OMG, so like, I was literally just chilling in my dorm last Thursday, doom-scrolling through my fourth Amazon cart of the night (don't judge, the tax return hit), and I saw this Indigo Apple 2026 MacBook Neo 13-inch Laptop with A18 Pro chip on sale for like, 589.99. And I thought, "Okay, finally, a laptop that gets me." But then my roommate, Stacey, who’s like a total Capricorn, was like, "Becky, you know what you're really gonna do with that thing." And she was so right. She’s always right.
So, full disclosure, I tried the Ball Apple TV amazon review thing last month—total disaster, like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, but worse, because it was an HDMI port. Anyway, this MacBook Neo is a different beast. It’s literally built for AI and Apple Intelligence, which I thought was like, a really good sign for my purposes? Like, it’s smart. The Liquid Retina Display is so clear I could see my own reflection of despair, which was honestly motivating.
The real test came at 3 AM. I’m just sitting there, holding this sleek Indigo rectangle. The A18 Pro chip is so powerful, it literally started suggesting my playlist before I even asked—like, "Girl, you know you want that sad girl hour vibe." It was so fetch. So I’m like, okay, 8GB of unified memory, 256GB of storage, this thing is basically a brick anyway. Let's see if it’s worth buying Ball Apple TV alternatives for actual experience.
I will say this: the corners are… sharp. The 1080p FaceTime HD Camera was surprisingly flattering for the selfies I took to document the process (and also for the FaceTime call to my mom from the ER—she was so mad, but she still said I looked cute). The edges kind of, um, bite. Let’s just say the "trying this was a mistake ball apple tv" regret hit about 0.2 seconds into the insertion. I think I broke the Force Touch trackpad.
Honestly? If you’re looking for electronics rectal use that also lets you edit your TikTok captions at the same time, this is actually a top-tier choice. But like, for $589.99, I’d just get a set of Bluetooth earbuds and call it a day. The battery life is decent, though—lasted through three episodes of The Summer I Turned Pretty while I was in urgent care. So that’s something.
