15" Surface Laptop 7 X Elite vs 15" MacBook Air M3

Head to head match up between the New 15” Surface Laptop 7 with Snapdragon X Elite and the 15” M3 MacBook Air! In this video I cover everything from design, ports, and keyboard, to displays, performance and more!
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0:00 Pricing and specs
1:23 design
3:55 ports
5:42 keyboards and trackpads
8:45 displays
10:57 Touch ID and Hello
11:24 external displays
12:00 cameras and mics
13:17 speakers
13:46 performance and benchmarks
15:03 translation with Prism and Rosetta 2
15:46 other apps
17:00 fans
18:08 ssd and wifi
18:52 ai and copilot
20:29 battery life

[@itsacookie1]

This is the best comparison between these two laptops on youtube. No flavor added, just dry specs.

[@JerrySchulze]

Thanks!

[@techandy1747]

Facts

[@Johnmims65]

@@JerrySchulzeif you had to pick just one which one would you pick the surface laptop or the MacBook Air? what is the better buy?

[@reduchimaki]

By far one of the best comparisons I've seen of the M3 Mac Air and the new Surface Laptop. No glazing, only pure info.

[@JerrySchulze]

👍

[@AIofokito]

i have the SURFACE AND LET ME TELL YA.... this device is amazing..... the keyboard the touchpad the battery the speed.... the display is good too... no complaints i also love the design its beautiful... i really recommend this labtop

[@youssifahmed6195]

Does the display have deep blacks

[@hilmyalmagthani2654]

@@youssifahmed6195 it does when u turn off

[@munawirulhadi2864]

I dont think so as this one is not oled​@@youssifahmed6195

[@mohsin_07]

It won't have deep black, it's an LCD display and not OLED but still it's as good as macbook air's display 😄​@@youssifahmed6195

[@beea314]

​@@youssifahmed6195it's an oled display

[@GreeKing83]

For me, any laptop that can last more than 10 hours is good enough for me, and being able to have close to the same performance level unplugged with the new Snapdragon CPU Window's laptops is a big bonus.

[@dipoakin-uy1gb]

I just got mine and it barely does 10 hours of continuous use.

[@ahmedmaan2284]

Bad news think about two years usage . I would do 5 h maximum which is rubbish.​@@dipoakin-uy1gb

[@Jorge.ALXNDR]

I hate the notch on the Macbook but also hate the asymmetrical bezels on the Surface. I still am not able to understand which one I hate the most.

[@JerrySchulze]

lol

[@guillaumeg.5821]

When the Grinch posts 😂comments

[@prof.v7477]

Great video Jerry. You got all the comparisons on points. Thank you!

[@johnmax5808]

Thank you so much for making this important video! I really enjoy your content! All the best. Blessings!

[@agrgraphics1590]

Nice work mate , can you suggest me for graphic designing purpose like Adobe PS, Adobe illustrator , Corel draw , I can’t afford paid versions , which one I prefer surface or MacBook ??

[@pouyamahmoudi]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

[@JerrySchulze]

awesome!

[@neilshirley]

Another fantastic comparison video, really enjoyed this.

[@StaticPlaya]

Great comparison video. 👏🏾

[@hashmi1195]

What’s your pick ? The Laptop 7 or the Lenovo slim 7x?

[@khusheasypianospanish9460]

great video! I just got a macbook air m3 for college and i am lovin it.

[@suhasbali6470]

Awesome perfect comparison

[@steveandaprilhull-maisel2498]

How was Illustrator and Photoshop with fhe Surface Laptops 7?

[@user-go8vx7zq8m]

Awesome comparison compared to many other videos. Good Job.

[@littlemisscheri24]

Hey guys, I mainly use my MacBook for Netflix and the occasional Light front end work. Would you recommend MacBook Air 15 M3 base model? I am currently using the base model for MacBook Pro M1.

[@JerrySchulze]

If you are interested in the coming AI stuff from Apple, get 16gb of ram or more.

[@pracsi0909]

Finally a good Comparison. Thank you for your work and your effort 😊

[@aashishnakarmi1690]

The backlight bleed on the Mac displays are so bad. I wonder why no body talks about that.

[@azexy21]

I mean he treid his best to minimize his bias but at the end of the day he made a garbage video

[@Jontexperia]

Ive never heard or seen backlight bleed on a mac

[@aashishnakarmi1690]

@@Jontexperia so you dont use a mac, ive owned 2017 macbook pro, 2021 macbook air m1, 2023 macbook air m3 15 inch. All have so bad backlight bleeding. Only pro mini led dont have it.

[@Jontexperia]

@@aashishnakarmi1690 I've used 3 mate

[@Jontexperia]

@@aashishnakarmi1690 Think you've been very unlucky

[@seanvideoediting]

is X elite slow on 3D Steel Nomad light because of optimization/driver/emullation issue or is the gpu just slow?

[@yourdad2107]

It’s the optimization problem, it will get better soon

[@Bozo---]

When I press the copilot key it triggers the contextual windows menu. To open copilot I have to press Fn+Copilot

[@9to5sucks55]

Hi 👋 buddy. Can you please tell me if the Suface 7 supports 3 external monitors through 1 usb c port? Like using triple 4k dock station, connect 3 4k monitors to it and then connect it to the laptop? Or it still supports just 2 4k monitors? What Displayport the M2/M3 Max have that they support 3 6k monitors over their Thunderbolt 4? Thank you 🙏

[@JerrySchulze]

Thunderbowl 4 only supports a maximum of two displays per channel.

[@9to5sucks55]

@@JerrySchulze so basically it’s got nothing to do with Thunderbolt (both Surface and M2/M3 Maxs are Thunderbolt 4)but the Displayport integration; Surface’s is 1.4 and M2/M3 Max’s must be 2.0/2.1 🤯

[@imopn]

Agree about the touchpad. I was so happy about the large trackpad when I bought my Macbook Pro 16, but it's too big for me. I just can't get used to using it. Always feel like I have to concentrate on where to tap rather than just using it. I think just slightly smaller, perhaps the size of that surface laptop, is just right? I never got used to the notch. I ended up using that dark bar app to make the top section true black, to hide it. Personally, I think all laptop chips are fast enough. Even the old M1 chips. But I love that the Elite chip has wifi 7 and AV1 encode and decode and keen to see what the extra AI capability can do in future. Although with Windows devs moving so slowly, I think by the time useful AI apps are good, we will have a 5 gen Elite chip in 2029 Great to finally see Windows laptops that are also quiet and doesn't lose 80% performance when unplugged. I really hope developers port their apps to ARM quickly. Still can't help but feel it might be worth using Mac for a couple more years until more apps run on ARM. IDK. After using MacOS since I bought his Mac pro 16 M1 Max, along with my Windows work laptops, I still prefer Windows for how it manages, well, windows. Especially with multiple screens too. Let's just say I finally understood why Mac users always use apps in a windowed mode. I do love that Mac OS just always feels fast and snappy. Seems like there will always be compromises on both sides. O jeez and who doesn't hate all the non stop windows updates. Damn. Might just stick with my Macbook a few more years. But this Surface does look so nice

[@vincecool72]

Trackpad to big for you lol are you serious right now? The bigger the better. Should you not have any space for your fingers to move around with the trackpad or wdym?

[@imopn]

@@vincecool72 yeah especially the right click function. On a slighty smaller track pad feels like I can just easily hit that bottom right corner without thinking about it while on the large MacBook pro 16 touch pad I sometimes right click/tap, and then realize I'm not close enough to that bottom right and have to move my hand again. Not the biggest issue it only happens a few times a day and certainly better than some of the tiny tea pads I had in laptops many years ago. But using this large one made me wonder if something in the middle won't be ideal

[@dickeRZeh87]

@@imopnjust enable two finger tab as right click in the settings. Then you can do right click everywhere on the track pad

[@quetzacoatlx]

what external display are you using?

[@luizguilhermeferreira253]

I have to decide which one of these laptops I will but until tomorrow. I’ve never use a Mac, but the reflection of the surface’s screen worries me a lot!!!!!!

[@logaandm]

MacBooks are excellent hardware and a great experience if you go into the entire Apple Eco system. BUT, expensive, subscription land, lack of compatibility and a poor multi-monitor/desk experience compared to Windows. Great laptop experience though. I find myself using MacOS when I travel and Windows on my desktop. I was "burned" with a $4000 16" Intel MacBook Pro which I wish I had never bought. Poor repairability, zero ability to upgrade and plenty of driver/compatibility issues which have only gotten worse over the years. And it is only four years old! For example, my year old dock worked fine in MacOS (Intel and M1) only a few months ago, but fails to recognize the external monitors correctly with the latest OS update. BS like that almost never happens with Windows. Apple drops hardware and driver support with annoying and expensive regularity and speed.

[@pranavvikraman5581]

Definitely need a 16 inch varient for the surface, loving

[@Bagel937]

If I don't care for either platform, which would you suggest I use for school? Is the single-core or multiple-core performance more important for my intended usage (i.e., multiple tabs open on a web browser at once, basic "office" work? Thanks, and great video!

[@bassyey]

Depends on what you're going to study.

[@Bagel937]

@@bassyey oh right sorry i should've specified i forgot about like computer programming and all that lol at the moment im not going into CS, just a social science im not sure if ill ever take up engineering or CS though, so i guess if i ever did those which would be recommended? thanks!

[@umairx25]

@@Bagel937considering u don’t care about the os, id say Mac if u have a lot of Apple devices for better integration with the ecosystem (trust me, it’ll help a lot as a student). The battery life of the Mac’s is just amazing, some of my classmates barely need to charge once a week. Also, in my experience, Mac’s have been a lot more stable compared to frequent small bugs and freezes that comes with windows (again this is my personal experience). Rn, I would say the two devices are very closely matched, but make sure to take at least 16 gb of ram and ideally 512 gb of ssd regardless of what u pick. The only reason I’d slightly not recommend the surface is cuz windows on arm is relatively new, so some of ur schools IDEs might not be supported yet, while Mac has had a few years to mature. Overall, they’re a close match and it’s upto u

[@Bagel937]

@@umairx25 awesome! Thank you so much for the insight! Also, I know it’s kinda unrelated, but do you think an iPad would be helpful at all (I know people love to take notes on them)?

[@umairx25]

@@Bagel937 I would highly recommend getting one if ur courses involve a lot of math, and/or u need to annotate slides. U can write on the lecture slides without having to copy down a lot of stuff, and submitting problem sets is so much more convenient (eg if u made a mistake on a math pset and need to resubmit, u dont need to rescan all the papers). Plus it makes ur backpack a lot lighter lol. U could also look into the surface pro if u want an all in one, it would probably be cheaper than a laptop + ipad. But I'm not sure how good the battery life/performance is on the new sp, so u would need to research that.

[@NattyFlump]

Good review, it's really great that we're seeing competitors to Apple Silicon starting to appear and viable Windows on ARM options! The AI functionality of these new Arm Windows laptops is a little disappointing, that copilot app that pops up when you press the dedicated button is just a PWA web app and isn't running locally. None of that was running on the machines NPU, I think it's currently limited to the de-noise features, co-creator in paint (button to the right of 'creator' inside the app) and live translation. Always interested in how well the bundled AI features run with the device in airplane mode, i.e. do they genuinely function on local processing only as claimed by MS?

[@philamavikane9423]

Not to mention the credits part..

[@lbgstzockt8493]

@@philamavikane9423 That part is understandable, there are massive costs to running AI in the cloud and MS is not about to give that money away.

[@philamavikane9423]

@@lbgstzockt8493 yes but if you can run the AI processes on device that already has the capability then it's something else.

[@TheTytan007]

The translation thing in games has more to do with GPU in MacBook being better than Adreno in Snapdragon

[@24b]

I really wished Windows would come out with a true fanless laptop. While it's cool that the fans are near silent, I still would prefer a completely silent system with non moving parts with a on the go laptop. Never underestimate how brutal airport security or baggage handler can be!

[@TamasKiss-yk4st]

Maybe in a few gens, just remember the M1 Ultra "only" had 16 power cores, but the Snapdragon X Elite needed 12 power cores to compete the 4 power cores in the basic M model, so they can be power hungry, when more than a few in use (multitasking device, each app use one sigle core, but 6-8 app use a lot od cores)

[@1337Superfly]

Your translation layer test is a bit flawed on the conclusion part. The graphics is more powerful on the M3, so that FPS comparison is not the translation layer you are comparing. Both Rosetta 2 and PRISM (which have been worked on for many years - since first snapdragon Cx Surfaces) are very effective, up to around 80-90% efficiency?

[@sweealamak628]

It's great that Windows users can now experience the amazing performance and usage of an ARM laptop... which I already had the joy of having 3 years ago with my M1 Macbook Air. It's too late now for Windows to win me back cos I've spent all this time entrenching my workflow into MacOS. The levels of productivity I gained and time saved with such a wonderful device has been priceless. It would take Apple to screw things up, be it with exorbitant prices or an OS disaster to make me switch back to Windows.

[@woolfel]

the only downside is co-pilot windows. I use surface laptop for work and it's better than the dell laptops I've used in the past. good to see competition, but I don't trust co-pilot windows

[@Desilv]

3:06 use the corners of the surface to open it up

[@iali00]

Spot on what you said at the end. We need competition for Mac. 8g of RAM and 256g of storage is ridiculous in 2024. I’ll be looking carefully at Surface in the fall if I need to get a new machine.

[@itsmilan4069]

I wish surface had higher TDP like asus dell hp and lenovo plus shipped with 67w charger to

[@akin242002]

I'm happy the battery life and CPU is living up to the hype, at least for this laptop. However, having numerous apps not working 😕 would make me hesitant to recommend it to anyone. Based on what I've researched, the apps that do work are MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WSL, and Power BI. College students majoring in finance, economics, or datascience should be fine.

[@shaun1900]

Great comparison without the Fanboi histrionics, thank you. Seems like a valid Macbook competitor at last, but like most beta products, its probably worth waiting a few months for Microsoft to squash the bugs

[@swissheartydogs]

Great review. To compare Da Vinci Resolve 19 with local AI tools… and these laptops on the go. Surface NPU 45 TOPS versus MBAir Neural engine 18 TOPS…

[@olafsundstromnorway]

Very useful video! Thanks, Jerry 👍🏻

[@prebenhansen9846]

Regarding the Tomb Raider scores, you could argue that the Prism and Rosetta 2 translation layers performs about the same as the Macbook Air is 74% faster, but doesn’t it just reflect that the Macbook is 78% faster in graphics?

[@JerrySchulze]

That probably has something to do with it, but I think the translation also plays a role. Hopefully someone smarter than me can do a deeper dive.

[@bryans8656]

I have the same problem with my M3 Pro MBP 14: the camera is too sharp and creates all these wrinkles on my face. 😄

[@JerrySchulze]

Ha

[@philamavikane9423]

😂😂

[@richardbeaumont7960]

I have Apple 15 air and I love the device. But…use a lot of Office. Excel Mac is inferior, tried parallels with 16 gb and it stutters and jerks, and sheets and docs get format messed up when I send to colleagues with Windows. Am almost forced back to Windows. At least now there will be a machine close to par with the Air.

[@ga8462]

Similar spot

[@MattHalpain]

Me, too. I am excited to see how the adoption of ARM on Windows plays out. I am happy Mac has ARM competition on Laptops. I hope that ARM will be compatible with PC building like Intel, AMD, and Nvidia are. I hope that ARM will be a component of sorts that a hobby PC builder can put together into a PC build.

[@TamasKiss-yk4st]

The traditional PC bulding with ARM is basically not exists, even if they put a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot and use any external GPU that is just ruin the whole thing, because their internal memory bandwith is 136GB/s or something, but for examle Apple M3 Max laptop has 400GB/s bandwith, and the PCIe 4.0 x16 slot only have 32GB/s, so it's like you add a HDD next to the SSD, but that only slow down everything, because all component need to wait for the slowest to finish.. you can't send 400GB/s if the slot only able to receive 32GB/s so all advantages are wasted, and slowing down the others, just because of the replaceable parts have outdated and slow connection.. (the PCIe 8.0 x16 is far away what required for that 400GB/s)

[@mortinocano169]

New to this channel. Love the content! 😊

[@Bozo---]

The keys are similar to the Pixel book go and better than any mac

[@eddieaus]

The screen is too reflective on the surface, it’s pretty much unusable to me

[@dmadking3817]

The main issue everybody is seeing is that Windows is nerfing the heck out of these chips, with its confusing performance settings

[@christianr.5868]

Stick to recommended

[@dmadking3817]

@@christianr.5868 honestly I don't like leaving performance on the table, when I need it. Microsoft/Windows needs to do better

[@christianr.5868]

@@dmadking3817 yeah, they should’ve had the power draw change dynamically. Wonder if it works more like a tdp cap

[@McDowell666]

I like the Macbook design better, but man the Surface 7 looks sweet.

[@7Janiel]

it still has the weird charger i see. I had broken two of them on my surface book 2. I ultimately decided to buy a type C charger. Very bad chargers ...

[@rano12321]

I was emulating windows on my mbp because the mb hardware was great but now I wouldn't need to.

[@halitosmanyurdakul6266]

The thing I hate most about AI is noise canceling, because ever since AI became mainstream I see videos with AI noise canceling on all channels. Like in this video. Please don't use it.

[@JerrySchulze]

Sorry, my XLR cable broke and I used these wireless mics and I couldn't eq them properly, so I used an adobe tool to make them usable.

[@uranblut]

@@JerrySchulze it sounds fine on my HP Aero 13.

[@oldgrub]

Good lad

[@Jacked2theTs]

Hmmm, I can click anywhere on the touchpad of my Surface Book 2...

[@JerrySchulze]

Yes, I think that was the first Surface to get that. The previous regular Surface Laptops and keyboards for the Surface Pro did not.

[@jpat3680]

Speaking of battery life, for Windows Laptop, Windows itself is a big issue. It seems there are much more background Activities. One thing really confused me is Even you have not click the upgrade Button, Upgrade process still run for pretty long time Consuming a lot of power.

[@m7e4d]

I know it's currently a security nightmare but I really want to see your demo and get your thoughts on Recall

[@JerrySchulze]

Thanks, hopefully this summer?

[@aashishnakarmi1690]

The backlight on Mac keyboards are so bad. They're bleeding so badly.

[@angelicabrito4592]

I have the 15 inch surface and it’s the best!! Just wished it had premiere pro 😭

[@jamesbudd9987]

Process a 4k movie and see how long it takes. That will answer your question immediately if you want to know which one is better.

[@Tigerex966]

Upgradeable ssd is huge for microsoft.

[@PopStrikers]

If these force Apple to start shipping base models with 16GB of RAM I’ll be happy.

[@Stanin84]

I am afraid that it will not. They just say, that 8 GB in Mac OS is equal to 16 GB on Windows. :)

[@kdta91]

​@@Stanin84but it uses swap memory on heavier use. It's more than enough for office work though.

[@tinashemeza8456]

Performance tests are supposed to be done not plugged in charging , whole point of a laptop of is portability and able to use without being plugged in . Performing tests while plugged in kind of defeats the entire purpose of having a laptop

[@uranblut]

Sad to see that non-apple touchpads still suck :(. It's not that they aren't trying, but when you try for 15+ years and still aren't up to Apples standards, well...I'm just wondering. The best you get on non-apple devices is "acceptable". I always had Thinkpads with "acceptable" touchpads, but now I have an HP which is worse :P (yes, yes, I know better, bad decision :P).

[@TheSerpentDK]

So elite doesn't mean elite (the best), but just mehhhh. If it was elite, shouldn't it be compared to M3 Pro or Ultra

[@philamavikane9423]

You're on point.. I've noticed the same. They're basically comparing it to an iPad

[@alphabasic1759]

People prefer the wedge design.

[@ricardonogueira6473]

If it ain't OLED, it's crap.

[@orhizzle5908]

It feelt like he is subliminally dissing surface and making macbook look slightly better intentionally.

[@JerrySchulze]

Comparing and giving my opinion.

[@andyH_England]

Some great deals with the MB Pro 14 (M3 Pro) on Amazon in the UK due to where it is in its life cycle, so for £1899, you can get 18GB/512GB, £200 more than the price you listed for the MB Air M3 and £350 more than the Surface Laptop. You get a better chip, more RAM, miniLED, better speakers, 120Hz, more ports, etc. I see it as a no-brainer to pay the extra for the MB Pro 14 M3 Pro ATM over the MB Air. The Surface Laptop X-Elite in the UK is sold out of any model with 512GB or more. It looks like the marketing blitz has worked, as it is not under-supply, as that would be disappointing.

[@andyH_England]

@GarrusVakarian-to2uh True, I forgot about that, and I usually buy all my Macs refurb but from eBay!

[@Aleksandrhellwook]

I could ditch my mac only if windows 11 added a global menu lol

[@keithbirdwell]

I have to tell you these windows arm laptops are very convincing, but Apple laptops still outlast longevity wise in my opinion. So it’s still a Mac for me!

[@kauigirl808]

Not having a touchscreen is an automatic deal breaker for me.

[@GarryBurgess]

I'm watching this video with the same MacBook M3 Air with the same specs. I love this MacBook. It's the best computer that I've ever owned, period.

[@frankw3123]

Everything is weird to fanboys until Apple does it

[@philamavikane9423]

Translation: Everything is weird when rushed until someone does it properly

[@itsacookie1]

Surface laptop needs some AR on the screen.

[@TomasRamoska]

MacBook have a bigger battery. I hope it's last longer 😅

[@simranbanwait]

Let's just be real, the thing is windows allows to play more with it unlike mac, you can install any crack software in it or customize it anyway you want. It will work, unlike mac that have very limited options. A windows user can really own the software. A mac user can't

[@wisdomyaw03]

The TOPS (Trillion Operations Per Second) measurement that Apple use is different from Qualcomm's. Apple's measurement is based on FP16 while Qualcomm's is based on int8. Which is to say, if measured with the same metrics, let's say int8, M3 is about 36 TOPS.

[@Niasyy]

Source ?

[@TamasKiss-yk4st]

Isn't the Snapdragon 45 TOPS only in INT4? Their early articles only said it's INT4 (Apple switched to INT8 from FP16, that is right, but based on their claims the M4 38 TOPS in INT8 is about 10-15% improvements over the M3, so M3 should be 35 TOPS in INT8, just like the A17 too)

[@wisdomyaw03]

@@TamasKiss-yk4st You are right on the Apple part. But I'm no sure Qualcomm's measurement is int4. In their performance graphs they have int8 as the measurement precision.

[@jacoMakeW]

ai generated image feature and it is not free??? fking rip off

[@Davesaintgold]

competition is with Galaxy book 4 edge

[@kamalaksh.shenoy]

Surface with Snapdragon Elite runs Windows Home Edition which is severely capped OS as it lacks safety and networking features and it cannot be compared with MacOS. So Surface is yet to surface to compete with MacBooks.

[@JerrySchulze]

You can upgrade to 11 Pro.

[@kamalaksh.shenoy]

@@JerrySchulze to the best of my knowledge it can’t be upgraded as I check on MS website. However if u think it can be then that’s good.

[@joshmid747]

For me the macbook is infinitely better in most sections

[@slowtheplanedown]

OK! Now lets compare them both with identical Final Cut Pro videos....

[@SirDragonClaw]

Your segment on comparing Prism and Rosetta didn't compare either of them at all! You just compared the GPU between the two. Just run a CPU benchmark (or compile a simple benchmark) with both and report the result, what you did was worse than doing nothing at all as you just spread misinformation.

[@ckhomphzxspaul8455]

Windows even before is one of the greatest scammer when it comes to specs, etc. they're worst. I never used a windows ever again.

[@tuworlds]

this is what i found over the years with computers. no matter how how great the computer is, if it had windows on it seems like over time maybe within 2years of regular use windows start to get sluggish, more pops, more problems. the windows OS is absolute garbage and it is it that destroys machines. i have a mbp pro 2015 and it still operates like the day i bought. my m1 from 2020 is the same too. rock solid i like the windows laptop but wouldn't buy it because of windows

[@instashorts7621]

Bro seems to be bias towards apple since he seems to be long term apple user

[@JerrySchulze]

I’ve been a Microsoft certified engineer since 2004.

[@housepianist]

Here’s the idiocy of comments like this: 1. They’re a dime-a-dozen. Everyone who is potentially against everything Apple does will, at some point, say something like this with no proof. 2. They ignore facts - or they interpret facts as subjective opinion. So I guess if the Mac is objectively louder and has a faster processor than the Surface, it’s somehow a bias towards Apple. Hmm, well, maybe in some other universe but not in this one. 3. They also assume that if someone wasn’t “biased” towards Apple, they would simply state that the Surface is a better product, which ironically is a form of personal bias. Go figure. 🤷‍♂️ Unfortunately, the trend today in reviews like this (not this review), especially with Apple products, is that if one gives a positive review, that person is biased, or an Apple sheep, or a paid shill. However, if one gives a negative review of an Apple product, it would be considered an “honest and truthful review” because no “Apple kool-aid” was consumed before the review. 🙄 It never ends. Apple haters stand out like a sore thumb and they’re easy to pick apart. I just wish they would admit their dislike of Apple (sigh). By the way “instashorts”, I enjoyed how your bias was served on a platter by a certified MS engineer 🤣. Bon appetit!

[@MrDtoU1]

U seems to try not to be biased, but you bias favor of Apple mac you could not just help yourself.

[@TamasKiss-yk4st]

When you are based on usability, no wonder if somebody prefer that what released 4 years ago, and solved the early bugs instead of the annoying bugs for the newly released product..

[@abdessamadben2025]

All scrolling problems and general use problems are windows problems,the moment I switched to Linux(fedora) even old laptops will feel smoother and have better benchmarks (I just need someone to test this theory someday)

[@JerrySchulze]

I have found my previous surface devices to have great trackpads, and this one is pretty good, too. Crazy that there is any daylight between track responses in 2024. Feel like a nut that should have been fully cracked.

[@Tigerex966]

I like the lenova slim.that 3k oled is boss just $49 for 1 TB ssd and $69 for 32GB memory uogrades. Add that to the $1299 price and its a bargain. But they will be on sell soon.

[@Polynuttery]

Big baddies. Stupid proprietary charging port. Stupid head phone port. Inferior sized touchpad. Poor lid opener. Unwanted creepy AI. And fans? NO NO NO. Fans should NOT be in an ARM laptop. They are mechanical, moving parts, dust, even the need for a fan is an appalling concession.

[@Bozo---]

If you buy apple you're stuck with apple.

[@sumitjangraa]

People concerned about their privacy regarding Recall as if the companies don't already know and track what they do on their machines. 😮‍💨

[@Jorge.ALXNDR]

This guy's voice sounds AI generated

[@JerrySchulze]

My XLR cable broke on my regular mic so I had to use some adobe processing on these wireless mics.

[@alphabasic1759]

I hate mechanical trackpads

[@gausssto570]

A lot of Apple sheep in these comments

[@ricarmig]

macOS just lost some more users but this windows and snapdragon still need some job done, not to mention GPU power and ARM based apps

[@simpromovie]

The performance of the Surface Laptop is much worse than the MBA if you run them both on battery as a laptop is supposed to run…

[@philamavikane9423]

Lol, it was charging half the time

[@gausssto570]

Not true. I have one and the benchmarks were nearly identical plugged and unplugged.

[@philamavikane9423]

@@gausssto570 you have the surface or MBA? What I'd like to know it how does that affect the battery. My question is efficiency on performance not just performance on charge. Can you check that?

[@gausssto570]

@@philamavikane9423 I have the 13 inch surface laptop 7 with an x elite 80-100 chip. The benchmarks for geekbench 6 and 3dmark were nearly identical regardless of whether it was plugged in or not. As with all laptops, including MBP, more demanding tasks are going to drain the battery faster. The standby drain on the new suface laptops is so small it may as well not exist. You can just close the lid and it willl lose only a percent or two over 12 hours. I charged it on Saturday and got 3 days of office/web/youtube in the evenings before it even went down to 40%. The performance on battery is the same as plugged and the battery life is amazing. Based on other reviews I've seen the MBP still has better battery life, but that comes down in part to them having larger batteries. I've never owned a MBP so I can't say for certain, but what I can tell you is that the performance and efficency on the new surface devices absolutely delivers.

[@Davesaintgold]

two problems on gaming. ELITE X is NOT optimized for OS WINDOWS and otherwise games runs in emulation. this difference with macbook air is crucial

[@hamodalbatal464]

Once you go Mac 💻 You can’t go back

[@diecubo]

until u can't use many software for uni due to mac os

[@akuseru1078]

Shadow of the tomb raider has a native mac port, which is not a fair comparison