Until now, the MacBook Air was the lowest-cost MacBook, and the new MacBook Neo is only cheaper because it drops certain features. Here's what you have to give up, large and small, and whether it's worth it. The new MacBook Neo is fractionally smaller than the MacBook AIr Perhaps the overriding issue over the MacBook Neo is whether it is powerful enough for what you need to do, and for most people, it will be . Yet to get a lower cost, there are key things that the MacBook Neo has to lack compared to the next model, the MacBook Air . The most visible of these is the screen — but then probably only if you put them side by side. Even though both models are said to have 13-inch screens, the MacBook Air's one is actually 13.6 inches. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums