@cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop
Post #716550
2026-03-22 14:02 UTC
@rootwyrm@weird.autos @graydon@canada.masto.host In my case: if the Air was to be my main machine with a monitor hookup on my desk, I'd buy it. If I already had a desktop, and wanted a cheap travel note, I'd buy the Neo.
(I've already got the mouse/keyboard/monitor/external SSDs plugged into my desktop.)
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@rootwyrm@weird.autos 2026-03-22 14:09
@cstross @graydon exactly; you'd walk on the one they make money on for a travel laptop. Which is exactly what the average existing customer is going to do. "Oh, it's half the price and good enough? OK!" It's cannibalizing their own sales. And there won't be the new customers they expect, because $599 plus "replace everything you already own and learn a new OS" is an instant loser. Wouldn't surprise me if the Neo is a loss leader either; Apple tried that with the dead AR/VR thing.