PC Magazine came to the same conclusion:

> Apple pulled off what I thought wasn't possible. The MacBook Neo is poised to set the budget-laptop world on fire as a $599 system that's better-built and sharper than anything else at or below its price.

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/apple-macbook-neo

Similar to the Verge:

> even the cheapest MacBook Neo is good enough to be the go-to Apple laptop for a lot of people. Actually, not just the go-to Apple laptop; the Neo’s hardware simultaneously embarrasses an entire class of affordable (and even far pricier) Windows laptops, as well as just about any Chromebook. And the thing runs on an iPhone chip.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/891741/apple-macbook-neo-a18-p...