> If the Neo has the same size screen as the MacBook Air
It's two things that explain the optics vs reality are surprising.
One is bezels, they're quite large on the 11 inch.
Two is rounding, the 11 inch actually undersells things as it's 11.6 inches, the Neo is exactly 13 inch. So it's not 2 inches but 'just' 1.4 inches bigger, and with its thick bezels it bridges that 1.4 inch gap mostly.
While the 13 inch MBA is actually 13.6 inches.
In other words, the MBA has a 5% bigger screen than the Neo, despite being marketed both as '13 inch macbooks'.
5% doesn't sound like much, but it's the diagonal, meaning the height/width also scale by 5%, and the surface area therefore scales by 1.05^2 i.e. the screen of the '13' inch MBA is actually more like 10% bigger than the 13 inch Neo.
It's two things that explain the optics vs reality are surprising.
One is bezels, they're quite large on the 11 inch.
Two is rounding, the 11 inch actually undersells things as it's 11.6 inches, the Neo is exactly 13 inch. So it's not 2 inches but 'just' 1.4 inches bigger, and with its thick bezels it bridges that 1.4 inch gap mostly.
While the 13 inch MBA is actually 13.6 inches.
In other words, the MBA has a 5% bigger screen than the Neo, despite being marketed both as '13 inch macbooks'.
5% doesn't sound like much, but it's the diagonal, meaning the height/width also scale by 5%, and the surface area therefore scales by 1.05^2 i.e. the screen of the '13' inch MBA is actually more like 10% bigger than the 13 inch Neo.