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Should I upgrade my MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro)?

under a year old · Runs macOS 27 Golden Gate, the current macOS

Quick look

Price
£6992Apple UK store
Chip
A18 Prochip
CPU
6-coreCPU
GPU
5-coreGPU
Memory
8GBunified memory, base
Storage
256GBstorage, base
Display
13-inchdisplay
Battery life
Up to16 hrsvideo playback, claimed
Released
11 March 20263ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 4 March 2026.
Security updates
Not available4Security updates

Each figure is from the source marked1 unless it carries its own number.

Software support

Security updates
Not available4
macOS
macOS 27 Golden Gate, the current macOS

Nothing newer in the line yet

We hold no Apple UK store price for a newer Mac in the MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro)’s line and tier. When we read one it appears here beside the MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro).

Specifications

Body

Dimensions
12.7 x 297.5 x 206.4 mm
Weight
1.23 kg
Colours
Silver, Blush, Citrus, Indigo
Ports
One USB 3 (USB-C) port, one USB 2 (USB-C) port, 3.5mm headphone jack
Thunderbolt ports
No Thunderbolt ports.5
USB-A ports
No USB-A ports.5
HDMI
No HDMI port.6
SD card slot
No SD card slot.6
Headphone jack
Yes
MagSafe
No MagSafe port.5
Keyboard
Magic Keyboard
Touch ID
Available on the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID configuration7

Display

Display size
13 in
Resolution
2408 x 1506
Pixel density
219 ppi
Display type
Liquid Retina display
Brightness
500 nits
Wide colour (P3)
No wide colour (P3) display.6
Nano-texture option
No nano-texture display option.6

Chip and memory

Chip
Apple A18 Pro chip
Apple silicon
Yes
CPU cores
6
Performance cores
2
Efficiency cores
4
GPU cores
5
Neural Engine cores
16
Chip options
Apple A18 Pro with 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU7
Memory (base)
8GB
Memory (maximum)
8GB7
Memory options
8GB
Memory upgradeable by user
No, as Apple documents8
Memory bandwidth
60 GB/s
Storage (base)
256GB
Storage (maximum)
512GB
Storage options
256GB or 512GB
Media engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginevideo encode engineProRes encode and decode engineAV1 decode

Battery and power

Battery capacity
36.5 Wh
Rated charge cycles
1,000 cycles9
Video playback (claimed)
16 h
Wireless web (claimed)
11 h
Included power adapter
No power adapter in the box.6
Fast charging
No fast charging.6

Connectivity

Wi-Fi
Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth
6
Ethernet
No Ethernet port.6
External displays (base)
1

Camera and audio

Camera
1080p FaceTime HD camera
Speakers
Dual-speaker sound system
Microphones
Dual-mic array with directional beamforming

Platform

Newest macOS
macOS 27 Golden Gate10
Model year
2026

Benchmarks

Geekbench 7 (CPU, single-core)
2,93411
Geekbench 7 (CPU, multi-core)
7,28411
Geekbench 7 (Metal)
31,18711

Software support

Feature updates until
Not available4
Security updates until
Not available4
Basis
our inference from history12

Trade-in and used prices

No used or trade-in figures for the MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro): we have not matched it to a CeX listing we can confirm is this exact Mac, and we would rather show nothing than a near miss.

More

Sources

  1. Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs · Default for MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro) · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026

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  2. Apple UK store — MacBook Neo, 256GB — From £699 · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026

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  3. Apple Newsroom (UK) — Say hello to MacBook Neo · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026

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  4. Apple publishes no date for the end of updates, and this site does not guess one. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026

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  5. No Thunderbolt ports. No USB-A ports. No MagSafe port. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs. Read 15 Sep 2026

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  6. No HDMI port. No SD card slot. No wide colour (P3) display. No nano-texture display option. No power adapter in the box. No fast charging. No Ethernet port. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs. Read 9 Oct 2026

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  7. Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026

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  8. Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Pro: how to remove or install memory · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026

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  9. Apple Support (UK) — Determine battery cycle count for Mac laptops · Apple’s figure · read 15 Oct 2026

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  10. Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026

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  11. Geekbench Browser (Primate Labs) · third-party figure · read 11 Oct 2026

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  12. Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility list names this Mac. endoflife.date says Apple usually provides security updates for the latest three macOS releases, but that this isn’t consistently applied; Apple publishes no end date. Source: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026

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Not published by Apple

MacBook Neo (13-inch, A18 Pro). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: refresh rate, storage upgradeable by user, the macOS it shipped with, model identifier, part numbers. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — MacBook Neo - Tech Specs; Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Say hello to MacBook Neo, read 9 Oct 2026.

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