Our first hands-on look at Apple’s MacBook Neo

March 4, 2026 Antonio G. Di Benedetto

You will immediately be able to tell the Neo by its colors. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

Here is the MacBook Neo, Apple's new entry-level Mac laptop. Its colorful chassis options easily set it apart from current MacBook Air and Pro models. But the biggest difference is that inside the Neo is an A18 Pro iPhone chip instead of an M-series processor Apple typically uses in its laptops and recent desktops.

The first thing you notice, touching the device, is obviously the colors. They're not quite as vibrant as the orange iPhone 17 Pro, but the blush and citrus colors (which are more like chartreuse-ish and purple-ish) do look pretty nice. Apple says the keyboards are color-matched, but the effect is pretty subtle, and was a bit har …

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