Following months of rumors about a lower-cost MacBook, Apple has delivered in a big way with the MacBook Neo, which starts at $599 in the United States. Even better, the MacBook Neo starts at just $499 through Apple's education store on its website,

The first MacBook Neo benchmark scores confirm that it offers all the performance needed by entry-level computer users.

There was no massive event announcing the M5 MacBook Pro, not even a short promotional video for social media. Instead, Apple dumped all of its new M5 devices on us with a few press releases, a clear sign that there's not much to celebrate this year.

When I’m asked to recommend a Mac laptop for people, Apple’s low-end 14-inch MacBook Pro usually gets lost in the shuffle. It competes with the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air, significantly cheaper computers that meet or exceed the “good enough ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology. Apple’s MacBook portfolio in 2025 has been somewhat haphazard. No longer the clean lines of a decade ago, now you can find ...