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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:14PM (#49436466)
You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review

It's also not hard to find a Windows laptop that beats the M5 on battery life. Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king.

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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by code_duck on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:58PM (#49437153)
Build quality, keyboard and displays are consistently reviewed as being nicer for the Neo than that price range of windows laptops.
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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by dataplumb3r on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @02:48PM (#49438719)
> Single-thread performance is the only remaining measure where the M5 is king

This is admittedly the measure that most correlates with perceived responsiveness and quality of user experience

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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by woobar on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @05:01PM (#49440582)
> You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops

Can you count how many (out of 9) measurements the windows laptop beat the Neo in that article?

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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by josephg on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @05:17PM (#49440774)
Did you read the article you linked? The neo beats the performance of this dell laptop in several of the listed benchmarks.
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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by Aurornis on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:08PM (#49442494)
> You can also beat the Neo on every measure by comparing it to $700 Windows laptops. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/dell-xps-13-2026-review

This shows the Neo winning on benchmarks, except for file transfer speed.

The Dell laptop wins on file transfer speed and got 14 hours of battery time versus the Neo's 13 hours.

I don't understand how you read that article and concluded that the Neo got beat on "every conceivable measure"

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