The Neo is pretty great, and the compromises are totally reasonable at the price point. But if they do a second generation with A19 Pro (and thus 12GB RAM) and a slightly better cooling system then it would really be fantastic.

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tracker1 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

You can use a small thermal pad on the current Neo to bridge to the case, which helps with temps quite a bit.

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steve_adams_86 an hour ago | parent [-]

I do this with my old 2017 MacBook Air and while the case gets pretty hot, it reduces throttling on the old Intel processor a lot. It felt like a new computer after replacing the thermal paste and adding that pad.

	▲	tracker1 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Apparently the neo doesn't really get hot enough to really notice to the touch with the pad to the case.

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baal80spam 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> if they do a second generation with A19 Pro

I'm pretty sure it's a "when", not "if".

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adastra22 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Idk, I think they are regretting the unit economics of the Neo, and it is likely cannibalizing the Air sales.

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tracker1 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe some... but they're likely picking up a lot of people that would have gone with a $500-700 windows laptop instead.. and the margins are similar, so they're probably well ahead.

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QuadmasterXLII an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

intentionally cannibalizing their own sales is iirc the official apple policy: iphone destroyed ipod and was one of the best business mives of all time

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		iPhones were more expensive than iPods though

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nicoburns 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Probably true. I hope they do it next year, but I suspect it might the following one.