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Is this $450 laptop from an unknown brand too good to be true?

First publishedAug 8, 12:00 UTC
Last updatedAug 8, 12:11 UTC · just now ago
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Is this $450 laptop from an unknown brand too good to be true?
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Finding a good laptop under $500 was hard enough before RAMageddon. They nearly always had cheap hardware and underpowered, often outdated chips.

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Finding a good laptop under $500 was hard enough before RAMageddon. They nearly always had cheap hardware and underpowered, often outdated chips. That's what made the MacBook Neo so disruptive: It offered great build quality and good-enough performance starting at $599. Windows laptops couldn't touch it.

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Finding a good laptop under $500 was hard enough before RAMageddon. They nearly always had cheap hardware and underpowered, often outdated chips.
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1 outlet, average source rating 6.0/10.
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just now ago.
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