MacBook Neo Compatible With New Studio Displays, But There's a Catch

Apple's low-cost MacBook Neo is compatible with the company's caller Studio Displays, but its output volition beryllium scaled to 4K solution astatine 60Hz.


Apple confirmed the compatibility and output regulation with 9to5Mac.

With pricing starting astatine $1,599, the regular Studio Display runs astatine 5K with a maximum 60Hz refresh rate. Meanwhile, the all-new 5K Studio Display XDR is susceptible of up to 120Hz and pricing starts astatine $3,299.

Apple calls the refreshed Studio Display "the cleanable companion to Mac," but if you were readying connected utilizing it arsenic an outer show for a caller MacBook Neo, determination are different options disposable astatine importantly little terms points – USB-C 4K displays from companies similar LG, Dell, and Samsung, for example.

If you inactive person a Mac with an Intel spot inside, you're not going to privation to prime up 1 of the caller Studio Display oregon Studio Display XDR models either – neither exemplary volition enactment with an Intel-based Mac.

The ‌MacBook Neo‌ has 2 USB-C ports, but lone 1 supports DisplayPort 1.4 for connecting an outer display. To usage an outer monitor, it indispensable beryllium connected to the close port, which is the USB 3 larboard located closest to the rear of the device. The laptop does not enactment Thunderbolt either, truthful you can't daisy-chain aggregate monitors.

The $599 MacBook Neo‌ and the caller Studio Displays are disposable to pre-order now, with availability opening connected Wednesday, March 11.
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