These Cheap Laptops Have Twice the Storage and Memory as the MacBook Neo

Today, Apple announced its new budget MacBook. At $599, it looks seriously impressive. While I haven't tested its performance, battery life, or display just yet, it may end up being hard to beat at that price based on some of the specs alone.

But that doesn't mean the competition isn't there. I want to recommend a couple of Windows laptops deals that offer various advantages over the MacBook Neo, showing where the Neo has both strengths and weaknesses.

First, check out this Asus Vivobook 14, a laptop I've been happy to recommend as a budget computer for the past year. In many ways, this is the Windows version of a laptop like the MacBook Neo. It uses a highly-efficient ARM chip, the Qualcomm Snapdragon X, meaning it gets great battery life and performs admirably in daily tasks. It's not quite as thin or light as ...