The MacBook Neo’s 8GB of unified memory has been a major topic of conversation since Apple announced this new budget-friendly $599 laptop. And that makes sense, given how resource-heavy web pages have become, along with Chrome’s infamous high memory usage. If you’re the kind of student or digital nomad this laptop is aimed at, it’s natural to wonder if the Neo can handle your average workflow.
To that end, we decided to put the MacBook Neo through a stress test that simulates a typical day of use. While you might not ever have so many open tabs and apps running on the Neo, it’s interesting to see what Apple’s entry-level MacBook can and can’t handle. At what point will you hit a bottleneck?
