Apple’s launch of the MacBook Neo – and especially the incredible price/performance balance – sent shockwaves through the Windows world. Intel has now responded with the launch of a CPU aimed at similar budget laptops. An early benchmark suggests that it is 21% faster than the A18 Pro used in the MacBook Neo … The price of the MacBook Neo came as a surprise both within and without the Apple world. Even Windows fans were shocked at the value it offered. I can’t believe it: Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo just lit a monstrous fire under the Windows laptop market — Microsoft better be panicking […] This new low-cost macOS laptop is everything your everyday Joe or Jane would ever need from a computer in 2026. There was nothing in the Windows laptop world to come anywhere close to the Neo’s combination of hardware quality, performance, battery life and price. One of the reasons for that has been the lack of a suitable chip to power the Windows equivalent of the Neo.…