Crystal ball: Let’s be clear upfront: there is no Mac Neo desktop. No leak, no supply chain [rumour], no analyst note. What follows is conjecture – but conjecture worth taking seriously, because the pieces are sitting right there on Apple’s workbench.
They already made it - called the Apple TV. They should make a $200-$400 mini PC with no fans. You can choose tvOS or macOS, and either way it makes an awesome gaming console with 4 forward usb-c ports. They’ve done alright with mobile gaming and they could really make a dent in the console market if they tried. Aside from that it would be a great home server or even a desktop PC.
That will never happen, because then they couldn’t sell you a TV box and a desktop machine.
I’m still waiting for a MacBook/iPad hybrid.
Exactly.