The Apple MacBook Neo is the winner

It was a bit surprising to see Apple decide to jump fully into the affordable laptop market, to try to compete with devices that the company typically prefers to look down upon. It was also surprising to see Apple Basically install it on the first try.

on This episode of vertcastNilay and David check out the MacBook Neo, the $599 laptop that seems to tick all the boxes of the average $599 laptop buyer. David and Nilay both bought the Neo this week, so they compared notes on their early tests, briefly felt very upset about MacOS Tahoe, and then spent some time wondering why no PC maker seemed willing or able to make a laptop this good at this price. Next, they wrap up the week of Apple reviews — and Nilay comes very close to buying XDR studio display He doesn’t need it at all.

Next, the hosts discuss some of the week’s Xbox news, including The upcoming Project Helix device And the fact that the new Xbox plan looks very similar to the old Xbox plan. Microsoft is working on merging console gaming with PC gaming, providing Xbox to Windows and Windows to Xbox -So is everything Xbox or not? We have some questions.

If you want to learn more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, first in Apple news:

And in the lightning round: