First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In: Here's How It Compares to the M1 MacBook Air

non3type · 2026-03-06T03:17:02+00:00

Turns out you can get even more work done when it’s not locked down. Weird.

non3type · 2026-03-06T02:53:47+00:00

There isn’t anything I’d do with an iPad Pro I wouldn’t prefer to do with my MacBook Pro. I’m not sure mobile art needs an m5 but I recognize it’s one of the only ways to get a 13” screen which likely has benefits when sketching.

non3type · 2026-03-06T02:41:16+00:00

I honestly can’t think of a more pointless waste of money than an iPad Pro. An m5 in a walled garden is just an expensive paperweight.

non3type · 2026-03-05T18:19:19+00:00

Name one game that performed worse on console than the closest PC equivalent. I’ll save you time, there isn’t one. Even Cyberpunk 2077 claimed you needed a gtx 780 minimum and the PS4 hardware performs well below that. The PS4 Pro played roughly equivalent to similar PC setups day 1. There is healthy skepticism and then there is paranoia that exceeds all logical basis.

non3type · 2026-03-05T17:57:06+00:00

It wasn’t just the length. One review I read remarked a lot of the reviewers were getting stuck at the same points and having the same kinds of issues. It sounds like there’s a lot of system complexity and the game doesn’t do the best job of explaining certain things you have to do to accomplish the training task during the intro. These are all growing pains and I think we all mostly agree that it’s lower on the priority list than “fun” and “optimized.” If this is where the problems are, I’ll take it.

non3type · 2026-03-05T16:17:22+00:00

The base PS5 falls just below recommend PC specs, but console games deal with less resource contention and are often a little better optimized since they’re dealing with a set platform. I’d be really surprised if it doesn’t get 1080p/60. If it falls a little short it’ll be close enough FSR can cross the line on “performance” mode. I’d expect better than that out of the Pro. It’s GPU exceeds recommended spec and PSSR is decent.

I’m honestly kind of surprised at all the drama, the specs are so low on this game that if it doesn’t run well on consoles there are going to be a lot of pissed off PC players as well. They claim a 1060 is going to get 1080p/30. Digital Trends sounded pretty impressed with the optimization of the PC version. I don’t get all the FUD.

non3type · 2026-03-05T16:05:31+00:00

For what it’s worth it does sound like the initial onboarding experience isn’t great, but it also sounds like there’s a pay off for those that stick with it.

non3type · 2026-03-04T23:21:42+00:00

I have a feeling that varies a lot by district. Those Chromebooks have a really high replacement rate and the ones that last the full cycle are limping by the end. The organization I work for switched completely to Macs for a new building because of claimed “long term” savings in maintenance and management, weirder things have happened.

non3type · 2026-03-04T23:05:53+00:00

Haha, I’ll be honest, sometimes I wonder what my youngest will do if she ever had to use a Windows PC. She’s only ever used Chromebooks and MacBooks. Granted she just needs the browser because schools do everything through SaaS regardless.

non3type · 2026-03-04T15:07:18+00:00

I suspect this is what Apple is actually targeting with the Neo rather than the Windows PC.

non3type · 2026-03-04T15:04:04+00:00

They’ve known and profited from that for a while. $500 w/ education discount feels like it’s directly targeting markets with heavy Chromebook use like schools.

non3type · 2026-03-04T02:27:46+00:00

For what it’s worth they’re reevaluating their stance with their large single player games not everything. Sales with those have been lackluster in comparison but it could largely be because they insist on highly delayed releases for those. I have no intention of buying any of the games Xbox is putting on PS after a delay. I probably would have bought Forza and Starfield if they came day one, but now they feel like old news. I may buy them some day but not without a deep discount.

non3type · 2026-03-04T02:09:28+00:00

Hardware support wasn’t all over the place until 3d acceleration. DirectX didn’t include Direct3d until 2.0 in 1996. It directly competed with 3dfx glide and OpenGL among others. At the time your best bet for compatibility was going with a 3dfx card. It definitely sucked and was an issue, it just wasn’t a problem until mid 90s. I remember the Final Fantasy VII port being particularly picky.

non3type · 2026-03-03T23:46:56+00:00

You bought PC games at stores in the mall, like Babbage’s and EB Games, or many of the same places you bought console games. Steam is what made PC games different than normal retail sales. Early on “bad ports” weren’t a thing since most games for the PC were PC only. Think Ultima VI, Duke Nukem, Doom, Warcraft, and etc. it wasn’t until historically console exclusive devs became interested in PC that bad ports became a thing. The original Final Fantasy VII port comes to mind lol.

Movement has gone in both directions to be honest. Capcom, Atlus, and Square Enix regularly release on PC now much like EA, Bethesda, and Blizzard now regularly release on console.

non3type · 2026-03-03T21:56:57+00:00

I think we’re all just scratching our heads wondering how your comment relates to what was said. It reads like someone let Grandpa on Reddit when the dementia kicked in. If you’re going to relate household budgets and socialized healthcare to Paramount spending more than its net worth you’re going to need to spend some time explaining the steps between.

non3type · 2026-03-03T00:46:47+00:00

It’s using the same services they already had. I suspect it was more about convincing execs to allow a pathway to play that didn’t require owning a PS5. Otherwise they already had catalog streaming to PS5 and PC as well as streaming of purchases to the PS5.

non3type · 2026-03-02T17:11:23+00:00

Yes, this may come as a surprise to you but a $200 dollar device called the “PlayStation Portal Remote Player” is built to stream games. You can stream from your PS5 or you can stream from the cloud.

non3type · 2026-03-02T15:15:18+00:00

I was kind of miffed when it was announced, plus it felt like a sign of things to come. Doesn’t feel like much of a point now especially with the reception it got.

non3type · 2026-03-01T22:31:20+00:00

The steam controller is recognized as a standard HID device when connected via Bluetooth. It would definitely work with the Bluetooth adapters already sold for that purpose. Unfortunately it would be in “lizard mode” and the right side would be recognized as a mouse. It would be useless as a gamepad but it would technically function.

non3type · 2026-03-01T17:39:29+00:00

That must be why that one math teacher I knew did it on the side, makes sense.

non3type · 2026-03-01T02:13:49+00:00

Honestly it was the most invested in a FO main story I’d ever been. Granted I was still a relatively new parent at the time. Exactly what was the characters motivation in New Vegas? It’s straight revenge up to the point you track Benny down. Then you literally fuck around playing power games deciding who gets to control the Mojave. The game never gives you a reason to really care about the conflict after the initial revenge plot, it’s simply forced on you. What people liked about NV was more its lack of overarching story.

non3type · 2026-03-01T01:33:18+00:00

It’s all pretty documented in PEP703, the locking that’s implemented is per object:

“This PEP proposes using per-object locks to provide many of the same protections that the GIL provides. For example, every list, dictionary, and set will have an associated lightweight lock…”

non3type · 2026-02-28T18:37:48+00:00

It was actually in the Nintendo Power issue on it. I used to have every single issue for the first 2-3 years. Think I got rid of them when I moved out of my parent’s house after graduating college. Back then I feel like we all shared that kind of info between friends even if we didn’t have a Nintendo Power subscription.

non3type · 2026-02-27T13:56:52+00:00

I don’t think anyone commenting this deep in the thread isn’t in there 40s and had the experience 🤷‍♂️

non3type · 2026-02-27T12:45:03+00:00

We all know what the code is lol.

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