Apple MacBook Neo 256 GB

Name: Apple MacBook Neo 256 GB
Brand: Apple
Rating: 76.7 (3 reviews)

This page provides reviews and specifications about the Apple MacBook Neo 256 GB of the series MacBook Neo.

DeepL / Ninh Duy, Published 03/15/2026 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 ...

Pros

+ high-quality and stable aluminum chassis

+ always silent

+ bright IPS screen with very accurate colors and sRGB

+ good system performance

+ comfortable input devices

+ good speakers

+ long battery runtime at 150 nits

+ no PWM

+ improved repairability

Cons

- no keyboard backlight

- only 8 GB soldered RAM/SSD not upgradeable

- only 2x USB-C (1x USB 2.0)

- Touch-ID reserved for the more expensive SKU

- short battery runtime at high brightness levels

- slow charging speeds

- temporal dithering and very reflective screen

Specifications

Apple MacBook Neo 256 GB

Processor

Apple A18 Pro 6c/6t, 2 x 4.0 GHz Apple A18 P-Core, 4 x 2.4 GHz Apple A18 E-Core, 6 W PL2 / Short Burst, 3.8 W PL1 / Sustained

Graphics adapter

Apple A18 GPU, 6 W TDP

Memory

8 GB

, LPDDR5-6400, onboard

Display

13.00 inch 16:10, 2408 x 1506 pixel 218 PPI, IPS, glossy: yes, 60 Hz

Storage

Apple SSD AP0256Z, 256 GB

, 194 GB free

Connections

1 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 1 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm Stereo, Brightness Sensor

Networking

Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz), Bluetooth 6

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 12.7 x 297.5 x 206.4 ( = 0.5 x 11.71 x 8.13 in)

Battery

36.5 Wh Lithium-Ion

Operating System

Apple macOS 26 Tahoe

Camera

Webcam: FaceTime HD
Primary Camera: 2 MPix

Additional features

Speakers: Stereo, Keyboard: Chiclet, USB-C cable, 12 Months Warranty, fanless

Weight

1.235 kg ( = 43.56 oz / 2.72 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)

Price

699 Euro

Links

Apple homepage

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Average Score: 76.67% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 2 reviews)

price: - %, performance: 49%, features: 47%, display: 80% mobility: 80%, workmanship: 93%, ergonomy: 88%, emissions: 96%

Reviews for the Apple MacBook Neo 256 GB

86% Apple MacBook Neo Review - Surprisingly good and capable laptop for $599 with one big flaw | Notebookcheck
Apple's new MacBook Neo is the first budget MacBook powered by the A18 Pro smartphone processor for $599. The result is a laptop that looks and feels like a MacBook, and is also surprisingly powerful for what it is. There is one big flaw though.

84% MacBook Neo im Test: So gut ist der günstigste Apple-Laptop!
Source: Computerbild German

DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/10/2026
Rating: Total score: 84%

60% Test Apple MacBook Neo : l'ultraportable en parfaite porte d'entrée de l'écosystème macOS
Source: Les Numeriques French

FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/10/2026
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 40% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 100%

Comment

Apple A18 GPU: The Apple A18 GPU integrates five cores, hardware ray tracing and mesh support. Apple states that the A18 GPU is up to 40% faster than the A16 GPU in the iPhone 15. In our benchmarks, the graphics unit is positioned between the old A16 GPU and the A17 Pro GPU with 6 cores.

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

A18 Pro: A powerful smartphone processor and formal successor to the A17 Pro. It features 2 performance cores and 4 efficient cores along with a 35 TOPS NPU and the 6-core A18 Pro GPU. The A18 Pro leaves the Dimensity 9300 as well as the Apple A17 Pro and the Apple A18 pretty far behind with at least a 10% advantage, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned; the 6-core GPU in the meantime manages to beat the 7-core M1 GPU in many tests.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.