Not even young people: I have a very expensive MacBook Pro M5 i got from work, but my personal laptop is old and needs replacing. I’m a well-paid senior software developer and could afford any computer I wanted. But the MacBook Neo is a top contender even for me. I mostly need something for like editing documents, hobby coding and watching YouTube videos. It runs Codex or Gemini-CLI fine. For the price point, it seems perfect for a second computer. I could pay premium prices for something better, but honestly: I don’t think I need to.

The fact that everything bolts together inside like a ThinkPad and there's no glue means it's highly repairable. I've been looking at getting one as well, they're almost too good, I'm worried apple will revert to gluing things together as they're user repairable, which means they ought to last nearly forever. I've been eyeballing one as well, I would prefer the higher end air or pro but being able to take the whole thing apart with a single screwdriver is very appealing.

Hell, I have a personal macbook m4 pro and I still wanted one.

I got the m4 pro when it first got out, but on restrospect I really should have gotten either:

1. A max spec max + 128GB ram for local models. 2. an air with 15 inch for max comfort.

And I settled in the middle regret land.

Agree. I could afford "better" but the Neo suits my needs perfectly and I don't like expensive laptops that are prone to damage and theft. Dollar for dollar it is the best computer I've ever bought.

With remote virtual machines running Codex, your Mac is only rendering terminals.

I second this, MacBook Neo is a good balance between a cheap and more than good enough machine that you can carry in your backpack everywhere

The fact that I'm not carrying a +1k USD machine all the time gives me peace of mind