# Apple’s student MacBook Neo discount shrinks to $50 after price rise

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/apple-raises-the-macbook-neos-student-pricing-again/
- Published: 2026-10-28T14:47:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T15:09:05+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020629/apple-macbook-neo-price-hike-education-store
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment

## Key points

- Student pricing has risen to $649.
- The discount is now $50 off.
- A higher-RAM model may arrive next year.

## Summary

Apple has raised the MacBook Neo’s starting price for students to $649, $150 above its initial education price of $499. The increase reduces the student saving to $50 off the standard price, weakening the low price that helped make the budget laptop appealing when it launched in March.

The $649 model has 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, and lacks Touch ID. Apple raised the education price by $100 in June and added another $50 increase recently, citing shortages of RAM and other components as the broader backdrop. The regular starting price also rose to $699 in June; a new Neo with potentially more RAM is rumoured for early next year.

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