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Apple’s budget MacBook Neo pressure forces rivals to rethink laptops

MarketWatch reports that Apple’s push into budget computing with the MacBook Neo is gaining traction and beginning to reshape competition in lower-priced laptops.

The outlet says the MacBook Neo gamble is paying off as it pressures rival brands to revisit their own offerings, intensifying what it describes as a budget-laptop battle.

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