Overview
- YouTuber ETA Prime demonstrated Cyberpunk 2077 running at around 40 FPS on the MacBook Neo at 1204 x 753 upscaled from 708 x 443, with Shadow of the Tomb Raider averaging ~42 FPS and RoboCop: Rogue City ~45 FPS at 1280 x 720 upscaled from 896 x 584.
- Tom’s Hardware corroborated playability with its own Cyberpunk 2077 run, recording 33 FPS using the game’s built-in benchmark.
- The laptop is powered by Apple’s A18 Pro iPhone-class chip rather than M‑series silicon, underscoring the raw capability of recent iPhone SoCs even as PC emulation support on iPhone remains weaker than on Android.
- Apple’s online store shows MacBook Neo orders shipping in roughly two to three weeks, and Tim Cook said the Mac just had its best launch week ever for first-time customers.
- The Neo targets entry-level buyers at $599 with a $499 education price, drawing both praise for value and criticism over fixed 8GB unified memory as Asus’s co‑CEO called the launch a shock to the PC market.