My old advice aged worst than gorgonzola.

Before the MacBook Neo was announced, I said it would be a bad idea to make any upgrades to it:

Apple’s new rumored MacBook with multiple deep color options might be the best deal for students and first-time Mac users, but the minute you go past the base model’s specs, it’s value proposition and charm will fumble.

Rumored to start at 8GB of RAM and at 256GB of memory, it’s a solid computer for an alleged $599-$699 starting price. 8GB of RAM is a limitation though and historically Apple charges a $200 upgrade to 16GB. Now we’re at $799-$899 for this smaller laptop, right in MacBook Air territory, making the M4 MacBook Air the logical purchase since it’s always on sale for $799.

At the time there was no certainty about price and what chip and RAM configurations it would have. Now that it has been revealed, the only upgrade is the $100 option for Touch ID and 256GB of extra storage. Well worth it as I explained in greater detail.