Neo's SSD Lag Highlights the $599 MacBook Neo Trade-Off
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The MacBook Neo, starting at $599, uses much slower SSDs (about 1.735 GB/s read and 1.684 GB/s write) than the latest MacBook Pro with M5 Max (13.6 GB/s read, 17.8 GB/s write), a gap of up to roughly 8x in sustained speeds. The Verge benchmarks suggest transfers will be noticeably slower, though reviews say overall performance remains solid for its target audience.
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