The 12-Month Mac: Why The MacBook Neo Adopts The iPhone Lifecycle

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Apple's new MacBook Neo is designed to follow the iPhone's annual refresh cycle, aligning with Apple's yearly silicon updates rather than the Mac's traditional longer release schedule. The shift lets Apple maintain consistent chip development momentum, but raises questions about whether customers will embrace annual laptop upgrades the way they do iPhones, and whether the company has sufficient manufacturing capacity and demand to sustain it. The move reflects Apple's broader strategy of tightening its product ecosystem around a synchronized release calendar.