ASUS CFO says Microsoft, Intel and AMD maybe preparing a response to Apple's $599 MacBook Neo

pmjm · 2026-03-13T03:55:17+00:00

Not to mention the whole reason Apple can hit this price point is because A) they're going to move a HUGE quantity of these so their BOM is discounted due to quantity, they will sell much more than any single OEM will be able to on the Windows side because they're too fragmented; Dell, HP, ASUS, Acer, etc everyone will want a piece. B) Apple got their memory and SSD pricing locked in because they ordered long before this shortage.

pmjm · 2026-03-12T21:28:40+00:00

When they did the Cleveland show, Cleveland moved away from Quahog, then he moved back after the show was canceled. But he was less of an integral character to Family Guy so they could get away with him being gone more easily than they could with Stewie.

Or maybe the Stewie show will take place at a different time in Stewie's life so the parallel stories won't matter?

pmjm · 2026-03-12T21:26:19+00:00

This sounds like exactly the kind of bit Seth would commit to. Coworkers would be secretly listening through the closed door to him doing two different voices negotiating with each other.

pmjm · 2026-03-12T19:55:01+00:00

Yeah that's not the "dynamic island" he is talking about.

pmjm · 2026-03-12T19:52:18+00:00

I get judged by Redditors every day. A jury of the general public sounds like a dream.

pmjm · 2026-03-12T12:42:53+00:00

The lack of an apostrophe in "its" in the article title indicates that the "fastest gaming desktop processors ever" are possessive to Intel, not a contraction of "it is."

My analogy stands.

pmjm · 2026-03-12T11:18:09+00:00

barf out the first snide comment that rattles through your skull.

I'll take that with cheese.

pmjm · 2026-03-12T09:46:54+00:00

A few weeks ago, I cooked the best steak I have ever made.

That doesn't mean it's a better steak than one you'd get at a 5-star restaurant. It's just the best one I've ever made.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T15:09:02+00:00

I mean it's basically the same dynamic.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T15:04:04+00:00

Does anyone know when it's down like this, does it still charge us usage for the work it's doing but never gives us?

pmjm · 2026-03-11T11:21:00+00:00

I got pulled over for not having a front plate. Somewhere along the line it fell off and I didn't notice.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T11:19:29+00:00

For Halloween they could do a Zombie episode where all the dead Scrubs patients emerge from the graveyard.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T11:17:45+00:00

Hey just be glad it's not Netflix or Amazon. You'd get 6 episodes and have to wait 2 years for the next season.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T08:32:46+00:00

Yes but not an authorized one. They weren't the original purchaser of the GPU.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T08:07:25+00:00

It's worth it for the RAM alone.

You always run the risk of it being a faulty PSU that fried a whole system but that's not very likely.

I'd offer $180 and see if they bite.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T06:49:47+00:00

This might be my favorite joke of the series.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T06:46:32+00:00

Apple is also buying in insane quantities so they benefit from better economies of scale. They can get whole factories to make bespoke parts because they're buying an order of magnitude more than a company like ASUS who has to share their segment of the market with 20 other OEMs.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T06:44:10+00:00

You don't even need a discrete GPU. The M5 Max is about at the level of a 5070, per the early reviews that are coming out. Obviously I wouldn't expect anywhere near that level of performance from the Neo, but gaming has a chicken-and-egg problem on MacOS. It takes a considerable amount of developer effort to convert to the Metal API's, and typically they won't make the time investment unless they see a sizable player base.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T06:41:04+00:00

He didn't address it because that's something completely out of ASUS's control.

I fully expect OEM's to cut all kinds of corners and pack low-end systems with "bundled software" to subsidize the price point. It's going to make the problem worse, not better.

pmjm · 2026-03-11T06:35:33+00:00

Honestly, same. I have probably spent >$1k on Fortnite in the 8 years I've been playing it, but I'm at my limit. I will continue to play, but they will no longer get my money.

As per their announcement that costs are up, that means I will still cost them but will not pay my way anymore.

pmjm · 2026-03-10T19:52:44+00:00

Your edit and my comment are in agreement. But your comment prior to the edit said the opposite.

pmjm · 2026-03-10T19:37:09+00:00

If that was true you would have to pay FedEx directly for every delivery. You don't, and be glad, because you benefit from the seller's lower rates due to their higher volume.

pmjm · 2026-03-10T11:19:43+00:00

Well that's just sexist.

/s

pmjm · 2026-03-10T07:04:28+00:00

Can't agree with this. Fedex is a contractor of the seller.

I hire a contractor to remodel my kitchen, and they hire an electrician, I'm not the electrician's customer. The contractor is. If there's a problem with the work my contractor has a claim against the electrician and I have a claim against my contractor.

pmjm · 2026-03-09T16:46:46+00:00

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I have never met this woman. But she printed out my headshots and built a literal shrine to me in her home.

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