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There has already been a flurry of Apple announcements this week, but none have been as significant as the reveal of the MacBook Neo.

At $599, it is far cheaper in both nominal and ⁠inflation-adjusted terms than Apple's previous non-Pro, non-Air MacBook, which debuted in May 2006 at $1,099 - roughly $1,750 in today’s ​dollars.