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by UqWBcuFx6NV4r 105 days ago
If you are satisfied with the build quality and general longevity of an Acer computer then you are wasting your time trying to understand a huge comparative advantage of the Neo. I’d just accept that you aren’t the market and move on.
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eklavya 105 days ago
Yeah, I guess so. I was just wondering when people said it's great value, is it because they believe that the build quality (all metal) is the most important factor here. But then I can get an HP omnibook 5 oled for the same price with "almost" a metal body.

I started thinking, ok I was going to buy an iPad maybe, why not neo? It makes so much sense since my wife could do much more with it. Then I started looking at what the market has to offer for the price and it stopped making sense. The marketing does seem great on this. I am sure it makes a lot of sense to some people who wanted a cheap macOS laptop and got it.

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Aurornis 105 days ago
> But then I can get an HP omnibook 5 oled for the same price with "almost" a metal body.

The bargain HP laptops don’t compare at all to MacBook build quality or battery life.

That laptop is also 4lbs and has below average battery life.

We recently got a higher end HP laptop for someone and the build quality on it is marginal at best.

If you’re only looking at spec sheets and trying to treat this like a comparison table of simple points then you’re going to miss the reason why these products appeal to buyers.

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