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• Apple unveiled "Neo," a more affordable MacBook, on Wednesday.
• The lower-cost laptop sells for $500 less than the entry-level MacBook Air.
• Apple has also raised the prices of the new MacBook Air and Pro models.

Apple is trying something new: Selling a budget-friendly laptop.

After several weeks with the Copilot+-ified version of the Microsoft Surface Pro in hand, I’m at a loss for words other than annoyed. My 11th-generation Surface Pro consistently set my blood to a lukewarm temperature throughout my use. On occasion, this laptop made my blood hot enough to boil over.

It seems like Apple’s long-term design dream for its iPhones and iPads—to create some kind of magic pane of glass—are inching toward reality. The screens on Apple’s iPhones keep getting bigger as the bezels shrink. Now, we have word that Apple is truly stressing the thinness of its devices after showcasing its…

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As Apple eulogized its commitment to purportedly non-invasive AI during its annual developer conference, the iPhone maker neglected to disclose a critical update that’s coming to the next evolution of its Mac operating system — macOS Sequoia.

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