> If Apple had branded the A18 Pro as “M4 Lite,” nobody would have blinked.
Apple fumbled the ball here. They should have called it the "M4 Mini", and this device the "MacBook mini".
Also, OP: Have you considered doing this professionally? I'd read this as the next AnandTech.
"Mini" usually denotes physical size. Is the neo physically smaller than the air?
Smaller, yes. Not thinner.