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Man I'm really excited for the Macbook Neo and for once it feels like waiting a week for the release is actually going to be rough. Haven't been this excited about an Apple announcement since they first announced they were going ARM.

Just like how apple going ARM hopefully meant others were going to copy them and make more ARM computers (although so far laptop manufacturers and windows have utterly failed on that front), I hope the Macbook Neo is going to force budget laptops to actually be decent.

I want a world where finding a cheaper laptop where productivity basics like the screen and keyboard aren't horrible isn't difficult anymore.
For example, over in x86 land, most laptops around $600 will still ship with cruddy 16:9, 1080p 15.6" screens which have at best mediocre colors and brightness, if you want anything better have fun deal hunting for ages or looking at much older models. Most won't stick a decent 16:10 display in a laptop until the $1000-ish mark, because then they have to compete with Apple.

It would be a dream come true if the Neo forces competition so your typical stutent-priced Lenovo laptop is also expected to have a nice and bright 1440p screen, aluminium build and a keyboard that doesn't suck ass.

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