MacBook Neo - Freedom from the Tyranny of Mediocrity
Students everywhere thank Apple.
The education market has been starved of quality, capable computers for years. The Chromebook created a race to the bottom as constrained education budgets sought cheaper and cheaper device purchases. But these devices have inferior build quality, hinder student potential by limiting them to underpowered devices and limited apps and workflows, and fail to broaden the horizon of students by saying no instead of yes. Computers are intended to unlock human potential. Garbage devices in education limit student potential by locking them into a glorified word processor.
The MacBook Neo is here to enlighten education by giving students a machine worthy of their curiosity and skills. Finally, an affordable device for education that is not a one-trick pony! The MacBook Neo is a fully capable device allowing endless workflows. The MacBook Neo is the new uncarved block! From it, all things are possible.
Education is the incubator of our future. Failing to invest in the future means succeeding in stunting human progress and regressing future generations. As we face the challenges of artificial intelligence, there is no better time to prepare students for a future where intellect, intelligence, creativity, and resilience will be valued.
First, there is the price. At $499 for the base model, we have a machine perfectly tailored for school budgets. Next is the feature set. Apple’s "compromises" make sense while delivering the most capable device in the product category. A student on an institutional device does not need TouchID, they will rarely, if ever, connect to an external display, and the number of peripherals they connect will likely hover around zero. The focus of a solid build, excellent display, power to spare, long battery life, and a full desktop experience opening up to any application makes the MacBook Neo the new standard for school computing.
Compliment the MacBook Neo with Jamf Connect (and maybe Platform SSO in the future) and you can replicate the ease of login found on Chromebooks while offering students and teachers endless potential. The creativity of Adobe’s applications is not possible on a Chromebook. Coding and building apps is not possible on a Chromebook. Expand the horizon of your students. Children today are more sophisticated than writing an essay or making a presentation. Good curriculum will expose students to photo, video, coding, 3D modeling, and even the foundations of artificial intelligence. Today's children are sophisticated users of computers. It is time that schools provided them with devices that can keep up and challenge them. The MacBook Neo is the answer.
As Carbon assists our education customers plan their budgets for next school year, the MacBook Neo is leading the march. Let's give students the tools they need to accomplish real-world tasks and learn transferable skills in the face of an uncertain future. MacBook Neo for all!