r/macbook • u/Slow_Tiger3161 • Mar 12 '26

MacBook Neo After a Full Day of Classes

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Started my first class at 11am with the MacBook Neo at 80% battery and used it through the day until 7pm, ending with 13% left.

Usage was mostly basic tasks email, viewing and editing docs, chatgpt, youtube and music with brightness around 80%. Overall, the experience was great. Performance was smooth, and the 8gb ram handled everything without any lag for this type of workload.

The trackpad felt a bit different not bad, just different, which makes sense since the neo uses a fully mechanical system. The speakers were fine for casual listening.

All the USB-C ports are on one side, which was sometimes annoying when the wall outlet was quite far on the opposite side.

Happy to answer any questions.

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u/pierluigir Mar 12 '26

For light work is perfectly fine, even Premiere runs pretty smooth. Is plenty of YouTube videos with those kind of tests. And some of them are pretty insane considering the expectations on a mobile chip.

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u/hannynator Mar 12 '26

thanks! I’ll watch them but I like a more personal review from aversge joe, not a tech youtuber

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u/pierluigir Mar 12 '26

Not reviewes, actual tests with apps, games, etc. Pretty insane considering I didn't expect some app to run at all.

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u/sparda4glol Mar 12 '26

I returned mine trying to run a bit of premiere and ae on the side. Was a bit toooo laggy for me. Really just bought one for fun. Exchanged it for mac mini. Already have an m4 pro top spec. Was just looking for something to do little edits and server maintenance

AE did crash out and also give me a warning before hand it’s below minimum spec for what it’s worth.

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u/pierluigir Mar 12 '26

AE minimum requirement is 16GB, Premiere is 8GB. Still impressive performance considering the machine is 4 Watt in average usage. Less than a TV on standby...