Apple MacBook Neo
Apple's lowest-priced Mac laptop and the first Mac built on an iPhone-class A-series chip (Apple A18 Pro) instead of an M-series chip. A fanless 13-inch aluminum design in four colors, positioned below the MacBook Air for students and mainstream buyers, with a single fast USB-C port, a non-backlit keyboard and a mechanical trackpad to hit its price point.
Memory
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the A18 Pro chip, 60 GB/s
- Standard
- 8 GB, fixed
- Slots
- None; not configurable
Storage
- Standard
- 256 GB SSD
- Configurable
- 512 GB SSD
- Type
- Soldered NAND flash, NVMe over PCIe, about 1.7 GB/s (Wikipedia)
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- GPU
- Integrated Apple A18 Pro GPU, 5-core; hardware-accelerated ray tracing; Metal 4
- External displays
- Supports one external display at up to 4K resolution and 60 Hz, simultaneously with the built-in display at full native resolution
- Video output
- USB 3 (USB-C) port supports native DisplayPort 1.4 speeds (up to HBR3)
- Video playback
- HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and HLG
- Neural Engine
- 16-core (35 TOPS INT8 per Wikipedia)
Networking
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), where supported
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6
Power
- Adapter
- 20 W USB-C Power Adapter
- Charging
- Either USB-C port; USB-C Charge Cable (1.5 m) included
- Line voltage
- 100-240 V AC, 50-60 Hz
- Cooling
- Fanless (passive aluminum heat dissipator)
Ports
- Left
- USB 3 (USB-C, up to 10 Gb/s) with charging and DisplayPort; USB 2 (USB-C, up to 480 Mb/s) with charging; 3.5 mm headphone jack (Wikipedia)
- Right
- Speaker only (Wikipedia)
Display
- Panel
- 13.0-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit with IPS technology, 2408 x 1506 at 219 ppi, 16:10 aspect ratio, rounded top corners
- Brightness
- 500 nits, 1,400:1 typical contrast (Wikipedia)
- Color
- 1 billion colors (10-bit with FRC per Wikipedia), sRGB only — no wide color (P3), no True Tone
- Refresh
- 60 Hz
- Camera
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera; 1080p HD video recording; advanced image signal processor with computational video
Battery
- Capacity
- Built-in 36.5 Wh lithium-ion
- Apple rating
- Up to 16 h video streaming, up to 11 h wireless web
Physical
- Dimensions
- 1.27 x 29.75 x 20.64 cm (H x W x D); 0.50 x 11.71 x 8.12 in
- Weight
- 1.23 kg (2.7 lb)
- Colors
- Silver, Blush, Citrus, Indigo
- Keyboard
- Magic Keyboard, not backlit; 78 (US) / 79 (ISO) keys incl. 12 full-height function keys and inverted-T arrow keys
- Touch ID
- Not available on the 256 GB configuration (plain lock button); included on the 512 GB configuration (Wikipedia)
- Trackpad
- Mechanical Multi-Touch trackpad; no Force Touch or Haptic Touch
- Audio
- Dual-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio (Dolby Atmos); dual-mic array with directional beamforming, Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum modes
- Environment
- Operating 10-35°C, 0-90% RH non-condensing, tested up to 10,000 ft; storage -25 to 45°C
Management
- Security
- Touch ID (512 GB configuration only)
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS Tahoe 26.3.2 (Wikipedia)
- Latest at verification
- macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 (Wikipedia)
- Windows
- No Boot Camp: Apple's Boot Camp requires an Intel Mac
Processors
- Apple A18 Pro (6-core CPU)