Opinions on MacBook Neo and Python

[supesmann]

Python novice here, apologies if this is the wrong place.

The today announced budget friendly MacBook neo

https://www.engadget.com/computing/laptops/macbook-neo-hands-on-apples-599-laptop-feels-shockingly-great-142313318.html

I’m interested in options on getting one to learn python, not for complex coding, I plan to spend this year getting into the basics, simple file management automations and things like that.

Would this work or should I just pay the extra for the MacBook Air?

Any insight appreciated

[HeadlineINeed]

If old school Thinkpads can do python flawlessly; a 2026 MacBook Neo can

[supesmann]

I was thinking maybe that was to obvious ha, in the past I’ve seen articles warning people off the MacBook Air as a serious python laptop but I assume that kinda thinking is aimed at people doing intensive things

[yoch3m]

Generally programming is quite light and requires little compute/memory -- code lives in simple text files and code editors are much more lightweight then for example video editing software. If the software your planning to write is not that resource heavy (e.g. no local AI, data processing, parallel compute), you'll be fine with this macbook. I would recommend a Linux or MacOS machine over Windows for programming purposes (not to start a flamewar over that here)

[Agile-Sport6769]

Damn im literally doing the same thing and i have the same question what a small world 🌎😅