{"id":78737,"date":"2026-04-17T13:22:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/one-month-with-the-macbook-neo-and-feeling-the-limits\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:22:42","slug":"one-month-with-the-macbook-neo-and-feeling-the-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/one-month-with-the-macbook-neo-and-feeling-the-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"One Month With the MacBook Neo and Feeling the Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"


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I didn’t need to do heavy 4K video editing or complex AI prompting to push the Neo to its limits. All it took for me to crash Apple’s hot-selling budget MacBook<\/span><\/span> was opening too many Safari tabs (about 64, give or take).<\/p>\n

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I’ve been using the MacBook Neo as my main machine for a month, switching from my work-issued (and more powerful) MacBook Pro. The Neo is the first MacBook to rock an iPhone processor<\/span><\/span>, the A18 Pro chip. It comes with some trade-offs, but my overall experience has been pretty impressive. It handles every program I need. It’s lightweight with great battery life. And it’s pink and cute to boot. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Watch this:<\/strong> One Month With MacBook Neo: Yes, I Feel the Limits\n <\/p>\n

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But every so often, there are these annoying lags when I’m jumping between Safari browser tabs. I notice it especially when several Google Workspace tools are open at the same time.<\/p>\n

And last week, I took it too far while researching. My habit of opening too many tabs choked up the laptop’s meager 8 gigs of RAM. Everything came to a halt, the spinning color wheel appeared, and a pop-up warned me that I had to force-quit programs to bring it back to life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s making me wonder whether other users who downgrade from more powerful MacBooks will notice the same laggy moments — and whether I need to change my “too many open tabs” style of working.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In this week’s episode of One More Thing, which you can watch embedded above, I explain my experience and wonder whether other students who research and use a suite of Google Cloud services (or disorganized tab freaks like me) will encounter the same wonky moments.<\/p>\n

Was it a fluke, or could I recreate it on camera? It wasn’t easy, but I did manage to muck it up enough again to get the same warning pop-up that I ran out of application memory. The second time, however, was not as easy.<\/p>\n

All that said, I still believe the Neo is a fantastic starter MacBook<\/span><\/span> and even a great secondary travel machine for commuters. It’s also Apple’s most repairable laptop in ages<\/span><\/span>. I’m on another trip this week, and I’m packing my Neo without a second thought.<\/p>\n

But it’s making me consider working\u00a0a little differently as my week progresses to avoid slowdowns and maybe, just maybe, close some tabs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For more\u00a0<\/em>One More Thing<\/em>, subscribe to our YouTube page to catch Bridget Carey breaking down the latest Apple news and issues every Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n