Apple and the Philippines’ Department of Education (DepEd) have reached a landmark deal to supply over 170,000 MacBook Neo laptops to teachers and school staff across the country.
During a recent quarterly financial call, Apple CEO John Ternus confirmed that the company had secured a deal with the Philippine government, highlighting the country’s education sector as a key driver of Apple’s international classroom adoption.
The deal is reportedly Apple’s largest institutional education deal for Mac and the biggest institutional rollout yet for its budget-oriented laptop.
“I’m feeling great about the opportunities ahead for Apple, from our product roadmap and broad range of services to promising areas like health, emerging markets, enterprise, and education. As one example, we recently secured our biggest education deal ever for Mac, with the Department of Education in the Philippines. They’re going to deploy 170,000 MacBook Neos to teachers and staff. Opportunities like this bring more users into our ecosystem and help fuel growth across our business,” Ternus said.
DepEd said a total of 172,654 MacBook Neo laptops will be distributed to public schools nationwide. Each unit was purchased for just ₱43,000, around ₱6,900 less than its official retail price in the Philippines.
The laptops will also come with a five-year warranty.
For a quick recap, the MacBook Neo is Apple’s cheapest laptop to date. It features a compact design with a 13-inch Liquid Retina display, an Apple A18 Pro chip, up to 16 hours of battery life, USB-C charging, and Apple Intelligence. It is also available in a range of colors.
The MacBook Neo should be more than capable of handling everyday work and school-related tasks, including word processing, presentations, web browsing, and other productivity workloads.