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MacBook Neo Pre-Orders at Best Buy Include Free $25 Gift Card

Earlier today we began tracking the first pre-order offers on the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and now the MacBook Neo has joined in at Best Buy. If you pre-order the new low-cost MacBook Neo at Best Buy, you'll get a free $25 Best Buy gift card after purchase.

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In order to get the deal, you need to pre-order any MacBook Neo model at Best Buy with a valid e-mail address. The e-gift card will be sent out after you receive the MacBook Neo, or after you pick it up in a Best Buy store.

Apple announced the MacBook Neo today, and it's now the cheapest MacBook in the lineup starting at $599 and powered by the A18 Pro chip. Apple says it is up to 50% faster for everyday tasks than the bestselling PC with the latest shipping Intel Core Ultra 5, up to 3x faster for on-device AI workloads, and up to 2x faster for tasks like photo editing.

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Top Rated Comments

Blackstick Avatar
15 hours ago at 11:10 am
The discounts have begun. By Black Friday these will be available for $449. Opens Apple to an entire market they never had before. It's like if BMW made a new vehicle for $25,000 in this decade.

Yes there was a Mac mini, but that's $600 without a keyboard/mouse/display and isn't mobile. This is the ultimate gift for someone who doesn't need Air/Pro level equipment.

This Mac has to beat the $500 POS Windows plastic trash sitting on a shelf next to it at Walmart or Costco or Target, not a $1100 MacBook Air or a $2200 MacBook Pro. And it will.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jlc1978 Avatar
13 hours ago at 01:20 pm

The target audience for a MacBook Neo will not care in the least about these port differences. I may. You may. But we're not the target. So...
The discussions on MacRumors remind me of audiophiles arguing over reproducing frequency beyond most peoples hearing and judging equipment based on that; while the rest of us simply bought something and enjoy the music...
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
15 hours ago at 11:32 am
$25 won't make up for this atrocity.


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Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
lazyrighteye Avatar
14 hours ago at 12:42 pm

$25 won't make up for this atrocity.

All this says to me is just how serious they were about keeping cost as low as possible. Otherwise, they would have both been USB 3. Obviously.

The target audience for a MacBook Neo will not care in the least about these port differences. I may. You may. But we're not the target. So...
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
WarmWinterHat Avatar
15 hours ago at 11:16 am

Yeah, and why nerf it with max 512GB?
Less SKUs for Apple.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Blackstick Avatar
15 hours ago at 11:17 am

Yeah, and why nerf it with max 512GB?
Because it's very unlikely folks will be storing hours of 8K video or 400MP pixel-shifted RAWs on this little guy. The Air and Pro serve those more demanding markets.

Google Docs, TikTok, Reddit and iPhone snapshots don't require that kind of storage.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)