{"id":516033,"date":"2026-03-05T13:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516033\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:34:12","slug":"apple-launches-first-ever-budget-macbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516033\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple launches first-ever budget MacBook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology brand\u00a0Apple<\/a>\u00a0has launched the MacBook Neo, which it describes as its “most affordable laptop ever”.<\/p>\n

Set to go on sale next week, MacBook Neo will cost $599 in the US and \u00a3599 in the UK making it almost half the cost of the MacBook Air \u2013 previously the cheapest MacBook.<\/p>\n

\"MacBookApple\u00a0has launched the MacBook Neo<\/p>\n

“We’re incredibly excited to introduce MacBook Neo, which delivers the magic of the Mac at a breakthrough price,” said Apple senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus.<\/p>\n

“Built from the ground up to be more affordable for even more people, MacBook Neo is a laptop only Apple could create.”<\/p>\n

\"MacBookMacBook Neo is Apple’s first budget laptop<\/p>\n

Apple aimed to ensure that, although the MacBook Neo is a low-cost laptop, it still feels and works like a MacBook.<\/p>\n

Like the other laptops in the range, it has an aluminium case and uses the same keyboard as the MacBook Air and Pro. It has a 13-inch Liquid Retina screen and runs on the A18 Pro processor, which powers the iPhone 16 Pro.<\/p>\n

The laptop weighs 1.23 kilograms (2.7 pounds) \u2013 the same as a 13-inch MacBook Air \u2013 and according to Apple, lasts for up to 16 hours on a single charge.<\/p>\n

\"TheIt is described as “the most colourful MacBook yet”<\/p>\n

Along with being Apple’s “most affordable” laptop, it was also billed as “the most colourful MacBook yet”.<\/p>\n

It will be available in four colours. Along with classic silver, the laptop comes in dark blue, rose pink and a citrus yellow.<\/p>\n

For each of the coloured versions, the keyboard is colour-matched along with the Apple logo on the top of the case.<\/p>\n

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“Bringing a fun touch of personality and style to everyday computing, MacBook Neo comes in a spectrum of four gorgeous colours: blush, indigo, silver, and citrus,” said Ternus.<\/p>\n

“These colours extend to the Magic Keyboard in lighter shades and new wallpapers, creating a cohesive design aesthetic and making MacBook Neo the most colourful MacBook yet.”<\/p>\n

\"AppleThe laptops have “a fun touch of personality”<\/p>\n

Last year, Apple and Issey Miyake created an expandable “extra pocket” for iPhones<\/a>,\u00a0while in Paris, the technology company showcased five designers in its inaugural Designers of Tomorrow\u00a0exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Technology brand\u00a0Apple\u00a0has launched the MacBook Neo, which it describes as its “most affordable laptop ever”. Set to go…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1572,49,48,5431,17786,49626,50836,61],"class_list":["post-516033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-computers","tag-laptops","tag-sectionall","tag-sectiondesign","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}