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The MacBook Neo may no longer be 'affordable', but a small discount sees it drop to a three-figure price

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Apple made headlines earlier this year with the launch of the MacBook Neo, which we called “the best budget laptop you can buy” in our review thanks to its low AU$899 launch price and premium materials — all while in the midst of RAM and storage shortages.

The RAM crisis did eventually come calling for the MacBook Neo, and the inevitable price increase saw its starting price increase for AU$1,049. Despite this, the MacBook Neo is still a great budget laptop that’s leagues ahead of its Windows and Chromebook competitors.

The price hike does sting a bit, but this discount from Amazon for the base 256GB variant brings the MacBook Neo down to AU$997 — a deal that’s hard to pass up if you missed out on the launch price.

Apple achieves the low-for-a-MacBook AU$1,049 price point by cleverly employing an iPhone processor, the A18 Pro chip found in the...

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‘If you don’t mind closing the curtains, you can get a much better projector for your money’ — I’ll admit this Epson projector is blazingly bright but weaker colors and underwhelming sound make it a hard sell

Epson made some quality-of-life improvements from the LS650 this model supersedes, but it’s not keeping pace with the competition and really only has high brightness to offer. Pros * +High brightness * +No DLP rainbow effect * +Reliable Google TV operating system Cons * -Underwhelming speakers * -Color gamut doesn’t stack up against