Updated MacBook Neo to Launch at Higher Price, Closing Gap with Air

Apple's refreshed MacBook Neo will move to the A19 Pro chip — a phone-derived processor — with a likely RAM bump from 8GB to 12GB, per Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple may drop the 256GB entry tier, and component shortages are expected to raise pricing. Combined, these changes could narrow the Neo's price gap with the M-series MacBook Air, whose laptop-class silicon is purpose-built rather than adapted from a phone.