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> ...at this price point there are plenty of alternatives for laptops with better performance and specs.

Laughable. Seriously, how long has it been since the M1 Air dropped? And we're still this clueless?

> For example, you can get a 15.6" Ryzen 7 5700U laptop with 32GB RAM and a 1TB SSD for less than the “unbeatable” price of the Neo:

Awesome spec dump. Now, what's the real life usage battery life of that laptop like? Oh? Yeah, thought so.

Nobody buys a list of specs, they buy a set of capabilities. And the Neo is capable of supporting normal usage for 12h+ on battery. Go ahead and link me some alternative laptops that can do that, with comparable performance of course — which is on par or better than the original M1 Air mind you.

Killer move by Apple, and I'm shocked there's still so much ignorance around.

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https://www.staples.com/hp-omnibook-5-16-2k-laptop-copilot-p...

I own one. It lives long enough not to get bothered by charging.

Looked up more info on this laptop, my cursory thoughts:

plastic chassis: gross. keyboard with a numberpad: yuck no inverted-T for arrow keys: yuck limited size trackpad, not to mention a PC trackpad: yuck display looks good and is matte: nice fans: gross usb-c (charging) port is not the first port in the array: yuck supplied charger brick: yuck, why not something a bit more modern

But at least it seems to have comparable battery life to the neo.

> plastic chassis: gross.

I don't care, it holds, it is not slippery (a huge problem with my current phone with metal body). What exactly is better with metal?

> keyboard with a numberpad: yuck

I would prefer one without, but that's just a matter of preference here. The layout is good. In fact, it's the keyboard that mostly makes me feel good whenever I use this laptop.

> inverted-T for arrow keys: yuck

In theory I agree, but for some reason that did not feel problematic on this particular keyboard.

> limited size trackpad

> not to mention a PC trackpad

To each their own

> fans: gross

Never heard them, not even sure they are there.

> usb-c (charging) port is not the first port in the array

Sounds like a minor issue

> supplied charger brick: yuck, why not something a bit more modern

I prefer "bricks" on the wire to "bricks" on the plug like Apple does because it does not take 10 slots on a power strip.

Apple’s power adapters take up one slot.

The Windows ones sound good for running games. Wouldn't suit me as I don't game on them and want battery life for reading.

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