Product Design lessons from the MacBook Neo

Issue 290: Knowing what to cut is the hardest part of design

Ten days in, and the MacBook Neo already feels different from Apple’s previous attempts at an entry-level machine. The reviews are positive, the discourse is lively, and — more telling than either — people who don’t usually get emotional about spec sheets are writing essays about what a $599 laptop meant to them as a kid.

This wasn’t the first iteration …