Good buy right now

MacBook Neo

The magic of Mac at a surprising price.

Amazon is usually cheaper and comes with the same one-year Apple warranty. Either way you can add AppleCare+ within 60 days of purchase.

iHelp's verdict

My pick for most people who want a laptop. Runs every Apple Intelligence feature.

Key facts

Released: 11 March 2026
Colours: Silver, Blush, Citrus, Indigo
Chip: 6‑core CPU with 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
Display: 13.0‑inch (diagonal) LED‑backlit display with IPS technology; 2408x1506 native resolution at 219 pixels per inch
Storage: 256GB

Who should buy it

Most people who want a laptop for email, browsing, photos, Office and FaceTime. My default recommendation for a first Mac or an Intel Mac replacement.

In more detail

13-inch Liquid Retina display, A18 Pro chip, up to 16 hours of battery life and 60 per cent recycled content, at the lowest price Apple has ever put on a laptop. Runs macOS 27 and all Apple Intelligence features.

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Tech specs

Full details at Apple →

Chip

6‑core CPU with 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
5‑core GPU
Hardware‑accelerated ray tracing
16‑core Neural Engine

Memory

8GB
8GB unified memory

Storage

256GB
256GB SSD
512GB
512GB SSD

Display

13.0‑inch (diagonal) LED‑backlit display with IPS technology; 2408x1506 native resolution at 219 pixels per inch
500 nits brightness
Support for 1 billion colours
sRGB colour