It seems fair to say that Apple’s MacBook Neo took the rest of the PC industry by surprise. Companies are used to competing on price and features with $1,000-and-up Apple laptops like the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro,

Apple’s inexpensive new MacBook Neo has sent shock waves across the PC industry since its launch earlier this year. That disruption continues to play out.

A few months ago, Apple released the MacBook Neo, its most affordable MacBook ever. At the time, an ASUS executive admitted that the laptop came as a "shock" to the Windows PC industry, which is now in the process of responding.

While still not up to Windows standards, Apple’s laptops and desktops have gotten a couple of key upgrades that seriously improve graphics.