> It's the really inexpensive Neo, of course, but even the M5 laptops are consistently beat on performance and battery life by Intel Windows laptops.

Of course you can beat the entry level MacBook Neo by comparing it to larger, more powerful, more expensive laptops.

The M5 is an entire family with a range of performance. Intel/AMD have done a lot to improve performance but they’re not beating the high end M5 chips on performance or battery life yet.

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bryanlarsen 3 hours ago | parent [-]

You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review

It's also not hard to find a Windows laptop that beats the M5 on battery life. Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king.

	▲	dataplumb3r 19 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king This is admittedly the measure that most correlates with perceived responsiveness and quality of user experience
	▲	code_duck 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Build quality, keyboard and displays are consistently reviewed as being nicer for the Neo than that price range of windows laptops.