Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo
摘要
酷比魔方Unibook以449美元定价，在入门级笔记本市场呈现出类似“哈哈镜MacBook Neo”的定位。文章指出，该产品虽与MacBook Air存在差距，但曾有望推动599美元价位段在键盘、屏幕和做工上的整体提升。PC厂商的回应部分得益于英特尔新款Wildcat Lake处理器，其采用与高端型号相同的制造工艺，但性能更低。戴尔、宏碁等品牌虽相继推出竞品
In another time, the MacBook Neo could have caused a substantial realignment of the lowish-end laptop business. Sure, it has shortcomings compared to the MacBook Air, but it could have at least encouraged PC makers to start shipping consistently decent keyboards, screens, and build quality in the Neo's $599 price window.
The PC makers did start responding, thanks in part to Intel's actually new non-Ultra Core Series 3 processors (codenamed Wildcat Lake). Intel has resisted its usual compunction to serve the budget market with aging, re-labeled silicon and has created a lower-end, lower-performance processor with the same building blocks (and the same manufacturing processes) as this year's high-end, high-performance models.
The likes of Dell, Acer, Asus, and Lenovo began hopping on the Wildcat Lake train fairly quickly, announcing would-be Neo competitors. But it felt like most of them were having trouble matching the Neo's barebones specs, let alone undercutting them. Dell's XPS 13 started at $599, but only for students. It would be $699 for everyone else. Acer's Swift Air 14 was announced at $699, too. Sure, sometimes these offered features the Neo didn't have. But the point of the Neo is that it eschews frills and frippery in favor of nailing the basics.
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