
No, Apple’s brand-new entry-level MacBook Neo doesn’t get the latest and greatest Apple Silicon, the most RAM, or the best display. It likely can’t run Final Cut Pro or Logic Pro X without a few speed bumps.
But with its focus on everyday use, the plenty-capable A18 Pro chip under the hood, and the same build of macOS 26 as the rest of the Mac lineup, I think there’s a case to be made that it might actually be a creator’s dream.