The MacBook Air is the same weight and thinner, so for a mobile machine I think that still wins out.

The last gen MacBook Air (M4, 16GB, 256GB) was down to $749 with retailer discounts last year. Currently $759 on Apple's certified refurbished site.

> Otherwise it was a no brainer complementary machine

Even as a main machine for most people. Heck I could probably even get away with it. I have my work laptop that's technically my "main" machine as I spend 8+ hours a day on it, and it's sufficiently beefy.

I hardly do much on a personal computer (not counting my gaming desktop), this neo would be more than enough for my non-work needs.

Granted, I don't currently have a need for it as I have my own MBA and an iPad pro, but if I had neither this would definitely be a no brainer and I could confidently recommend this over pretty much any off-the-shelf budget windows laptop to anyone who asks me "What laptop should I buy?"

Users like you have money and Apple wants them buying a MacBook Air for that use case :)