Apple's MacBook Neo Tipped For 2X Shipments And More RAM In 2027

Apple is anticipating even higher demand for its MacBook Neo next year and has told its suppliers to prepare for 16 million shipments, Digitimes reports. To put it into context, it's estimated that Apple shipped just shy of 8 million MacBook Neo laptops, which debuted in March starting at $599 before a round of price hikes pushed the baseline price to $699. Combined with a likely MacBook Neo 2 release with some key upgrades in 2027, Apple is evidently confident demand will not only remain high, but go up.

Even with the $100 adjustment, the MacBook Neo is still the most affordable MacBook to date. The caveat is that Apple had to make several design concessions to hit a more accessible price point, such as tapping into its iPhone silicon (A18 Pro, same as found in the iPhone 16 Pro), limiting memory to just 8GB of RAM, ditching a backlight...

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