New Delhi, April 3 -- Folks online can't quite make up its mind about the MacBook Neo. For some, it's Apple's most disruptive laptop in years-a Rs.69,900 ( Rs.59,900 for students) machine that promises to upend the budget segment and make the Apple ecosystem accessible to a whole new audience. For skeptics, it's a stripped-down Mac running on a year-old iPhone chip, with a measly 8GB of RAM-a curious set of compromises dressed up in aluminum. But one thing's for certain-no one can ignore it.

It's all the name-Neo-a refresh, a new take on a familiar idea. Pull it out of the color coordinated packaging and the Neo is unmistakably an Apple device, with the distinctive aluminum chassis and rounded corners that closely resemble the current Ma...