Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 vs M1 MacBook Air - WOW

[@JerrySchulze]

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[@NicholasMcClure]

M1 Air still a no brainer for a fast, economical, efficient, value for money, general purpose laptop. After 3+ years. Wow.

[@edwarddodge7937]

Bought one earlier this year off of Apple's refurb store back when "supply chain issues" were going to make good computers hard to get. It moved my upgrade date up a year or two but I'm glad to see it's going to stay relevant until the M4 or M5. And it will stay relevant even longer against Intel-based laptops.

[@martinspedding4210]

Looks like a dreadful choice

[@carterfun7]

my late 2020 Mac mini m1 is still holding up too

[@carterfun7]

@@martinspedding4210 ?

[@covector4787]

Until you can’t update the latest software update on the Mac when it’s 5 years old. Mac purposely makes it slow

[@bryans8656]

I've owned two Surface laptops over the years and was pleased with the build quality, but I am running a MacBook these days because, IMHO, I think they offer superior quality.

[@coolandclassic]

I have a similar experience. Owned a Surface Laptop Go, pleased with the performance and quality, but I am currently rocking M1 MacBook Air for almost a year now. Honestly, I prefer MacOs over Windows for my use case. The experience is much more seamless, and I have been loving it so far.

[@alareiks742]

Windows since W8 became boring. MS even borrowed something similar to Dock to their Windows 11. Guys, I am the third and have a similar experience in inly one exception, I never had a Surface Laptop.

[@funsay2380]

macbooks are better in general than windows laptops. PCs are superior than iMacs tho.

[@bryans8656]

@@funsay2380 For gamers and PC builders, absolutely.

[@markoconnell804]

I owned 1 surface. Its longevity sucked bad due to a horrible power connection. It died in about 1 year while my iPad 2 I bought a few years prior still works. It still works.

[@NicholasMcClure]

There has literally NEVER been a time I've wanted a touch screen on a laptop. The trackpads on Macs are so intuitive and smooth - and I HATE getting finger schmutz on a big screen. I can live with it on a phone, easy to clean. Would be cleaning my laptop screen every 5 min with a touch screen, no thanks.

[@faridoonts]

Agree but u dont HAVE to use the screen if u are not interested

[@Lee.S321]

Touch screens are for pen input my dude. I couldn't function without one.

[@siddharthbhawsar2557]

​@@faridoontsscreen replacement of touchscreen >>> normal

[@kupferonkel]

I have to use the touchscreen on my companies X1 carbon constantly, because the trackpad is crap. No windows machine for me privately….

[@dirkfromhein]

Couldn’t agree more! Touch my screen and earn a broken finger … everyone knows that! I can’t even stand it when I’m looking over someone else’s shoulder and they are showing me something and touch their own screen. Like nails on a chalkboard.

[@pea1973]

What’s wild to me is that a 3y old MacBook kinda smokes a now/recent Surface.

[@JerrySchulze]

its crazy

[@robr2750]

The problem is that the Intel processors are not competitive. The Ryzen 7640u would have been better in every aspect, more CPU and GPU power and better energy efficiency. I have an i5 1235u Laptop for work and it's really not good, too slow and the fan is constantly running.

[@patrickyu8136]

@@robr2750 It is silly how good Macs are. I brought my girlfriends M2 Air to a conference and I was blown away by how good it was. I have a Ryzen 6000 Zenbook and I hate to admit how much better the M2 Air is. The annoying part is that I do need Windows for some elements of work and I need 2 displays when I am at home.

[@KlaBoi-qj8oh]

Apples and oranges. Apple Silicon isn't comparable to x86 CPU. Only Qualcomm Snap Dragon X will be the first comparable CPU.

[@brianwalsh288]

Kinda? It smokes it. Intel is for children.

[@jeshiradouglas1833]

I never get the "I wish the Macbook had a touchscreen" argument. I have both hands on the keyboard and my thumb rests on the touchpad. To scroll I quickly move two fingers down without ever having to lift my palm. It feels very natural, comfortable and lazy. I dont think I have ever thought "man I wish i could raise my hands from the keyboard to grease up the screen..."

[@geoffstrickler]

It’s not something I would use frequently, but as someone who regularly uses an iPad and iPhone, I find that I occasionally just instinctively reach for the screen on my MBA. There are times when a touch screen is simply faster/easier. So, despite the fact that I’ve argued against touch screens on laptop/desktop for about 15 years, I’m now in the “it would be nice if Apple would add a touch screen to Mac laptops”, camp

[@josephle2381]

Touchscreen is for people who want to draw without having to buy another device.

[@jeshiradouglas1833]

@@josephle2381 That just seems very cumbersome and annoying to me. The only way that would make sense is on a convertible or a flip-screen device that can be used in tablet mode. I don't think I could do any precise drawing using my finger on a regular, wobbly laptop screen. But to each their own. If it works for you, thats great. I just still dont get it.

[@michaelbuckelew]

I got a PC laptop last year to use with ArcGIS. It has a touchscreen. I asked a coworker to show me how to turn it off. It must be something people prefer if they fold the darn thing, which is a little wild given how thick even a slim actual computer is.

[@TheDavo6233]

Well I use touchscreen on my Surface Pro 8 almost always. Checkboxes, zooming, swipping ,scrolling, notification centre, etc. Once you get used to it, u never leave :D Thats why many iPad pro users want touchscreen on macs

[@marlo-ji]

Let the M1 videos coming. Peoples are still buying it as their first Macbook!

[@Tavs.fāters]

Was mine. Great laptop, hard to hate it. Mac os so much better than Windows too. Love the keyboard and battery life, no jet fan noise. Everything that makes good laptop is done right

[@nnnnnn3647]

no backlight keyboard - two years old processor. Microsoft is Microsoft.

[@paulk798]

I recently went over to a Mac for the first time ever. I have been using windows laptops for many years, and I must say that I am shocked. The quality of the m2 MacBook Air is just amazing. Performance is fantastic, and build quality is absolutely insanely good.

[@michaelbuckelew]

I just upgraded from a 2018 MacBook Pro to the new M3 Pro MBP. Mother of god is it amazing. The battery comparison he showed here was no joke. So far the only time my fan has come on is running WoW. We just got new Dell laptops at work and they turn fans on just sitting there. The M chips must be made from Vibranium.

[@scara1701]

The best thing about the M apple devices is that I can actually rest them on my lap, without burning my lap or having to endure loud spinning fans. That and the battery which never seems to run out. This is my best laptop ever (13" Macbook Pro M1 + 16GB Mem + 512GB ssd).

[@beaujeste]

I’ve had the M1 MBA for a couple of years, it’s my first Mac and I enjoy it but am still getting used to MacOS. Work has always been Microsoft based and I didn’t feel ready to be without a Windows PC at home, so recently I picked up the Surface Laptop Go 2 on sale to replace an old Dell XPS 13. The difference between the SLG2 and SLG3 just wasn’t worth paying considerably more for the newer model. Needless to say, the Mac is better all round but the SLG2 is perfectly adequate for office productivity purposes, and its touchscreen for scrolling and pinching to zoom is very welcome. Both laptops are great for portability and I think are a good combo for those who like having a foot in each camp without needing the latest and greatest device.

[@kojonketsia3919]

It’s embarrassing to compare 2023 tech to 2020 and the 2020 is still smoking the new tech

[@oscarsh2909]

Yes, you're right. But once Windows truly makes the Switch to ARM architecture that gap will be closed very very quickly. In fact, it will probably happen this year.

[@rasmusjonsson1348]

The reason for the smaller difference in performance of Minecraft compared to Tomb Raider is that Minecraft depends on single core performance and Tomb Raider on GPU performance. Thanks for the video!

[@JerrySchulze]

Thanks for that!

[@karanjoshi2662]

Opening laptop with one hand makes zero difference, ZERO. I don't know why everyone tries to make a big deal out of it.

[@derbenutzer4648]

that's right, this is a useless feature. and it doesn't even work. only if the laptop is on the table.

[@karanjoshi2662]

@@derbenutzer4648 yep and I use a macbook, rarely do I have time to use it on a table

[@bottlefish6386]

Although MacBook Air doesn't have a fan, it has fans

[@JerrySchulze]

ha!

[@alexmercerind]

big brain

[@ajcph]

Why is microsoft always BS about its battery life as compared the Apple?

[@shriyad7368]

I bought MacBook air m1 brand new from Amazon last week it was £848 and i got amazon token of £126 and bought it £721 it has been phenomenal ❤😊

[@JerrySchulze]

Not bad

[@NuSpirit_]

Same. I wouldn't buy M1 Air for €1000+ they ask for here, but in February one shop had a sale for €810 and when I traded in my old iPhone 8 they gave me extra €110 discount so total for M1 base model Air was €700 which is quite a deal. A simple, fan less, long battery device to take on trips or when I go out and need laptop - way better than other laptops in that price range.

[@hellaloud9224]

What’s an Amazon token?

[@hubertle7210]

@@hellaloud9224probably discount

[@michaelbuckelew]

I got the M3 Pro MBP (retails $1999) for $150 off and then they gave me $500 off for a trade-in at Best Buy. The $150 off was great. Finding out the trade-in value on a computer that was losing battery life sold it.

[@anonymoususer8604]

Would love to see a comparison between the new Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Macbook Pro 14!

[@taupangnang1245]

That’s gonna be awesome! But will become a very expensive video to made as well hahaha

[@tadmarshall2739]

Wow, great comparison video! I'm kind of shocked at how badly the Surface machine misses the mark. The sound from the speakers is so bad! Thanks for your thoroughness.

[@MarsViolet]

Pinch to zoom in Final Cut Pro is a disaster. I think it's more FCP than the trackpad, because other apps work fine.

[@rohanjamea2446]

Which one is better for coding like python, SQL and visualization tools like powerbi, tableau?

[@LewisWhiteley-b8q]

depends what you use it for. i just purchased a brand new condition surface laptop go 1st edition with 16gb of ram and its perfect, very clear, bright and responsive never fails me. i just use it for emails, browsing the net, watching streams or content and looking over my finance and stocks. i love it so much the build quality is premium and is so light to carry around the house i would def recommend to people that dont need to do anything to heavy.

[@LewisWhiteley-b8q]

the touch screen is actually a really nice feature to have aswell. if im lying in bed i can just scroll on the screen which makes it alot easier at times.

[@goobfilmcast4239]

It took 3 years.....Microsoft has almoooooost caught up.....almost !

[@6806goats1]

Purchased a MacBook Air M1 refurbished unit in Oct 22 from Apple, 16Gb Ram, 2Tb SSD, 8 core in both. It’s been an awesome machine and I haven’t fired up my old 2015 MBP 15” since then. Vowed that nothing new would replace my MBP. Boy was I wrong. While I’m ok without a touch screen, I’d probably use it once in awhile. I do just after the new. MBP 16” black max but probably not enough to fork over that amount of coin for what I use a laptop for. I’d I did lots of media work then I could see it. But I also bought a refurbished M1 Mac Studio Ultra base model just Incase I started media creation. Total waste of cash from a use case but what a beast. It does a great job of converting my owned Blu-ray Discs to digital format. Files are huge so I may need to upgrade my NAS storage before too long. We’ll see. Speaker wise, if I’m watching a movie and the Air is on my chest, I get a3D kind of sound from the speakers. Where is that sound coming from? Oh it’s in the movie. Cool. Happy Thanksgiving all.

[@antonio.martins]

The big problem with Surface is not hardware, but software.

[@WhattEvery]

Disappointing to hear. No backlit-keyboard on the Surface Go. WOW!

[@JerrySchulze]

Yep

[@WhattEvery]

@@JerrySchulze That stopped me abruptly from considering it, even though I was considering it. Makes sense?!?

[@malk6277]

Great video - thanks! All the relevant data, and without extraneous blabla. I particularly liked how you let the speaker comparison speak entirely for itself. I left the Windows world, for the most part 18 years ago. I still run it on a desktop for some tasks, but do whatever I can on Macos and Ios. Your video illustrates why in many ways even 18 years later. Better engineering, smoother experience. So shocking to hear the battery usage of the Surface while IDLE, compared to the Mac - which I would guess is down to Windows doing extraneous operations during idle time - and needing to run the fans (engineering shortcomings in heat dissipation and CPU consumption compared to the M1 Mac). I'm pretty laid back about all this: use whatever works for you, but I would be remiss if I didn't share with you the event that made me leave Windows forever. I was doing an important tape backup of footage overnight, in the field. I woke up to discover that Windows had decided it wanted to update itself without asking my opinion, and had no qualms restarting the machine mid tape backup. Hours lost, but more importantly, trust irreparably lost. I realized in that moment that the gulf between my professional needs, and the way the Windows engineers conceived of their work, would possibly never be bridged.

[@gian.cirone]

believe or not, I was about to buy a Surface but the little detail of having no backlight in the keyboards is a NO for me. Amazing depth review. Thanks

[@JerrySchulze]

Glad I could help!

[@sierragutenberg]

To be honest, who even looks at their keyboard while typing 😅Have been typing on my Microsoft Surface Go 3 since its release and I've had no issues so far ;)

[@gian.cirone]

@@sierragutenberg sometimes you need o look at your keyboard when you work at night with no light whatsoever

[@sierragutenberg]

@@gian.cirone I often work at night, but I don't find it necessary to look at my keyboard. It's simply muscle memory.

[@gianluca1247]

Thanks this video helps me finding a new laptop. I use still my MacBook Air from 2017 and it runs still pretty good but now after the display cracked i need a new one.

[@shalinluitel1332]

I was expecting more from Surface, Macbook for the win

[@michaelbuckelew]

When he talked about liking the feel of the bottom material, my knowledge of heat dissipation was all “OH MICROSOFT WHAT DID YOU DO?” Then the heat test confirmed it was worse than I thought. Hopefully it’s not quite so bad in the energy saver mode.

[@elliott2462]

Really good review. I've been looking for exactly this type of video (comparing the two types of laptops). The results did surprise me as I have had a bias towards Microsoft. Another great point of this video is fan quality and using infrared to see the temperatures. Great job!

[@McMicGera]

Amazing how a three year old MacBook still outperforms the newest windows competitors. Why would you even think about the windows machine, if you can get such a good other option?

[@nsns1996]

Nice review, surface LG2 is missing some key things.. backlit kB and more importantly high resolution screen. Battery life is still meh and for the asking price is no buy for me without these upgrades.

[@uranblut]

what? no backlight? oh dear good lord :)!

[@rialbbe]

I’ll go for MacBook Air for this one. Price, Functionality, Fanless, Noiseless and so on… In addition to this in laptops, I don’t use touch screen. In tablets, yes of course. And I don’t like touch screen in laptops. This is due to the functionality of touch screen. I’ve use touch screen if I draw or edit on screen. But not in daily bases. And OS itself, I rather use Unix or Linux as my daily driver due to its functionality and ease. Windows vulnerability to virus, adware, malware, spyware. I’ve use computers since early 90’s so, I know the architectural design of both Windows, Unix (macOS) and Linux. I’m base in functionality not popularity.

[@jimmyoshiro263]

I have both. In office performance is about the same. Out office I always take MacBook Air because it last long enough so no charger is needed.

[@joemccarthy641]

I have both. I like the Surface Laptop. I'm not a big fan of the M1 MacBook Air. After using IBM type PCs/Laptops for years, I do not feel comfortable using the M1. I have an iphone and an iPad 11, so it's not necessarily Windows versus IOS. I just gravitate to the Laptop more often for some reason.

[@tamalchakraborty5346]

Are we not going to talk about the weird placement of the power button on the Surface laptop?

[@JerrySchulze]

What don’t you like about it?

[@kyryloromanenko3062]

I owned MS Surface Laptop Go 2 for a month or two. I was annoyed with its loose trackpad, I tried two items of the same laptop model and found that it is a bug-o-feature of 2nd revision MS SLG2. My main laptop is 14'’ M1 MBP, so I sold the Surface.

[@pedrorodriguez2321]

I almost went with the Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3, but when I saw the M3 (not in video) MacBook Air, to me, there was no competition. The Surface Go 3 is a very good laptop though.

[@Meisterqn]

The biggest issue for the surface keyboard and also all others is the fact, it's not called "magic keyboard". I absolutely love the genius Apple marketing.

[@Mbro-dq2do]

Plugged in or on battery M1 and apple in general for the normal user and person. Far better value.

[@Theinspirationalrogue]

Thinking of getting an M1 MacBook air, I had a Macbook pro 2015, and recently sold it, still worked as new just the battery was pretty bad.

[@JerrySchulze]

But should you get one in 2023? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqa0oH99jp6kp9ksi=Z9KfbiUFsJRwcnGh

[@Theinspirationalrogue]

@@JerrySchulze even after the latest update for Mac’s this year, you still consider it? Sorry for asking just noticed the video in the link you send is already 5 months old but the update came out not long ago

[@Mrdinomist]

I would get the m2 the price diffrence isnt much and it will be better in long run

[@michaelbuckelew]

My MBP 2018 had a similar issue. Performance hadn’t degraded too much for normal stuff, but the battery life was like “naaahhhhhh.”

[@davidg3594]

Surface Laptop Go 3 and Surface Go 3 are two different products... It's not your fault. I wanted videos about The new laptop, and all I can see is the tablet version. Other than this, great job. Cool videos. (this is the laptop but the title is wrong)

[@JerrySchulze]

Thanks. What did I mess up? This is the surface laptop go 3. Titles?

[@JerrySchulze]

I’m an idiot… video title fixed. Thank you.

[@_Digitalguy]

@@JerrySchulze you also said surface go several times in the video, but that's ok

[@123moe]

why did you use Brave instead of Edge for testing Xbox Cloud gaming on the Mac?

[@JerrySchulze]

Because that is the chromium browser I have installed. You think there would be a difference?

[@bravado2809]

Okay, this was honestly wild to me. When I saw this video in my feed, I expected this to be a completely unfair comparison. In my mind, the Laptop Go series was supposed to be mid range laptops and The Air a sort of "entry high end" device. And I thought the price point reflects that. But the thing is, in Germany, the Surface starts at a whopping 900€. Sure the Macbook also starts at 1200€, but that's way closer than I expected. That's not all folks. If you buy from a retailer, the Macbook can be bought for the same price or LESS than the Surface at just 800 - 900€. I would never in a million years recommend this Surface for that price. I'm not sure if I would recommend the Macbook either, but it's definitely a better deal than the Surface.

[@JerrySchulze]

Thanks for the comment and glad it showed in your feed. The M1 is almost always available far cheaper than retail price and is still a decent deal for the power.

[@bravado2809]

@@JerrySchulze Yeah, I think you can squeeze out more performance for the money, but for some customers it will be the easiest choice - and a good one as well.

[@M.V.P23]

He's trying to make it sound as if they're identical machines, but the component architecture and the OS make these two laptops COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMALS. I'm not an OS X fan, so it's an Automatic W for the Surface for me.

[@JerrySchulze]

I think the lowest end laptop being sold by each company today is a good comparison, but thanks for checking it out.

[@clintonelliott340]

Can’t believe MS has a laptop with no backlight keyboard… oh well. They get what they put out which is less sales…

[@christoskokkolis5110]

Great and very informative review, thank you!

[@nicholsonjay4724]

Mac M1 for me with Parallels to run Windows

[@chronictown4330]

How much use on the MacBook Air prior to this review?

[@c.daubz.5386]

Not comparison, air better build quality more refined and in real world use mac feels faster regardless of spec, do wish apple would make mac touch compatible

[@RajaRamGurungRaza]

why the storage capacity is equivalent to a mobile phone and meager to provide hdmi, sd card, usb type A like ports too? Both apple & microsoft engineers should see such videos and do work out on customer feedbacks.

[@ArjunSudhakar]

I agree with the Storage. For the lack of ports, it was probably to keep the chassis as slim as possible.

[@michaelbuckelew]

USB A ports on a MacBook Air-style machine are a waste of space. MacBooks have had some decent port adapters for years if you need all the other stuff. As for HDMI and SD, the pro Macs have those. Non-pro computers are wasting space again with those, especially SD cards when so many people use their phones. The storage answer is cost. Plus the light users aren’t going to need as much.

[@AleksandarDrakaliyski]

The M1 is fantastic laptop and it is definitlely better than the Surface Go 3

[@hectoriouslazarous7038]

This was a great comparison. I've been biased towards windows OP and have had a Surface Pro 6 for 4 yrs which I love. I've never really considered apple products. I am honestly very impressed that a 3yr old device is able to outperform the latest Microsoft device and at a similar price point. Kudos to apple. Much respect. You made me a possible convert. And injust ordered a Surface Pro 9 before watching this 😅

[@britneyspears5727]

Maybe I am getting old but the lack of a regular USB port on the Air kills me...

[@domsony1]

I used the Go one and the fan was so bad had to send it back, such high pitched noise

[@nunayobiz]

Brighter and better display on the Macbook, not even close. The last Surface I bought had abysmal battery life as well.

[@milad7764]

Macbook is a better machine, but unfortunately I need the applications on windows. The alternative or mirror versions of Word, PowerPoint and other applications are still not good enough for a PhD student.

[@JerrySchulze]

Virtualization an option?

[@paulgreen758]

im used to doing photo editing on a 27inch iMac 2014, but I bought a M1 air and it smokes the iMac in download speed and and rewrite speed, I have. a 50mp camera with very large files, I think a M3 pro with a monitor is the way ill go in future

[@c.augustin]

Auto adjusting the lighting on a Surface device? Changes without clear reason on the devices I had/have (Surface Pro 4 and 7) if not connected to power; behaves fine when connected to the power supply. Maybe a similar phenomenon with the Go 3.

[@simonuden8450]

I cannot get used to the touch screens on Windows computers. I've never felt like it was missing with my MacBook Pro, nor my iMac, and I have a Samsung Book2 Pro that has it, and I've never found a need to use it when I'm using the laptop in its normal desktop state. However, fold the keyboard back, and that's a different matter, but I wouldn't be doing that for normal productivity type apps. If I want to work like that, I'll use my iPad. It's using my finger, or a pen/pointer/pencil, on a vertical or near vertical surface that feels alien to me. That's not how I would write with a pen and paper. I'd have it flat, which is how I have my iPad when I use the pencil. I do agree that Windows laptops are becoming more attractive and seem to be well built these days, and I have a Samsung Book 2 Pro, but the MacBook is worlds ahead of it in design and the way the operating system and software work.

[@patrickyong1501]

You didnt talk about battery, my M1 MBA gets about 10 hour a day of working

[@c.augustin]

Well, even if one has to use Windows apps - Parallels Desktop has one covered on an M1/M2/M3 Mac! Windows 11 on ARM runs astonishingly fast and smooth, and even old x86 and x64 programs work fast even on an M1 MacBook Air. It is just "if you're using 95% Windows apps", then a Mac is not for you (unless you have some really cool Mac apps, iPad and iPhone alongside your Mac). The Surface line is impressive, though (I've used a Surface Pro 7 Plus for some years, and it did a pretty decent job - but know I'm glad to be back on a Mac …).

[@jgallard1132]

I love your channel 👍

[@JerrySchulze]

Wow Thank you!

[@TrevorSachko]

So reaching over the keyboard to reach the screen is a good idea? Oh dear...

[@JerrySchulze]

yes, sometimes. apple is wrong about this on Mac when that's exactly what people do with an iPad in a keyboard case.

[@TrevorSachko]

@@JerrySchulze Apple sales would suggest otherwise. iPad yes, anything else is a daft idea.

[@diegoalfonsosalgarsarmient8254]

thanks for the review. :😀. im looking for a microsoft machine 12 to 10 inch screen for office and starcraft 2 and starcraft remastered on the go. any recommendations?

[@Thulebeez]

The M1 has been in the hardware game much longer than the SLG3 so performance , battery life and "snappiness" M1 will always be in the way ahead of the game. Everything else these laptops are on equal footing, guess at the end of the day it all boils down to which industry you are in weather its personal device or corporate business and types of business application required to run on that specific device.

[@adriasish]

what about the battery dude ?

[@flatD1]

The biggest Differences are the terrible Operating System on the Surface and doubled Thickness of the Enclosure. Bad Decision to buy an Windows powered Laptop with half the Batterylife.

[@valentinayordanova287]

So, in short: -Macbook Air pros: fully aluminium body, brighter display, greater pixel density, better camera and sound quality, supreme fully backlit magic keyboard, larger and better working trackpad, faster performance, better graphics, zero noise because fanless, applications load faster, twice longer battery life without sacrificing performace, cooler temperature even though it's a fanless machine; -Microsoft Surface pros: touch screen, better gaming experience. Well, unless you're a gamer or heavily invested in very specific Windows apps that have no version for or alternative in MacOS, why the hell would you ever want to buy a Surface? There's not much of a prize difference and it's obvious that you get A LOT more value for your money with the Macbook Air. Personally, I've hated Windows for the last few years. It made my long distance education hell during covid. I can't count how many times I missed online classes, failed to join a test or submit a last minute assignement in time because I was forced into a 15-30 min long Windows update! Plus, those surprising crashes, restarts, damaged files and loss of info... It sucked! When you're a full time student, worker and a parent, you can't make your life revolve around planning updated and restarts. You want something that just works! I tried a few different Linux distors but most programs I needed just weren't there. So when I finally tried macOS with Macbook Air M2 I felt like I was reborn. Everything worked out of the box, I had all the apps I needed, and it was fast, beautiful and plain perfect! I'm so, so sorry I didn't switch to Mac years ago...

[@JerrySchulze]

I use windows every day, thankfully mostly through Remote Desktop from my Mac, but the worst part for me is the trackpad experience on windows. I hate windows trackpads. Of course there are many other OS related thing I prefer on Mac but almost every interaction with the trackpad sucks.

[@AsiefD]

I made the move to MacBook this month after being a Windows user all my life, which included a Surface Pro 3, Surface Go (first gen), and Surface Pro 7. I can honestly say that Surface products are NOT value for money. Overpriced devices for poor quality, biggest example being the piece of cardboard they call a surface keyboard. What made me start to question my loyalty to Surface and Windows was during the pandemic becoming reliant on Teams and my shock at how my i5 8GB ram device could not manage being on a Teams call and simultaneously do something as simple as open an email. I would have thought the optimisation with their own software would have been a priority to Microsoft. With that said, there are two things I miss: 1. being able to log in with just my face! 2. touch screen. I see the comments that you've never needed a touchscreen on a laptop, but if you've gotten used to it for a decade across multiple surface devices, the intuitive little conveniences of being able to navigate with a touchscreen became second nature. But I also recognise that if Apple made MacBooks touch screen compatible it would just be completely unaffordable

[@AsiefD]

oh the one thing I will give Microsoft over Apple: the wifi receiver on surfaces are way better. My bedroom is really far from my wifi router. On my Surface devices I would have near full bars nonetheless. But on my MacBook I have to hope for a single bar. I have the same experience on my iPhone and iPad, but had hoped the MacBook had better wifi receiving hardware.

[@RAMS4L1FE]

Correct me if I’m wrong I know the Mac is 3 years old but wasn’t that apples top laptop ? And the surface pro 3 go is the light version of the surface laptop, so comparing both wouldn’t add up

[@JerrySchulze]

No the M1 air was not their top laptop and when you look at what you get from a 3 year old Air compared to a new Surface and the prices, the comparison is apt.

[@RAMS4L1FE]

@@JerrySchulze oh ok 👍

[@RAMS4L1FE]

Was thinking about a surface pro go 3 but im reading a lot of articles saying microsoft dropped the ball

[@deacbeugene]

Touch displays are always covered with grease and fingerprint. And from UI point of view combining touch and usual mouse oriented interface literally ruins the usual interface while you can not use touch for everything. It’s an all size fits all decision and it’s bad.

[@fawnr]

i wanna get a macbook so bad but im not a very careful person and my old macbook is completely busted up + i cant afford to get it fixed 😕😕 and after realizing how pricy it can be to get a macbook fixed im probably gonna have to go with the surface

[@bobhu]

What is the point to compare to M1? M3 is here.

[@Precisionetica]

MBA M1 does have some HDR enabled games btw that work with 13 inch screen . Tomb raider, re village etc …

[@germanbeer2466]

Thumbs down to the Surface Go 3 because of the proprietary charge plug

[@JerrySchulze]

You can use usbc instead just like you don’t need to use MagSafe on Apple laptops.

[@francisdebriey3609]

Even if I am a software engineer using mainly windows , and I don't like Mac OS, there is no question that the macbook air with m1 is a much better offer. Just have a machine with the M1 chip at 750 usd justifies the choice. It's a revolutionary chip combining : 1. best of breed performance for demanding tasks such as video editing 2. Extended battery life thanks to very low consumption of ARM RISC architecture

[@hajjdawood]

macOS is the best platform for software development thanks to its UNIX core.

[@tuworlds]

simply put the air was a beast in 2020 and in many cases it's still a beast in2023. we have a dell touch screen and a surface touch screen at work and guess what not one single person uses the dell laptop touch screen. i hope apple keep touch with ipad because it works best there

[@eduardorr77]

good to know, I think I can´t never go back to Microsoft, I still most try something with linux

[@johnt.2000]

I have the surface laptop go and ut sucks, going back to mac. The go lags with 4k youtube vids and the fan its on all the time, and yes the battery goes kind of fast.

[@markehijele]

The soldered ssd & ram in the MacBooks are major deal breakers

[@hajjdawood]

Most new laptops have done similar. With the M chip it isnt that the ram is soldered but rather that the ram is built into the CPU, this is why the performance is unbelieveably good. In addition that means the ram you buy also powers the video card. So macs are really the only platform allowing you to have 256 gb of video ram without paying an arm and a leg.

[@markehijele]

@@hajjdawood what if the ram or ssd require replacement?

[@hajjdawood]

@@markehijele Its good hardware, you won't have to worry about it. I worked as an IT admin at google and dealt with 1000s of devices, never seen either of those fail unless physically damaged. I have an M1 Max I bought day 1 with 64 gb of RAM, and despite 64 GB of ram I regularly use 10 GB+ of swap. Despite heavy SSD usage I used only 2% of its life span in two years. Given my current workload I will have roughly 90 years of usage before my SSD goes bad.

[@mrlang125]

i feel like microsoft is getting lazy...i love the build of all of them but specs are so behind.

[@jellyrabbits375]

I want mac hardware with windows operating system, it's sad this doesn't exist...

[@arercee5528]

Hands down I’ve never used a windows laptop that comes close to the build quality and smoothness of a MacBook. Unless you game or need windows exclusive software, just buy a MacBook. My 8 year old MacBook Pro is so great that I cannot justify upgrading.

[@johnapple3471]

Save your money. The surface book 3 15 inch overheats like crazy. Apple chips are better too and you can get them for much less

[@HiltonT69]

Did Microsoft forget to put speakers in the Surface Go 3 and we were just listening to the wires?

[@esparda07]

Microsoft: "You get more battery life." User: "Great, how'd you do it?" Microsoft: "No backlight."

[@_Digitalguy]

I am not interested in MacOS but this Surface has 2 deal breakers that even my Surface go does not have (no backlit keyboard and no pen input). It's a pass for me, although I like the size and form factor

[@chronictown4330]

What’s your experience of the Surface touch screen?

[@_Digitalguy]

@@chronictown4330 I own several surface devices (surface book 2 and 3, surface go 2 and 3 and the older surface 3, and I have also owned the surface pro 3). Surface screens are excellent and touch works well, although in a laptop it's less useful than in a convertible.

[@prnva_]

Who's really going to buy a surface over a MacBook?

[@JerrySchulze]

Anyone who prefers or needs windows?

[@prnva_]

@@JerrySchulze Honestly if anyone buys this surface for windows, they don't need windows they need help.

[@Mrdinomist]

@@prnva_agree like there so many other windows lapotops that are better than surface

[@hippiestafarii]

The OS of mac it's just better.

[@mimimotor]

I like function keys.

[@mohammedridhaabbasyousif2700]

Because I need MS Office, I am stuck with Windows, but being stuck with Wndows 11 and a surface go laptop is really a piece of he'll. MacBook are way better.

[@infeltk]

There is nothing to compare. Macbook is way better if you do not need touch screen.

[@sreelireba475]

well done bruh

[@whkee]

Less is More! Fanless M1 MBA still have many Fans, Notch less too!🥰

[@mlnxzyjsj765]

I'm writing from laptop go 2 now, I don't know about the new model but the old one is trash I definitely do not recommend buying.

[@binhbentleydang2863]

this laptop is way due for a refresh.

[@Apenschi]

Touchscreens for laptops are complete nonsense!

[@MovieCaveDave]

All I will add is if Apple changed there bottom of ANY of there Macs people would go ape s**t, I prefer my all Aluminium Macs, definitely for the prices I pay, Thanks fo a great comparison Love, Purpose n Peace MCD