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> It's the really inexpensive Neo, of course, but even the M5 laptops are consistently beat on performance and battery life by Intel Windows laptops. Of course

> It's the really inexpensive Neo, of course, but even the M5 laptops are consistently beat on performance and battery life by Intel Windows laptops. Of course you can beat the entry level MacBook Neo by comparing it to larger, more powerful, more expensive laptops. The M5 is an entire family with a range of performance. Intel/AMD have done a lot to improve performance but they’re not beating the high end M5 chips on performance or battery life yet.

bryanlarsen 2mo ago
You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review It's also not hard to find a Windows laptop that beats the M5 on battery life. Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king.
- code_duck 2mo ago
  Build quality, keyboard and displays are consistently reviewed as being nicer for the Neo than that price range of windows laptops.
- dataplumb3r 2mo ago
  > Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king This is admittedly the measure that most correlates with perceived responsiveness and quality of user experience
- woobar 2mo ago
  > You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops Can you count how many (out of 9) measurements the windows laptop beat the Neo in that article?
- josephg 2mo ago
  Did you read the article you linked? The neo beats the performance of this dell laptop in several of the listed benchmarks.
- Aurornis 2mo ago
  > You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review This shows the Neo winning on benchmarks, except for file transfer speed. The Dell laptop wins on file transfer speed and got 14 hours of battery time versus the Neo's 13 hours. I don't understand how you read that article and concluded that the Neo got beat on "every conceivable measure"

bryanlarsen 2mo ago

You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review It's also not hard to find a Windows laptop that beats the M5 on battery life. Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king.

code_duck 2mo ago
Build quality, keyboard and displays are consistently reviewed as being nicer for the Neo than that price range of windows laptops.
dataplumb3r 2mo ago
> Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king This is admittedly the measure that most correlates with perceived responsiveness and quality of user experience
woobar 2mo ago
> You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops Can you count how many (out of 9) measurements the windows laptop beat the Neo in that article?
josephg 2mo ago
Did you read the article you linked? The neo beats the performance of this dell laptop in several of the listed benchmarks.
Aurornis 2mo ago
> You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review This shows the Neo winning on benchmarks, except for file transfer speed. The Dell laptop wins on file transfer speed and got 14 hours of battery time versus the Neo's 13 hours. I don't understand how you read that article and concluded that the Neo got beat on "every conceivable measure"