MacBook Neo is PERFECT for most people. The Air and Pro are overkill. Here’s why. — Transcript

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1. 0:00If you're looking into getting the
2. 0:01MacBook Neo, I can tell you right now
3. 0:03that it is the perfect computer for most
4. 0:05people. And that includes students,
5. 0:07office workers, any professional in the
6. 0:09field, this thing is just right for
7. 0:11meeting your needs. I used to work as an
8. 0:12Apple Store manager in a university
9. 0:14setting for over 10 years and I helped
10. 0:16all kinds of students, parents, and
11. 0:18faculty pick out a Mac. And I wish
12. 0:20MacBook Neo came out years ago. It
13. 0:22really was the computer that was missing
14. 0:24in the Mac lineup. It just has so many
15. 0:26qualities that put it in the right
16. 0:28category for most people buying a
17. 0:29laptop. The MacBook Neo is a better fit
18. 0:31than the MacBook Air or MacBook Pro for
19. 0:33sure. Most users just won't take
20. 0:35advantage of the power and ability those
21. 0:37computers have. All that power is going
22. 0:39to go to waste and so is their money.
23. 0:41For example, my mom was in the market
24. 0:43for a new computer recently and she
25. 0:44asked me, "Hey, what should I get?" And
26. 0:46I asked, "Well, what do you want to do
27. 0:48on it?" And she responded and said she
28. 0:49wanted to pay her bills online, she
29. 0:51wants to make little documents for her
30. 0:52golf club, and she wants to make sure
31. 0:54she can be able to print. And I was
32. 0:56like,
33. 0:57"MacBook Neo." And that's the thing,
34. 0:59most users are like my mom. They just
35. 1:01want to be able to perform basic
36. 1:03computing tasks on a quality computer
37. 1:05that will get the job done. Most folks
38. 1:06just don't need a lot of power, they
39. 1:08need to write up research papers, they
40. 1:10need to make a PowerPoint. These days,
41. 1:11they might even use AI for research and
42. 1:13creation, and the Neo even has that.
43. 1:15It's got the new Siri AI that can assist
44. 1:17with all kinds of tasks. So, in this
45. 1:20video, I'm going to give you three quick
46. 1:21reasons on why the Neo is the right way
47. 1:23to go and that MacBook Air or MacBook
48. 1:25Pro is just overkill. Before we get
49. 1:26started, I want to thank TomToc for
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52. 1:33cases for your devices, and you may have
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55. 1:38past couple months and I've really
56. 1:39enjoyed them. If you're looking for a
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58. 1:42during your daily commute or while
59. 1:44traveling, these are definitely worth a
60. 1:46look. They're extremely slim,
61. 1:47lightweight, and easy to slide into a
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65. 1:54One feature I really like is TomToc's
66. 1:56corner armor design. The corners have
67. 1:58extra padding to help protect your
68. 2:00device from bumps and minor drops when
69. 2:02you're on the go. The sleeve also
70. 2:03includes a side handle making it easy to
71. 2:05carry by itself or quickly pull out of a
72. 2:07backpack. There's an additional pocket
73. 2:09built in as well, which is handy for
74. 2:10storing accessories like charging
75. 2:12cables, a mouse, or other small
76. 2:14essentials. Another nice touch is the
77. 2:15water-resistant exterior, which helps
78. 2:17keep your device protected if you get
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84. 2:28description below. Okay, so the first
85. 2:30and most obvious reason to go with the
86. 2:32Neo is the price. So, if you take a look
87. 2:34at the Apple website and you compare the
88. 2:36Neo to the Air and the Pro, you can see
89. 2:38the price jumps are insane. The Neo is
90. 2:41coming in at $6.99 and the base model
91. 2:43Air is almost double that price. It's
92. 2:46$12.99. And the base MacBook Pro is
93. 2:49almost triple the price, 2,000 bucks.
94. 2:52That's quite the jump and honestly,
95. 2:54that's the Mac's biggest downfall, the
96. 2:56expensive price tags. I would have
97. 2:58parents come into the store looking for
98. 2:59a computer for their college kiddo and
99. 3:01they would take one look at the prices
100. 3:03and be like, "Um, pass. I'll just go get
101. 3:05a PC." And they would often go get like
102. 3:07a Lenovo ThinkPad for half the price.
103. 3:10So, they could get a good PC laptop for
104. 3:12around 600 bucks and it did all the same
105. 3:13things that the student needed to do. It
106. 3:16could do word processing, it could make
107. 3:17a PowerPoint, it could do web browsing.
108. 3:20A lot of folks just had trouble
109. 3:21justifying the price of a MacBook. Well,
110. 3:23the MacBook Neo can more than handle
111. 3:25those kinds of tasks much more
112. 3:28affordable price tag these days. So, if
113. 3:30you're shopping for a Mac, the first
114. 3:31question you need to ask is, "What are
115. 3:33you going to do with it?" If the answer
116. 3:35is basic computing, I would go with the
117. 3:37Neo. Now, the next reason you should go
118. 3:39with the Neo is because it's actually a
119. 3:41really high-quality computer despite
120. 3:43having such a low price. You don't need
121. 3:45to bump up to the Air or Pro because you
122. 3:47think this computer will feel cheap.
123. 3:48It's quite the opposite. So, the design
124. 3:50is really well done. Apple did not skimp
125. 3:52on this. The computer is thin, light,
126. 3:54it's very portable, and all the colors
127. 3:57are really fun. You get some cool
128. 3:58choices that other MacBooks don't have.
129. 4:00The keyboard experience is also really
130. 4:02great. I actually love typing on the
131. 4:04MacBook Neo. The keys have plenty of
132. 4:06depth and size, so it's very comfortable
133. 4:08to use. Apple didn't sacrifice on a
134. 4:11quality keyboard and trackpad. Now, I
135. 4:13will mention that the keyboard is not
136. 4:14backlit, but it's still very functional,
137. 4:16especially at this price point. The
138. 4:18display is also very good. It's a much
139. 4:20higher quality display than lots of
140. 4:22cheap Windows computers, and it's way
141. 4:25better than like a Chromebook or
142. 4:26something. I used to use Chromebooks in
143. 4:27my classroom when I taught in the
144. 4:29evenings. Those were absolute junk,
145. 4:31especially the display. Play on the Neo
146. 4:33is awesome. The screen is nice and
147. 4:35bright. Colors look great on it. You get
148. 4:36500 nits of brightness with this
149. 4:38computer. You're going to be really
150. 4:40happy when you're watching content on
151. 4:41the display. The speaker system in the
152. 4:43Neo is also really good. It's a newly
153. 4:45designed speaker system that pumps out
154. 4:47great sound for the content you're
155. 4:49watching. I have no complaints about the
156. 4:50speakers in this computer. You also have
157. 4:52enough ports to function and actually
158. 4:54get computer tasks done. You have two,
159. 4:56and one of them is a USB 3 port. So, if
160. 4:59you use a hard drive, data transfer
161. 5:00speeds are super quick. It makes it easy
162. 5:02to move files, and you can charge the
163. 5:04computer from either port as well. And
164. 5:06that USB 3 port will also support
165. 5:08running a secondary display, so you're
166. 5:10not going to have any issues there. You
167. 5:12can still have a two-display setup.
168. 5:14Another thing I'll mention is the
169. 5:15battery life. It's not as good as the
170. 5:17Air or the Pro, but it's still going to
171. 5:19last the entire work day, especially if
172. 5:21you're just doing basic computing.
173. 5:23You're still getting a computer that's
174. 5:24going to last you all day when you need
175. 5:25it off that charger. So, I've been
176. 5:27testing the Neo and using it for the
177. 5:29past 7 months, and I have no complaints
178. 5:31about the quality. It's still really
179. 5:33holding up well. The finish isn't
180. 5:35chipping. There's no damage to the
181. 5:37computer. The keyboard and trackpad
182. 5:38still work great. You're going to be
183. 5:40really happy with the quality,
184. 5:41especially for the price that you paid.
185. 5:43And the third reason I'll say to go with
186. 5:44the Neo is because you can still do some
187. 5:47intense and demanding tasks on this
188. 5:49computer. It's not like you can't do
189. 5:51things that the MacBook Pro or MacBook
190. 5:53Air can only do. You can still edit
191. 5:56high-end video on this computer. You can
192. 5:58still do some gaming on this computer.
193. 6:00The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro have
194. 6:02more powerful processors, and they have
195. 6:04more RAM, but you can still absolutely
196. 6:07do powerful things on your MacBook Neo,
197. 6:10just not quite as fast. Or if you're
198. 6:12gaming, you don't get as good of
199. 6:13graphics. But you can absolutely edit a
200. 6:154K video on your MacBook Neo, no
201. 6:17problem. It might be just a little
202. 6:18slower when you're processing out that
203. 6:20video, and you can absolutely game on
204. 6:22it. Here I'm running the new World of
205. 6:23Warcraft Forever beta, and it plays and
206. 6:26runs just fine. Now, please note, I have
207. 6:28to turn the graphics almost all the way
208. 6:30down. I put it down on a two, and the
209. 6:32frame rates are kind of okay. They hover
210. 6:34around 25 to 30, but the game still
211. 6:36plays just fine, and I have a good
212. 6:38experience on it. I ran a dungeon on it
213. 6:40just the other day. So, keep in mind
214. 6:42that you still can do some demanding
215. 6:44tasks on the MacBook Neo. You don't
216. 6:46necessarily have to bump up to that Pro
217. 6:47model just to edit video. Just keep in
218. 6:50mind that it might be a little bit of a
219. 6:51slower process when you do that. Now, if
220. 6:53you're a professional in video editing
221. 6:55or photo editing, or if you want to do
222. 6:58really high-end gaming, this is not the
223. 7:00computer for you. It does not have the
224. 7:02capabilities to do that. It is running a
225. 7:04phone chip, and it only has 8 gigs of
226. 7:06RAM. So, if you're going to be doing
227. 7:07that often, I wouldn't recommend this
228. 7:09computer, but if you want to do it
229. 7:10lightly, oh yeah, this machine is just
230. 7:12fine. So, those are my three reasons why
231. 7:14I would say the MacBook Neo is perfect
232. 7:16for most people. It's going to do all
233. 7:18the basic computing tasks that everyone
234. 7:20needs to do, and it's going to do those
235. 7:22really well. And it can even perform
236. 7:24some really intensive tasks. It's not
237. 7:26like it's completely incapable of video
238. 7:28editing or gaming. And for the price
239. 7:30tag, you just can't beat it. Even if you
240. 7:32bumped up to that 512 gigs of storage,
241. 7:35which I would recommend, by the way, 256
242. 7:37is not very much, in my opinion. I
243. 7:39always recommended to students and
244. 7:40parents that they get the next notch up.
245. 7:42If you want the computer to last years
246. 7:44and years, you're probably going to fill
247. 7:45up 256 gigs. But even doubling your
248. 7:47storage is only an extra 100 bucks, and
249. 7:49that's definitely worth it, and you're
250. 7:51still about $500 under the MacBook Air.
251. 7:54So, you're still saving a lot of money.
252. 7:56Another thing you get if you bump up to
253. 7:58that 512 gigs of storage is Touch ID,
254. 8:00and that's really nice. The MacBook Air
255. 8:02and Pro both have those standard. So, if
256. 8:04you want that Touch ID option, go up to
257. 8:06that 512 gigs of storage. But yeah, this
258. 8:08is the MacBook that Apple should have
259. 8:10come out with a long time ago. They
260. 8:12really needed this in their market. I
261. 8:14know they're supposed to be a premium
262. 8:15product, but this is a premium product.
263. 8:18You will still be really happy with the
264. 8:20quality of this computer. Like I said,
265. 8:22all the parts and pieces of it are still
266. 8:24really nice. And after 7 months, I'm
267. 8:26surprised it's holding up so well, and
268. 8:27it really is. So, it's going to last you
269. 8:29a long, long time. All of my Apple
270. 8:31products always do. So, if you're
271. 8:33thinking, "Neo, this is a great idea."
272. 8:34And it might be a really good Christmas
273. 8:36gift coming up as well. Let me know if
274. 8:37you have any questions about this Neo,
275. 8:39or if you've already purchased it, let
276. 8:40me know what specs you chose. Sometimes
277. 8:42I like to hear if you got the 256 model,
278. 8:45if that's working for you, or if you
279. 8:46feel like it's filling up. So, if you
280. 8:47got that base, base model with 256 gigs
281. 8:50of storage, leave a comment below. I'm
282. 8:51anxious to hear how that's going. But
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