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While the MacBook Neo achieves a breakthrough $599 starting price, that of course comes with some compromises, and one of them is slower SSD speeds. The Verge today showed the MacBook Neo had up to 8× slower sustained SSD read and write speeds in a benchmark test compared to the new MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
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New MacBook? 5 things you should do first
If you just received a new MacBook I have some quick tips on what you should do first to make the most of it. I've been reviewing MacBooks for years here at Tom's Guide so I have a pretty good sense of how to quickly set one up to be an effective laptop ...
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Could Apple unveil new MacBooks next month? We expect to see M5 chip updates soon with a budget MacBook and OLED MacBook Pros to follow later in the year. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games. He's previously covered mobile devices ...