Windows Laptops Attend MacBook Neo’s Retirement Party Without Invites
KEY POINTS
- •Apple released the MacBook Neo last month, priced at $599, offering excellent build quality and performance.
- •The reviewer compared it to Windows competitors from Lenovo, Asus, and Acer, noting Windows laptops under $600 often lack quality.
- •Photographer Antonio G. Di Benedetto captured the MacBook Neo physically dominating its Windows rivals in a telling visual metaphor.
Last month, Apple dropped the $599 MacBook Neo—a citrus-colored 13-inch sleek marvel that humiliated its Windows competition by doing the unthinkable: looking good, feeling solid, and actually performing well under $600. Lenovo, Asus, and Acer, those trusty three-headed Windows laptop hydras, were summoned for a showdown but mostly just looked like overstuffed briefcases in comparison. Photo-savvy Antonio G. Di Benedetto snapped the humiliating family portrait where the Neo sat atop the Windows clunkers, as if to physically and metaphorically assert dominance. Despite years of rumors, this surprise launch sent PC makers scrambling to come up with a Neo counterattack before “sleeek and ultra-portable” becomes a Windows-only fairy tale.
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(1 of 3)For $599, Apple’s MacBook Neo makes Lenovo and Acer look like bulky relics from the stone tablet era nobody asked for.
MacBook Neo walks in priced smart and light; Windows laptops just cry into their slow, ugly shells.
Windows laptop makers heard Apple said 'under $600' and instantly mistook it for a joke.
Source: Theverge | Published: 4/9/2026 | Author: Antonio G. Di Benedetto
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