I finally decided to set up the Macbook Air (MBA) that my Crazy Uncle Bill got me. It’s nice and compact, which will be perfect to do some writing during the flight. I would use my Bad Boxy Dragon laptop, but I’m not sure what type of power connection that they have at the seats. I guess I could also draw using my iPad air, or play games either on the Switch 2, or my Ally-X. I do know that I probably would get better battery life while writing on the Macbook air. The question of the day, who are these Macs really geared for? I guess with having it, I can now go into a Starbucks without getting stared at, but since it’s not a pro, I would probably get sat towards the back, but I’m betting that people who own the Neo get tables next to restroom doors or at the table in storage that is missing a leg. Then again if one owns a PC and/or Android, they call the cops and have you trespassed.

One of the reasons Uncle Bill Splurged for this was so I could help my mom with her Macbook air that I got for her last Christmas. I figured it would be the best thing to get since she owns just about everything that is Apple. I know that it has been two years since I decided to switch from PC to Mac, but it seems a lot of things have changed since then. The other thing that I notice about this MBA, is the amount of bloatware, which is something that I don’t remember my M1 Mini having.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that there are some pretty expensive Macbook Pros. So is it for security, or just to look impressive in a boardroom. I think the cheapest version starts at $1700, and goes up to around $4K that houses a M5-Max. For those who do own a Macbook Pro, especially ones on the high end, what do you use them for? Just curious to know if they are really worth that sort of money, or is it an Apple tax.

Ever since I was young, and I’m talking about the late 70s during the days of the 8-bit Apple 2s. I personally thought that the Atari 800/8 bits were far superior computers that were built like tanks, and the Commodore 64 was somewhere in between. However what the Apple 2s had going for it was the ability to show what assembly programming looked like without having to shell out cash to unlock the gate. Nerds had the chance to mess with the coding to see what it could do. Then in 1984 the first 16 bit monochrome Macs came out which blew away the 8 bit family. Shortly later the Amiga which originally started off as a next gen Atari came out under the Commodore branding because of a change of management. Atari came out with their own 16 system known as the ST. Both were actually superior machines but busyness did take them seriously because they were viewed as gaming machines.

Macs even back in the late 80s were very expensive closed source machines. People bitch how expensive that they are now, but $4000 in the early 90s was way more expensive than that same figure in 2026. It was also very hard to carry a full blown mac 2 to show off at a Starbucks.

Now from using Macs for the past 25 years, I think that the newer machines have lost what made them so prestigious. They are still pretty impressive but I think they have come out with their own version of a Chrome-Book known as the Mac-Neo, which is basically a small computer built on the iPhone 16pro specs. I know that the A18pro is powerful but one would have figured that they would have at least used an M1. Maybe they ran out, and had plenty of A18Pro overstock. What type of customers is Apple hoping to gain with the Mac-Neo, and what type of programs will it be able to run? If you do decide to buy a new Mac-Neo, keep in mind that it doesn’t come with a power supply, and it’s specced pretty low, but does start at $600.