ND Apple's MacBook Neo makes repairs easier and cheaper than other MacBooks (arstechnica.com)
191 points by GeekyBear 6 days ago | 125 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
The article discusses Apple's MacBook Neo with a focus on its repairability.
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2026-03-13 18:03 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 18:03 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 16:31 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 16:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 16:11 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-03-13 16:11 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 13:51 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-03-13 13:51 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive) -0.10
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 13:41 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 13:41 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 13:18 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-13 13:18 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 13:05 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 13:05 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 12:38 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 12:27 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 12:27 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 12:03 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-13 12:03 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 11:50 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 11:50 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
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2026-03-13 11:28 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 11:10 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 11:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 10:49 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-13 10:49 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) +0.10
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 10:31 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 10:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 10:10 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-03-13 10:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive) -0.10
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 09:52 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-13 09:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 09:33 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-03-13 09:33 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 09:11 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 08:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 08:33 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 08:14 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 07:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 07:33 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 07:10 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 06:56 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 06:31 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 06:17 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 05:54 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 04:40 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 04:02 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 03:54 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 03:26 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 03:19 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 02:51 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 02:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 02:16 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 02:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 01:41 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 01:34 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
2026-03-13 01:12 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-13 01:09 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) +0.10
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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2026-03-13 00:12 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.04 (Neutral)
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Tech article on MacBook Neo repairability
2026-03-12 23:24 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive) 0.00
2026-03-12 23:22 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive) 0.00
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair
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Tech article discussing MacBook Neo's repairability, mentioning right to repair