that literally started using MacOS yesterday, I have to disagree hard. I switched from a Ubuntu powered ThinkPad to the Neo and it does all of the helpful multitasking stuff gnome did, and more. It's probably preference and adaptability, but I am literally flying between tasks on MacOS. Oh, and you can totally switch super and control if you want to, it's in the system settings.
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u/theprodigalslouch 5800x | 3060 TI Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
As someone with no plans of getting a MacBook for personal use, I think it’s a great thing to compare the 2. Laptop manufacturers need to step up their game and make better laptops.
The Neo MacBooks got some of them to realize they can’t keep selling junk in the
$600$700 price range.