Same weight as a MacBook Air, all metal body
11.03.2026 14:46
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Same weight as a MacBook Air, all metal body
It absolutely will. Save yourself the money
Three others!
Yes, unless you’re more comfortable with Windows 11!
I always get it
Maybe not — the avg grey corporate IT support room is generally captured by Microsoft and its grey ecosystem
Apple’s new MacBook Neo is unbelievable. Half the price (€699) of a MacBook Air — and honestly, 98% of the experience (and even power).
If I was buying a new laptop tomorrow, this would absolutely be it.
Full review: m.independent.ie/business/tec...
They took 30 minutes just to say hello
Grand day
Sharp fall in pay TV subscriptions (Sky, Virgin etc) — from 70% to 57%.
Netflix etc subscriptions unchanged.
Seems like dodgy boxes (400k homes) are now really biting, shrinking the TV industry here
m.independent.ie/business/tec...
Outlook as Gaeilge
Not really! Just that the iPhone chips are powerful now for standard laptops
Fón as Gaeilge don seachtain (Outlook ina measc)
…
iPhone: Settings —> General —> Language & Region
Android: Settings —> System —> Languages/Input
Apple’s new budget (€699) MacBook Neo
- 13-inch size
- 256GB or 512GB
- iPhone chip (A18 Pro)
- MacOS
- battery life slightly less than other MacBooks
- multiple colours
So Apple has increased prices by $100 in US and £100 in UK
— but no price increase in EU.
= Apple forecasting strong € and weak $ and £
In fairness, not if you already have one (or five, like me!)
Apple has announced new MacBook Air M5 and MacBook Pro today.
Good news 1: twice the base storage
Good news 2: no price increase here in € (but $100 more in US! Trump tariff!)
Bad news: no charging adapters included anymore (charged separately!)
Today’s ep: “I was naive and stupid”.
Interview with a guy who had €30k of crypto stolen — he had stored the keys in a Gmail draft
(Big Tech Show podcast, Spotify/YT etc)
Yes, the more long term indicators are annual sales figures over multiple quarters.
eg In 2025, Tesla was down 28% across Europe for the year.
So the value of these snapshots is in wondering whether that steep downward curve is continuing
Full review now published: www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Apple’s best-selling iPhones are generally its most expensive ones (ie €1,300 iPhone 17 Pro).
But this plugs a big market hole for Apple — kids and young adults.
When given a choice, most of Gen Z won’t touch anything but iPhone, for some reason
Apple just soft-launched its new ‘budget’ phone — the iPhone 17e.
256GB, €729, one rear camera
Worth noting that EV sales in Ireland are rising strongly.
So Tesla’s sales collapse here appears to be a brand-specific decline.
Wonder whether it’s the cars, or something else?
Tesla has fallen out of the top 10 electric car brands in Ireland.
It has also fallen outside the 20 of overall car brands here.
Its best-selling car, the Model Y, is now a lowly 78th.
For that kind of query, almost zero difference.
It’s a step down but yeah, at least it’s recognisable!
More polished now (but still not really the match of iPhone or Galaxy)
Turned off
No, not in this case — that’s a live capture (you can see it in camera as you’re zooming in).
If it were more AI-generated, there’d be even less fuzziness and more distinct features
I mean, it doesn’t match ‘real’ camera + lens photos of the moon (eg this from a Fujifilm with a proper zoom lens).
But the Xiaomi 17 Ultra is soooo much better than the indistinct, rubbish moon pics most people currently get on their iPhones and Samsungs
