I Was Wrong About 8GB MacBooks

I'm late on the MacBook Neo—but in fairness, so was Apple... Check INMO GO3 Now: https://geni.us/INMO-SnazzyLabs FANTASTIC merch at Copland Supply* - https://copland.supply Follow Snazzy Labs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/snazzylabs Follow me on Bluesky - https://snazzy.fm/UW Follow me on Threads - https://snazzy.fm/XV Follow me on Mastodon - https://snazzy.fm/NN Follow me on Instagram - https://instagram.com/snazzyq The MacBook Neo is Apple's most controversial and most important Mac in years — a $600 laptop running the A18 Pro mobile chip with 8GB of memory, no haptic Force Touch trackpad, no backlit keyboard, no notch, no ambient light sensor, and the best repairability of any MacBook in over a decade. Compared head-to-head against the M5 MacBook Air, M1 MacBook Air, M4 Mac mini, iPad Pro, Microsoft Surface, and entry-level Chromebooks and Windows laptops, the Neo proves Apple's pricing premium is officially dead. Coverage of Apple reportedly reopening TSMC's A18 Pro fabrication line instead of moving to the A19 Pro and 12GB of packaged memory, the impact of current DRAM pricing and the global memory shortage, macOS 26 Tahoe performance quirks, FileVault setup slowdowns, swap and 256GB SSD longevity concerns, long-term software support past 2032, and why the touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro coming later this year is going to the wrong demographic. Plus thoughts on whether the iPad will ever run macOS (it won't), the end of Intel Mac support in macOS 27, Apple's self-service repair program pricing, and how the Neo could be the gateway device that finally pushes Mac market share past every iPhone owner who hasn't switched yet. Sponsored by the INMO GO3 AI translation glasses. 0:00 Everybody else is wrong. 4:27 The cuts, SLASH SLASH! 8:54 ...but here's the irony... 9:42 Apple's most repairable Mac. 11:55 macOS on a phone chip. 13:38 The elephant in the RAM. 16:04 Will it last 'til 2032? 17:53 Hey, future Quinn here. 20:38 Who this is actually for? 21:59 What's next for the Mac? #macbookneo #neo #apple #INMO #INMOGO3 #INMOAR #INMOGLASSES #displayglasses