Apple shipped 1.1 million MacBook Neo units in the first quarter of the year, according to IDC, making it one of the strongest Mac debut performances in recent memory (via TechCrunch). The figure is particularly striking given that the laptop was only available for roughly three weeks of the period, having gone on sale in mid-March. Shipments began spiking from early April, suggesting the March tally understates underlying demand.
I like to be able to just do things on a proper full-sized interface. In theory I could do everything on my phone but it’s just so much easier having access to keyboard shortcuts that unless you’re doing something as simple as just email and web browsing you need a full computer.
Especially if you want to do anything high powered like image editing or 3D modelling. Of course I wouldn’t get a Macbook Neo for that, I would need something with an actual GPU in it.
I’d say that’s more of an argument against laptops. If you need the horsepower then a desktop PC is much more suitable. Laptops like the Macbook Neo seem to fit in this weird middle ground where they don’t have the power to compete with higher end stuff and don’t have the pocketability of a phone.
I like to be able to just do things on a proper full-sized interface. In theory I could do everything on my phone but it’s just so much easier having access to keyboard shortcuts that unless you’re doing something as simple as just email and web browsing you need a full computer.
Especially if you want to do anything high powered like image editing or 3D modelling. Of course I wouldn’t get a Macbook Neo for that, I would need something with an actual GPU in it.
I’d say that’s more of an argument against laptops. If you need the horsepower then a desktop PC is much more suitable. Laptops like the Macbook Neo seem to fit in this weird middle ground where they don’t have the power to compete with higher end stuff and don’t have the pocketability of a phone.
I can’t really lug around a desktop all day