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bombcar 8 hours ago

The EDU Neo is $500, too bad it’s not as versatile.

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Lord_Zero 6 hours ago | parent [-]

What is the edu neo

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Wingy 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The MacBook Neo’s education price of $499

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bombcar 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It blows my mind that a Pi is a significant portion of the cost of it.

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krallja 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And the Pi doesn't even come with a monitor, keyboard, speakers, or power supply!

	▲	MBCook 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I’d bet a lot that the Neo has a better SSD in it too.

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tempest_ 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Pi isnt a loss leader for user acquisition nor do they get to enjoy Apples economy of scale. Apple can take a small loss on this and it will still be worth it if they retain the users in their ecosystem.