The former president of Microsoft's Windows division says his new MacBook Neo is so good that it will replace his MacBook Air, adding that compromises' are totally acceptable and go unnoticed.

I really don't know how Apple did it. The MacBook Neo is a $600 laptop that doesn't feel like an afterthought, which is a curse that has befallen so many cheap Windows notebooks. Sure, it has a slower A-series processor and it's limited to 8GB of RAM.

After using MacBook Neo, it's clear Windows needs to rethink its PC strategy (and fast)