My nephew just graduated high school, and wants a laptop. When he decides what computer to buy, price (or more precisely, value) is the most important attribute.
Apple's MacBook Neo upended the 'value laptop' equation—Apple's not supposed to be both the cheapest option and the best value... but it seems like that's squarely where the Neo landed for the good-but-cheap laptop category.
My nephew is also my godson, and to kick off his computing journey, I thought I'd let him choose from a Framework 12 I bought to test, or the MacBook Neo I bought a couple months ago to use around the studio.
this is a bit off topic but I wish framework would make a dumb keyboard screen that you could plug into hosts. Manufacturers of these price them way high because the demand for them is mostly in data centers but man I have wanted something like that for awhile and I kinda figure they already have the case and such. just need like a part that gives kb and trackpad out along with video in. Heck might be nice to have wireless to.