{"id":513,"date":"2026-04-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=513"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:00:00","slug":"i-tested-three-windows-laptops-in-the-macbook-neos-price-range-theres-no-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=513","title":{"rendered":"I tested three Windows laptops in the MacBook Neo\u2019s price range \u2014 there\u2019s no contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A citrus colored MacBook Neo sits atop three Windows laptops: a Lenovo, an Asus, and an Acer.\" data-caption=\"The Neo king of affordable laptops. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto \/ The Verge\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/268442_Apple_MacBook_Neo_competition_Lenovo_Acer_Asus_ADiBenedetto_0002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe Neo king of affordable laptops. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto \/ The Verge\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/891741\/apple-macbook-neo-a18-pro-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacBook Neo<\/a> arrived last month, I knew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/report\/894090\/macbook-neo-pc-windows-laptop-competition-asus-footinmouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows laptop makers were in trouble<\/a>. For $599, the Neo offers fantastic build quality and solid performance in a sleek and ultra-portable package. Windows laptops in this price range tend to be ugly, cheap-feeling, and a little slow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Despite years of rumors, the MacBook Neo still seemed to take the Windows world by surprise. I expect proper competitors to pop up just as soon as the companies can manage, but I wanted to see what the competition in the PC space is like now. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">So I asked a bunch of laptop manufacturers to send me their best answers to the MacBook Neo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/268442_Apple_MacBook_Neo_competition_Lenovo_Acer_Asus_ADiBenedetto_0020.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"&lt;em&gt;One of these is not like the others.&lt;\/em&gt;\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The MacBook Neo is a 13-i \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/908328\/macbook-neo-windows-laptop-competitors-asus-lenovo-acer-review-comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Neo king of affordable laptops. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto \/ The Verge When the MacBook Neo arrived<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}