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Kim Komando Daily Tech Update

MacBook Neo: Apple's $599 budget laptop

05 Mar 2026

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Chapter 1: Why should you consider the new MacBook Neo over Chromebooks and Surface laptops?

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If I were working for Google or Microsoft right now, marketing Chromebooks and Surface laptops, I'd be sweating. And if you're about to buy a new laptop, stop. Pay attention. Yesterday, Apple introduced the MacBook Pro Neo. Now, right off the bat, this is not a powerhouse machine.

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but here's the thing neither is a chromebook or a surface laptop and most people don't need a powerhouse anyway for 599 you get a 2.7 pound laptop with a 13-inch liquid retina display with a sharp resolution a fast six core cpu and a battery that lasts 16 hours on a single charge 16. So before you buy anything else, you should look at this one. It is a total game changer for Apple.

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Every color printer puts invisible tracking dots on pages. I'll tell you more in tomorrow's newsletter.

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Chapter 2: What are the key specifications of the MacBook Neo?

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i'm good at a lot of things predicting the market is not one of them i've heard so many stock failure stories from you yes i've never heard a windfall story no you never said hey i made a chunk of change buying this no that's why i have financial advisors now yeah i do i do uh because i'm surprised that i did not pick this stock sandisk usb thumb drives they're big makers you sandisk

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yeah that's like from the 90s yes um that stock has surged almost a thousand percent in the last five months a thousand percent yes i know why because ai is eating so much data that memory chips have become the new gold rush so there's this big fancy hedge fund by the name of elliott management Now, if you're on the tech space, you know Elliott Management.

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They own pieces of just about every tech company out there. Not like little pieces, big pieces. So they predicted this and they bought a ton of stock and they're making billions?

Chapter 3: How does the MacBook Neo compare to other budget laptops?

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Well, they own 750,000 shares of SanDisk. And last fall, they said... we don't think this is doing anything. So they sold it for $84 billion. I mean, I'm sorry, $84 million, $84 million. And that it's worth about $340 million today. Oops-a-daisy. Exactly. You know, when the person who invented the USB drive died, you know what happened?

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They lowered his coffin into the grave, realized they put it in the wrong way, and then had to do it all over again.

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Chapter 4: What makes the MacBook Neo a game changer for Apple?

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Poor guy. Wrong way. Poor fictional guy that this never happened to. Wouldn't that be funny? Oh, wrong way. Flip it around. Just flip them around. You're going in butt first. You know, but here's the trick. On USB drives, there's that funky little logo. If you put that in so it's facing up, then you always know it's going in the right way. It looks exactly the same on both sides.

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Well, that one was there to trick you. Oh. People are in a panic over the US owning part of TikTok. Have you seen this? I've seen it on my Facebook feed.

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Chapter 5: How does Carbonite provide complete backup solutions?

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I've seen all of the conspiracy theories, if that's what you're talking about. They're talking about how the US is now tracking everybody? Well, no, more like they're blocking content, they're not letting people upload. There was a story where If you tried to type Epstein in your direct messages, it would delete it. All of this conspiracy. I tried that and it let me send whatever I wanted.

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And they've only owned it for what, a week? Exactly. Well, people are in panic now, not just because of that, because they say that the app can track your immigration status, your sexual orientation, and your precise GPS location. But let me give you the spoiler. That has been in TikTok's terms and conditions that nobody ever reads since August of 2024. Okay. But it didn't say precise location.

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It said approximate location, but now it says exact location. But isn't it a private company that owns this business? Of course. It's not the U.S. government. No. But then they turn around and they probably sell it to the U.S. government in real time. Yes. Hey, if you love staying tech ahead, then you're going to love, love, love. I'm talking about my free newsletter called The Current.

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