Surface Laptop 7 - Snapdragon X Elite - Is the HYPE REAL?

A quick and dirty on the new Surface Laptop 7 featuring Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite running Windows on ARM!

[@robintweed2218]

Nice video production bro, much more interesting to hear the perspective of a real world user instead of the professional reviewers who just repeat each other.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@mikkovirtanen9866]

I got Surface 7 15"/32gb/1tb model and i love it.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Congratulations. I think windows is going to finally have their moment.

[@Unizuka]

great great review, no beating around the bush, straight to the point and professional, and most importantly, it has a cat in it, 10/10.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Appreciate the feedback!

[@enajarro21]

Thanks for info and covering editing part as well.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Ya, If that Would have been closer to my macbook I probably would be 100% able to move over!

[@tombyrne6433]

Great review Microsoft/Qualcomm partnership really paid off

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Couldn't agree more!

[@BlackOpsTeaR]

Cat is a good reviewer

[@thelifeofriley7668]

Hi Chris, Can you tell me which model snapdragon elite processor is in your surface laptop? Is it the x1e-84-100? Thanks!

[@anthony8890]

Great video my friend, I have the 13" model, and apart from the odd stutter, it is incredible. As you say mine runs silently, and the battery life is incredible. Thanks for the video.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Yes. You are reminded how special it is to be using full blown snappy windows after you've been using it for a few hours with no noise and minimal heat with plenty of battery left.

[@benhamilton8556]

Do you have the model with the x elite or x plus?

[@shinynewgadget5163]

@@benhamilton8556 x elite, this one is 64GB but that might be a little overkill.

[@anthony8890]

@@benhamilton8556 I went for the XPlus, saw there was little to no difference it seems in benchmarks and I wanted to get as much battery life as I could out of the machine.

[@anthony8890]

@@shinynewgadget5163 It is revolutionary for windows machines! I own many (over 40) computers, and this is game changing for sure!

[@hackepetra8502]

That was a really nice video! Straight to the point and not from someone whose whole life exists in Final Cut Pro. Like real people :P

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Thank you for the nice feedback!

[@deltax7159]

for work in machine learning and data science what do you believe is a better device, this new surface laptop 7, or a macbook pro m3 pro (not the max just the pro). Need a new device to work in that space and struggling to decide. Been a windows user my whole life but willing to switch to mac if its really the no brainer choice for machine learning work so trying to get lots of opinions on the subject. thanks for your videos.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I am not familiar with what type of software is used for machine learning. There is no question that the M3 pro would be the more powerful out of the two. That being said if you prefer windows maybe confirm that the software is built to natively support arm, and if so by a surface with additional memory. Even with how great this PC is I will still be keeping my MacBook for the really heavy duty tasks.

[@vartannazarian3451]

Many complain about fan noise on other laptops. Can you find out if it's the emulation that heats up the device so much? in this case it's the fault of Prism emulation. It would be interesting to compare the same software in arm and x86 and measure the temperature difference. Thanks in advance

[@shinynewgadget5163]

That was One of the things I was most impressed by. There is almost no fan noise even when I am doing photo editing. If there is some fan spooling up it is nowhere near anything like my 2023 HP spectre. You can tell it's significantly more efficient just by the little bit that it warms up.

[@Katra1981]

So they released a latop 6 and then the 7 just 2 months after ?

[@shinynewgadget5163]

The one released a couple months ago was powered by Intel's x86 meteorlake processor. Heat and battery life are the main issues with that platform.

[@Athiril]

Stayed for the cat ❤

[@shinynewgadget5163]

she was enjoying the limelight

[@brianclarke8503]

waiting for Lunar Lake, and then will decide between Lunar Lake, M4, and Snapdragon. I'm more of a windows/linux guy, but don't mind buying into the Apple ecosystem if it's more efficiency, since its all about power efficiency for me. X86 has better app compatibility so, let's see if it can compete with the next gen...

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I considered this as well but have been let down so many times by Intel's promises of efficiency.

[@gaiustacitus4242]

What do you mean by "upgrade the hardware"? There is no ability to upgrade the key components of Copilot+ PCs. If you need to upgrade, then you'll be faced with replacing the laptop.

[@DropBear69]

Thank you for a refreshingly honest, real-world overview of the Surface Laptop 7 without the pretentious attitude of some of the so-called professional reviewers. Really well done. My only suggestion for improvement - show some affection to your cat (she was working hard for your attention)! 🙂

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Really appreciate the feedback!

[@sodapop1205]

The cat reviewed the laptop and the box, it liked it very much, Great scratch tool. If you got a cat, this is the laptop to get. haha

[@shinynewgadget5163]

You should see how much work she can get done on it!

[@freddywayne]

Honest review

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@moviesynopsis001]

Bro, i use the laptop mainly while im sitting on bed resting on my legs. Should I get the 13 inch or 15 inch?

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I'd def recommend the larger, you'll appreciate the extra real estate and doesn't sound like the tiny but if extra weight will impact your travel. Also, go with 32GB of RAM

[@zamanmajeed2001]

@@shinynewgadget5163 what could u possibly need 32 gb of ram for when using it for business purposes

[@sodapop1205]

No dude, get a 13 inch one. I got a 15 inch MacBook Pro. It is too heavy on my legs or chest sometimes. I wish I had gotten then 14 inch many times. So I am inferencing that.

[@AdamGamingARK]

to be honest, a 14 inch is the best

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Lightroom, lots of browsing tabs, never a slow down. With some important apps still being emulated with prism you wouldn't want that eating into your 16GB.... Each to their own though...

[@mole1596]

The picture looks very flat here; I suppose you can bump up the brightness, colors, and contrast in post? Can easily be done in the iPhone's Photos app.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Thanks for the feedback. I shot it in SLOG3 on my A7IV, I'll play along with making the next one pop a little more :)

[@DannysHauntedJourney]

@@shinynewgadget5163No judgement, from my comment here; Did you color grade? It looks like you did, but is this a LUT you used? Just curious, since I'm also a Sony shooter.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I didn't put a ton of effort into it as you can tell. I'm going to do a similar one on the surface pro, I'll level up the editing a bit for that 😜

[@dstarie]

Is the 64gb released?

[@shinynewgadget5163]

That's what I have. Preordered it.

[@subramaniamchandrasekar1397]

We don't care if you like that new computer or not.Tell us if the cat likes it. Regards.

[@anupsur13]

I see cat, I give like! 🫠

[@gaiustacitus4242]

It's a decent laptop, but I decided to just run Windows 11 Pro ARM in a VM on a MacBook Pro M3 MAX.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I have attempted this several times in the past and just couldn't get the right "feel" out of it.

[@gaiustacitus4242]

@@shinynewgadget5163 The real problem with any ARM based computer running Windows is that you still need another one based on Intel's x86/64 architecture due to many programs not running properly (or at all) via the Prism translation layer. Given that Copilot+ PCs don't really offer anything a user absolutely must have, it makes the decision to purchase an Intel based laptop fairly easy.

[@NeoBlueBearZchannel]

Cat approved

[@AIofokito]

Nice video brother thank you. I got this computer and i love it microsoft did a great job, next year im sure they will include the OLED display.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I hope so. Fingers crossed they have 5G and even discrete GPU compatibility by then as well 🤞

[@AIofokito]

@@shinynewgadget5163 if they dont then they should stop making labtops!

[@SuperRomanHoliday]

is that a one eyed cat?? No, it's your cat coming in backwards.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Sorry, she's hasn't been trained yet 😜

[@lightshark8562]

I am simple - see cat = +1 viewer

[@shinynewgadget5163]

Haha! She's actually a newer addition to the family. We rescued her about 5 weeks ago. They suspect she's about 5 years old.

[@gregandark8571]

Never trust a dude in a kitchen with a cat.

[@damnthatmashlookstasty]

Kitty!

[@briana.obenhaus4548]

Hype real ?? Is that a word?

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I dunno dude, but I think most know what I mean.

[@PKperformanceEU]

Ovehyped garbage, better get a RPL/MTL - 4060m+ laptop or just get an m3pro it blows this junk out of the water.

[@shinynewgadget5163]

I would disagree. I find it a pleasure to use for the type of work that I need it for. Not worrying about battery, heat or performance is what I've been wanting out of a windows laptop since the introduction of apples M1. We have it here.

[@PKperformanceEU]

@@shinynewgadget5163 i get 11 000multi and whatever single on my 13900H laptop thats capped at 30w on battery. Aint much slower on battery and multi score is right around 14900 and 2900single respectively plugged. Geekbench6.2 I get no fan noise no heat unless i go beyond.. 4k youtube playback is silent and cool. All i did was liquid metal on cpu and process lasso pro task manager. I get 8-9hours battery life with oled 50% br. Zenbook ux6404vv. This x eilte is a downgrade, so im waiting for the 16inch m4pro and max. Will buy one of them