Used hardware is always going to be a better deal than something brand new. You can get a used M1 MacBook Pro for a similar price to a new Neo, and that will bl

Used hardware is always going to be a better deal than something brand new. You can get a used M1 MacBook Pro for a similar price to a new Neo, and that will blow it out of the water on all axes except bursted single-core CPU perf. And it'll have a much better screen and trackpad than a similarly priced thinkpad. The main place the Neo makes sense is for buying a whole classroom full of machines, or for someone who really wants to unbox something new and shiny. It's a chromebook killer.