--- title: A few notes about the MacBook Neo | daily.dev description: A hands-on impressions piece about the MacBook Neo, covering its strengths (build quality, colors, A18 Pro chip, notch-free display), acceptable aspects... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-few-notes-about-the-macbook-neo-790uhybmh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A few notes about the MacBook Neo | daily.dev og:description: A hands-on impressions piece about the MacBook Neo, covering its strengths (build quality, colors, A18 Pro chip, notch-free display), acceptable aspects... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-few-notes-about-the-macbook-neo-790uhybmh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/790UHYBMh.png og:image:alt: A few notes about the MacBook Neo og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A few notes about the MacBook Neo **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hands-on impressions piece about the MacBook Neo, covering its strengths (build quality, colors, A18 Pro chip, notch-free display), acceptable aspects (trackpad, 8 GB RAM, pricing in USD but less compelling in euros), and disappointments (256 GB base storage, no keyboard backlight, and macOS 26 Tahoe's 'Liquid Glass' UI). The author argues the Neo's hardware appeal is undermined by macOS 26's software quality regression, and criticizes reviewers for overlooking the OS issues due to excitement over the hardware. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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