You’d expect Windows Central to be pretty adamant in favoring Windows laptops over any MacBook. Yet not only the website itself, but also its readers, see the MacBook Neo as a move that should see Microsoft panicking.
The site says that the timing couldn’t be better for Apple given that more Windows users than ever before are looking to switch platform, and thinks it will hurt sales of machines like the $600 ASUS Vivobook 14 shown above …
The site’s Zac Bowden says that the MacBook Neo is all most people would ever need from a laptop.
I can’t believe it: Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo just lit a monstrous fire under the Windows laptop market — Microsoft better be panicking […] This new low-cost macOS laptop is everything your everyday Joe or Jane would ever need from a computer in 2026.
He says it’s affordable for those who would have bought a middling Windows laptop, and that a great many of them are ready to make the switch.
Because of this, someone who had no choice but to buy a midrange Windows laptop in the past now has the option of buying a MacBook. And because Windows 11’s reputation is at an all-time low, people are looking to jump ship from Windows more than ever.
With millions of Windows 10 users running unsupported hardware, a $599 MacBook is going to look ever so appetising. The timing couldn’t be better for Apple.
Apple is making things as easy as possible with a dedicated microsite on switching from Windows.
Windows Central readers seem to agree. At the time of writing, more than 80% of them agree that the MacBook Neo will persuade people to switch from a mid-range Windows laptop.
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