Here’s where you can preorder Apple’s budget-friendly MacBook Neo

The MacBook Neo is Apple’s newest, astir affordable laptop. Although the MacBook Air has been known to occasionally driblet by a mates of 100 dollars — rendering it much connected par pinch a big of midrange Windows laptops — the Neo will return things a measurement further erstwhile it launches astatine a competitory $599 connected Wednesday, March 11th.

At first glance, the Neo is not that different from Apple’s different laptops, moreover if its 4 colors are divisive. It features an aluminum design, a 13-inch (2408 x 1506) display, 2 USB-C ports, a 3.5mm audio jack, and side-firing speakers. You besides get a 1080p camera, a multi-touch trackpad, and a color-matched Magic Keyboard (the 512GB exemplary besides includes a TouchID sensor). That said, it lacks Thunderbolt ports and MagSafe, which travel modular connected the MacBook Air.

In position of performance, deliberation of it arsenic if the courage of the iPhone 16 sewage transplanted into a 13-inch laptop. It should beryllium accelerated capable for streaming, browsing the web, and astir mundane usage cases acknowledgment to Apple’s A18 Pro chip, but it won’t switch a much powerful macOS instrumentality (especially pinch only 8GB of RAM). In short, it’s going to beryllium an highly celebrated graduation aliases back-to-school gift.

We haven’t had a ton of clip pinch the Neo (yet), but if you want to unafraid the laptop astatine launch, you tin already preorder it successful its silver, indigo, blush, and citrus hues up of adjacent week. The 256GB exemplary is disposable for $599, while the 512GB — which besides includes a TouchID sensor — is disposable for $699. Students and different educators, meanwhile, tin preorder the 256GB and 512GB models straight from Apple for $499 and $599, respectively, which isn’t surprising, fixed its target audience.

If you for illustration a retailer different than Apple, Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy are each offering the 256GB MacBook Neo for $599, the second pinch a $25 e-gift card. All 3 retailers (Amazon / B&H Photo / Best Buy) are besides taking preorders for the $699 512GB model, pinch Best Buy erstwhile again offering a $25 e-gift paper for those who spot an bid now.

Update, March 4th: Added unit links for Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo.