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frontpageEragorn | Staff posted Mar 04, 2026 03:40 PM

EDU Members: Apple MacBook Neo: 13" Liquid Retina, A18 Pro: 512GB $599, 256GB

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Apple Store has for EDU Members: Apple MacBook Neo Laptop (4 Colors) for Pre-Order on sale from $499. Shipping is free.

Thanks Deal Hunter Eragorn for sharing this deal

Note, you need to make color, storage, trade-in and warranty selection and purchase options before adding to cart. Availability starts March 11, 2026.

Available Options:
  • 256GB Solid State Drive $499
  • 512GB Solid State Drive $599
Available Colors:
  • Silver
  • Blush
  • Citrus
  • Indigo
Specs (source):
  • 13" Liquid Retina (2408×1506), IPS, 219 PPI, 500 nits brightness, 1B colors, sRGB
  • Apple A18 Pro — 6-core CPU (2P + 4E), 5-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, 60GB/s memory bandwidth
  • 8GB unified memory
  • Battery Up to 16 hrs video streaming / 11 hrs web; 36.5Wh battery; 20W USB-C charging
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB-C (USB 3, up to 10Gb/s, charging & DisplayPort)
    • 1x USB-C (USB 2, up to 480Mb/s)
    • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 6
  • 1080p FaceTime HD
  • Dual speakers w/ Spatial Audio (Dolby Atmos), dual-mic array w/ beamforming
  • Magic Keyboard w/ multi-touch trackpad; Touch ID on select models
  • 0.50" H × 11.71" W × 8.12" D; 2.7 lbs
  • In the Box:
    • MacBook Neo
    • 20W USB-C Power Adapter
    • USB-C Charge Cable (1.5m)

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Apple Store has for EDU Members: Apple MacBook Neo Laptop (4 Colors) for Pre-Order on sale from $499. Shipping is free.

Thanks Deal Hunter Eragorn for sharing this deal

Note, you need to make color, storage, trade-in and warranty selection and purchase options before adding to cart. Availability starts March 11, 2026.

Available Options:
  • 256GB Solid State Drive $499
  • 512GB Solid State Drive $599
Available Colors:
  • Silver
  • Blush
  • Citrus
  • Indigo
Specs (source):
  • 13" Liquid Retina (2408×1506), IPS, 219 PPI, 500 nits brightness, 1B colors, sRGB
  • Apple A18 Pro — 6-core CPU (2P + 4E), 5-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, 60GB/s memory bandwidth
  • 8GB unified memory
  • Battery Up to 16 hrs video streaming / 11 hrs web; 36.5Wh battery; 20W USB-C charging
  • Ports:
    • 1x USB-C (USB 3, up to 10Gb/s, charging & DisplayPort)
    • 1x USB-C (USB 2, up to 480Mb/s)
    • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 6
  • 1080p FaceTime HD
  • Dual speakers w/ Spatial Audio (Dolby Atmos), dual-mic array w/ beamforming
  • Magic Keyboard w/ multi-touch trackpad; Touch ID on select models
  • 0.50" H × 11.71" W × 8.12" D; 2.7 lbs
  • In the Box:
    • MacBook Neo
    • 20W USB-C Power Adapter
    • USB-C Charge Cable (1.5m)

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satchame
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512GB has Touch ID, base 256GB doesn't FYI. Probably worth the extra $100
JK1982
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Me personally i would just get a lightly used m4 for only a little bit more. Especially with m5 out u can find a lot of good deals on used m4. Better design more ram faster ect
clydesdal
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Absolutely --at least in the near term. Was able to pick up a perfect walmart open box m1 air for $308 2 weeks ago, so new (or practically new) units are still available -- (for now). Scratch and dinged stuff will be available forever --there were a lot of these sold.

What is cool is the neo doesn't currently have a >8GB ram option --so the M1 should in theory should have a fairly long support life --at least it won't be dropped for ram size.

(8gb works fine for a bunch of use cases, but is a bit light on others --recommend holding out for 16gb or higher if you expect to be doing more demanding stuff a lot of the time).

Anyway, cool to have options that don't cost historically typical apple money.

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Me personally i would just get a lightly used m4 for only a little bit more. Especially with m5 out u can find a lot of good deals on used m4. Better design more ram faster ect
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Apple finally admitted that 8GB RAM is not enough no matter how optimized macOS is and released the base model Mac Mini M4 with 16 GB of RAM.
Now they're backtracking that stance due to the recent DRAM price hikes. 😂
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Quote from sr27 :
Ruined the name Neo putting it on a budget laptop. Why apple why? Nobody asked for this.
NEO likely refers to Northeast Ohio.
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Crazy we got ipads with M chips and Macbooks with A chips
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This or the new M processor?
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Quote from sr27 :
Ruined the name Neo putting it on a budget laptop. Why apple why? Nobody asked for this.
literally everybody asked for this.
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512GB has Touch ID, base 256GB doesn't FYI. Probably worth the extra $100
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I can envision high school and middle school students purchasing this product. The free laptops provided by Android in school settings do not meet the necessary standards. If I had children, I would consider purchasing this product for them.
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M1 air for 350 or this
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Quote from sr27 :
Ruined the name Neo putting it on a budget laptop. Why apple why? Nobody asked for this.
Budget laptops continue to sell very well in the market.

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Quote from pcgeekpcgeek :
Apple finally admitted that 8GB RAM is not enough no matter how optimized macOS is and released the base model Mac Mini M4 with 16 GB of RAM.
Now they're backtracking that stance due to the recent DRAM price hikes. 😂
This is very much a basic entry level machine and will be fine for the millions of people who do little to nothing more than use their computer for email, browsing, and youtube.
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