2026 Macbook Neo

[xiaofan]

Dun have to use all the features but it is available to those who wants to.

That is a good point.

 

[xiaofan]

Apple has not updated the following Apple Device Wi-Fi Spec page for the newly announced product.
https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/deployment/dep268652e6c/web

Take note that the Apple N1 Wireless Networking Chip does not support 320 MHz channel bandwidth on the 6GHz band. So in this aspect, Apple is still lagging behind. That being said, it is a right direction for Apple to adopt Wi-Fi 7 for new product.

As for MacBook Neo, at least it supports Wi-Fi 6E. That is quite okay for a low cost product.

1) MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max series

M5 -- WiFi 6E (existing product)
M5 Pro and M5 Max models -- WiFi 7 (new models)

M5 modles (existing)
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.3

M5 Pro and M5 Max (new models)
Apple N1 wireless networking chip
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)6
Bluetooth 6
Thread networking technology

2) MacBook Air M5 series -- WiFi 7
Apple N1 wireless networking chip
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 6
Thread networking technology

3) MacBook Neo (A18 Pro CPU) -- WiFi 6E
Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 6

4) iPhone 17e
Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO
Bluetooth 5.3

5) iPad Air M4
Apple N1 wireless networking chip
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO5
Simultaneous dual band
Bluetooth 6
Thread networking technology

 

[xiaofan]

MacBook Neo review in Chinese.

 

[twosix]

Apple has not updated the following Apple Device Wi-Fi Spec page for the newly announced product.
https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/deployment/dep268652e6c/web

Take note that the Apple N1 Wireless Networking Chip does not support 320 MHz channel bandwidth on the 6GHz band. So in this aspect, Apple is still lagging behind. That being said, it is a right direction for Apple to adopt Wi-Fi 7 for new product.

As for MacBook Neo, at least it supports Wi-Fi 6E. That is quite okay for a low cost product.

1) MacBook Pro M5 Pro and M5 Max series

M5 -- WiFi 6E (existing product)
M5 Pro and M5 Max models -- WiFi 7 (new models)

M5 modles (existing)
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.3

M5 Pro and M5 Max (new models)
Apple N1 wireless networking chip
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)6
Bluetooth 6
Thread networking technology

2) MacBook Air M5 series -- WiFi 7
Apple N1 wireless networking chip
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 6
Thread networking technology

3) MacBook Neo (A18 Pro CPU) -- WiFi 6E
Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 6

4) iPhone 17e
Wi‑Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO
Bluetooth 5.3

5) iPad Air M4
Apple N1 wireless networking chip
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) with 2x2 MIMO5
Simultaneous dual band
Bluetooth 6
Thread networking technology

Apple is slower in adopting the latest wireless technology. I guess they r working hard on their own chip to replace Qualcomm chips.

 

[twosix]

2TB with Gemini pro . Hmmm my first hand experience would be yes the space is useful . And emails can keep coming in now . Everything works as per usual . But the biggest gain would be the Gemini pro features. I basically set my Gemini pro on “Pro” for all inquiries . Takes awhile but I felt that its consideration is better than “fast” which throw’s answers that’s all

For videos, I upload them to YouTube instead of Google Photos, where there is no storage limit.

 

[xiaofan]

I will test 6GHz WiFi later using TP-Link Archer BE805 router.

The results are pretty good with Archer BE805 at 3m distance, on both 5GHz and 6GHz band. I consider the results on the 5GHz band very very good already.

Need to check why the speed was much slower with Asus TUF-BE6500 (dual band WiFi 7 router, no 6GHz band) on the 5GHz band.

5GHz band and 6GHz band performance of MacBook Neo are very good when at close distance with TP-Link Archer BE805.

Singtel 5Gbps plan
TP-Link Archer BE805 Wireless Router
3m distance between MacBook Neo to the router

5GHz

mcuee@mcuees-MacBook ookla % ./speedtest -s 13623

   Speedtest by Ookla

      Server: Singtel - Singapore (id: 13623)
         ISP: Singtel, Singtel Broadband
Idle Latency:     3.95 ms   (jitter: 0.20ms, low: 3.66ms, high: 4.17ms)
    Download:  1913.29 Mbps (data used: 1.8 GB)                                                  
                 30.70 ms   (jitter: 9.75ms, low: 3.94ms, high: 70.39ms)
      Upload:  1481.75 Mbps (data used: 1.3 GB)                                                  
                 22.96 ms   (jitter: 8.44ms, low: 4.57ms, high: 61.16ms)
 Packet Loss:     0.0%
  Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/17e910c4-0c0e-4240-b09b-37883416adef

6GHz

mcuee@mcuees-MacBook ookla % ./speedtest -s 13623

   Speedtest by Ookla

      Server: Singtel - Singapore (id: 13623)
         ISP: Singtel, Singtel Broadband
Idle Latency:     4.15 ms   (jitter: 0.25ms, low: 3.86ms, high: 4.65ms)
    Download:  1547.00 Mbps (data used: 1.5 GB)                                                  
                 27.43 ms   (jitter: 8.84ms, low: 3.44ms, high: 48.07ms)
      Upload:  1510.07 Mbps (data used: 2.5 GB)                                                  
                 22.80 ms   (jitter: 7.01ms, low: 4.70ms, high: 61.05ms)
 Packet Loss:     0.0%
  Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/5ee09356-0512-46d9-9eec-e0e7eabfcac0

 

[xiaofan]

My Google drive 15gb free space exploded during my trip to china. No emails can come in or exit . No choice have to think quick . Yes I’m using Apple iPhone 17 pro max but I don’t want to be stuck with iCloud when most of my stuff are on Google (previously I was using android devices). End up paid for the Google AI Pro Plan

2TB with Gemini pro . Hmmm my first hand experience would be yes the space is useful . And emails can keep coming in now . Everything works as per usual . But the biggest gain would be the Gemini pro features. I basically set my Gemini pro on “Pro” for all inquiries . Takes awhile but I felt that its consideration is better than “fast” which throw’s answers that’s all

Haha, interestingly Mr TKL also upgraded from Google One Premium 2TB plan to this Google AI Pro plan at S$290 per year.

He mentioned in his Facebook post that he is sharing the plan with five family members.

More about Google AI plans (Plus, Pro and Ultra) for those who are interested.

https://one.google.com/intl/en_sg/about/google-ai-plans/#compare-plans

 

[cherynsq]

I think it’s alright . For a year , you get the full suite of all their services , its value for money . Sad thing is YouTube premium not included

 

[xiaofan]

I think it’s alright . For a year , you get the full suite of all their services , its value for money . Sad thing is YouTube premium not included

Oh yes if you use the AI features.

The normal Google One Premium 2TB plan is already at S$140 per year.

The added AI features at S$290 per year will be worth the extra S$150 per year.

 

[benjaminyeo]

The results are pretty good with Archer BE805 at 3m distance, on both 5GHz and 6GHz band. I consider the results on the 5GHz band very very good already.

Need to check why the speed was much slower with Asus TUF-BE6500 (dual band WiFi 7 router, no 6GHz band) on the 5GHz band.

Your throughput is impressive. My MBA M5 on M1 6gbps/BE805 only does 1.2Gbps on average, and peak 1.8Gbps.

 

[cherynsq]

Oh yes if you use the AI features.

The normal Google One Premium 2TB plan is already at S$140 per year.

The added AI features at S$290 per year will be worth the extra S$150 per year.

I’m using Gemini , and will be exploring stitch this week

 

[xiaofan]

The results are pretty good with Archer BE805 at 3m distance, on both 5GHz and 6GHz band. I consider the results on the 5GHz band very very good already.

Need to check why the speed was much slower with Asus TUF-BE6500 (dual band WiFi 7 router, no 6GHz band) on the 5GHz band.

Today got the right 5GHz WiFi performance from TP-Link TUF-BE6500, at 3m distance.

I did two tests.

mcuee@mcuees-MacBook build % cd networking/ookla
mcuee@mcuees-MacBook ookla % ./speedtest -s 13623

   Speedtest by Ookla

      Server: Singtel - Singapore (id: 13623)
         ISP: Singtel, Singtel Broadband
Idle Latency:     4.45 ms   (jitter: 0.41ms, low: 3.90ms, high: 5.01ms)
    Download:  1837.81 Mbps (data used: 1.9 GB)                                                   
                 26.75 ms   (jitter: 12.63ms, low: 4.18ms, high: 295.51ms)
      Upload:  1221.51 Mbps (data used: 893.9 MB)                                                   
                 32.50 ms   (jitter: 9.54ms, low: 5.42ms, high: 94.14ms)
 Packet Loss:     0.0%
  Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/9fcf7332-0ed0-4646-8eaa-b7d00afb5c2c

mcuee@mcuees-MacBook ookla % ./speedtest -s 13623

   Speedtest by Ookla

      Server: Singtel - Singapore (id: 13623)
         ISP: Singtel, Singtel Broadband
Idle Latency:     4.67 ms   (jitter: 0.14ms, low: 4.19ms, high: 4.76ms)
    Download:  1755.00 Mbps (data used: 2.5 GB)                                                   
                 28.55 ms   (jitter: 12.13ms, low: 5.76ms, high: 267.06ms)
      Upload:  1323.25 Mbps (data used: 1.7 GB)                                                   
                 28.99 ms   (jitter: 10.60ms, low: 6.06ms, high: 81.06ms)
 Packet Loss:     0.0%
  Result URL: https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/b2047aad-b82a-46f8-a85c-1c426feaf067

 

[limmk]

 

[iceblendedchoc]

was going to post this , easy mod to do and impressive returns

 

[limmk]

was going to post this , easy mod to do and impressive returns

Simple mod with good results are always good

 

[rosschang]

wow.

copper mod is good enuf liao

 

[limmk]

 

[limmk]

 

[limmk]

 

[hereiam7788]

pink one looks the best.