In this Weekends With Avrona episode, I dig into Apple’s newly announced MacBook Neo — and yeah, it’s weird seeing Apple try to play in “budget laptop” territory. I walk through what Apple is actually selling here (classroom vibes, “basic Mac” marketing, and the whole idea of MacOS on an A18-class chip), and I talk about why a $600 Apple laptop sounds exciting on paper… until you read the fine print. The big pain points for me are the choices that feel straight-up user-hostile: the IO situation (three total ports, with one Type‑C stuck at USB 2 speeds), the ports not being labeled, and the fact that the slower port is positioned in a way that’s going to trip people up. Then there’s the “2026 e-waste starter pack” spec combo: 8GB RAM and 256GB storage on the base model, with the usual Apple tax to fix it. I also touch on the real-world question nobody wants to answer: are Windows users actually going to switch to MacOS for this, or just buy a better-specced $600–$700 Windows laptop with more RAM, storage, and usable IO?