Switching to Surface Laptop 7 From A MacBook User - The BEST & WORST Parts

[@zshanahmad2669]

hey rich, i am poor.

[@leskopeter593]

This made me laugh more than i would like to admit😂

[@jackkelly7884]

Kekeke 😅

[@zshanahmad2669]

​@@ysryashraj wait can we change youtube usernames?

[@philipehusani]

Hey poor, I'm poorer.

[@Nirvana_Replica]

Hi poor, I’m broke

[@RZ302]

Oh, Rich is the name? I thought the video opened with a really weird flex xD

[@comedyman112]

Imagine his parents when giving him his name.... Smug 😅

[@yu-gi-oase7498]

Another thing which is important to mention is that it is very easy to upgrade the ssd. So if 16gb ram are enough for you (which for the most people its the case) you can just buy the base model which i think is well priced considering the high quality and just upgrade the ssd later with how much you need. I think this was a very consumer friendly decision from microsoft and i like it alot.

[@andyH_England]

Most people, maybe 90%+, would not upgrade their SSD themselves, so it is a niche feature for techie consumers who want the hassle of swapping out SSDs. I use an external drive for extra storage, which means I can use the external drive on various devices and is much more useful.

[@thomasgunn4146]

I agree! And Given apple’s issues with memory swap on certain configurations, especially the MacBook Air series, it’s nice for the piece of mind that if your SSD fails a bit prematurely due to constant writing to the SSD under higher loads (conditional depending on how much ram you have) you can just swap it out instead of potentially having a apple paperweight. It happens more often than Apple would like people to think

[@andikunar7183]

Please be aware, that switching out the SSD might be troublesome. I upgraded my base Surface Pro 11 with a WD Black 2TB and it started to blue-screen repeatedly after 1-2 days. So while the SSD is easily upgradeable (even easier on the Surface Pro with it's magnetic SSD door, than on the Surface Laptop), you carefully need to choose the SSD. I since then switched to a Surface Laptop 7 (like the Laptop format better), and there I use the microSD slot as a convenient but slow expansion/backup-storage.

[@andyH_England]

@@andikunar7183 Yes, and most people will not upgrade due to the complexity of reinstalling Windows. It is an ultrabook, so the market demographic needs to be techie-based. Using an SD card is more sensible; only keep your OS and apps on the internal storage.

[@SenselInc]

We're thrilled that you're a fan of the Sensel-powered haptic touchpad in the SL7! 🥰 And really nice job explaining the benefits of haptic touchpads over the old-school diving board type touchpads. 🙌

[@nickg31224]

My man, your videos are so well done And your transitions are so smooth. Love it. You earned a sub

[@loitersquadX]

Mac OS makes no sense to me. But I love iPad pro. I just prefer Samsung and Microsoft products for some reason.

[@alienbee239]

same opinion

[@loitersquadX]

@@alienbee239 what's better galaxy book or microsoft laptop

[@alienbee239]

@@loitersquadX display - samsung, overall surface - better build quality, haptic trackpad, less bloatware, magsafe charger, surface laptop + samsung phone 📱💕👍🏼

[@loitersquadX]

@@alienbee239 do you get any features with a galaxy laptop opposed to a microsoft? Like does Samsung have exclusive features with their products or will it work all the same

[@motivewave001]

Agreed. MacOs is not so great and they out zero effort in making it consumer friendly. There is a reason windows is preferred all around the world

[@mbahmarijan789]

7:32 the thing I prioritize

[@SoleilCustomGuitars]

I have the 13.8" version with the x elite. AMAZING!!! I'll never go back to a PC with Intel or AMD.

[@elliekim6666]

I bought the Macbook Pro 14 M3 Pro that I have but I did get a Surface Laptop 7 13.8 and I like it so far. I have always preferred Windows over MacOS but Mac's just last longer with the M Series chips over intel or AMD chips ( AMD was tolerable ) So far I like the battery life but I haven't put it though it's paces.

[@vctlmn]

From your experience, wich one would you get please ?

[@elliekim6666]

@@vctlmn I would go with whichever OS you prefer. Unless there is certain apps that you use that doesn't work on windows on ARM

[@manuelangelhuamani]

until i know Surface comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon a bit better than Intel or AMD

[@nick0_]

8:04 they mean local video playback, you watched youtube so thats why

[@melkileo]

Their 20 hours of battery life is for LOCAL video playback, which seems fair

[@akin242002]

For general office work, data analysis work, and photography it is at it's best. The problems come when you need to print things up on old printers (bad drivers), gaming, and video editing. It just isn't built for those things yet or not at all. At least not at an acceptable level.

[@asrp4284]

no gaming is required for productivity, which this laptop is built for

[@nicholaslee6286]

Excellent video. Was wondering if this would be a good choice for engineering students considering that it has an ARM chip?

[@admin-0000.]

Algunos programas no son compatibles, por el ARM, pero eso es algo que con el tiempo se solucionará.

[@thanosarmy22]

I love how surface laptop can become a tab

[@angelflys97]

Not this one

[@ga8462]

The slightly elevated digitizer surface seems like it could be an issue long term with respect to durability. Have you noticed any issue (beyond the sharp edge?)

[@drasianz4683]

I’m trying to decide which one to get. I am a freshman in college and going into Electrical Engineering. I’ve always been a big apple fan and I am also bring a windows desktop to my dorm to run software that can’t be run on mac but I really can’t decide which I want

[@samyoo8103]

If you have a pc already, just get a mac

[@asrp4284]

well if you need cross accessibility and the ability to do that software on the go… you should go for the laptop, as long as you make sure that it has a native arm version or can be emulated from x86, which basically means that it will work…

[@sckappy4461]

Honestly, get a windows. The setting of Engineering is mainly windows and sure you can run extra software to run those apps you need but you have to take in account in the OS. Windows is just standard in business.

[@bhawanigurung9913]

@@sckappy4461mac or windows for mba finance marketing major?

[@aspiringastronaut9992]

The MacBook is the best laptop made. The problem is office, particularly Outlook, sucks on the Mac. So I continue to buy Windows laptops.

[@prashamjain8907]

Brother, please reply to this (I am a starting college student):- In India during the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale/Flipkart BBD sale, base M1 MacBook Air will be priced around 50k (500 USD); base M2 Air at around 65k (650 USD) and the base M3 at around 85k (850 USD) and the 16 GB variant of the M3 at around 105k (1050 USD). My logic is :- If I buy M1 Air base variant today; it could last me for next 3-4 years but then its resale price will be 0. We can skip the base M2 and there is no point in upgrading the storage as I could just pick the M3 for that price. Now, for the M3, for the 350 dollars, difference I will get a better laptop for next 3-4 years and after that I would get a resale value of around 400-500 dollars which means I could kind of own a M3 Air for less than an M1 Air in a 4 year time frame. Then, if I add the 16 GB upgrade (extra 200 USD), in the 4 years time, when 8 GB ram would really not be enough, I could get additional 150-200 USD resale value (around 70k or 700 USD) meaning it would cost be around the same as the 8 GB M3 MacBook Air or maybe less as 16 GB ram models will be in demand then. So, what call should I take? Which would be a wiser value for money deal??? Please bro, please reply.

[@An7ant]

get a m3 air 16gb or m2 16gb its worth paying more money right now and when its time to resale i bet you can sell it for at least 700 bucks for m2 gb and 800 for m3 gb just take care or your laptop and that will make the resale value higher. good luck!

[@prashamjain8907]

@@An7ant yeah, that's what I think I will do. But I am not sure whether to go for M2 or M3 16Gb

[@fallinginthed33p]

Watching a local video at 100% brightness isn't a good battery benchmark.

[@nblaise21]

excellent video, thank you

[@Thulebeez]

Yo I am delaying until 12 month to 18 months. What happened to the ALCANTARA Keyboard?

[@RichMeYT]

It’s gone 😭

[@Thulebeez]

@@RichMeYTMicrosoft needs tel us why?

[@_Trakman]

can you put linux on ARM

[@owgni]

Hey Rich, nice laptop review! Now can i watch a review of your cat? 😄

[@RichMeYT]

Coming soon!

[@nadiahizani]

Im thinking of buying other than apple products because my apples cant process thru big files, everytime i open big files it keeps on refreshing. And i cant finish my work. I thought it was just me until i heard someone said apple cant support big files like androids do, fast but big files? Nope

[@Ferkkkk]

He seriously ran the GTA 5 on the Surfcace Laptop 7?😳

[@seannightwal1765]

Is this with an OLED display?

[@Gio-zi5lw]

No

[@seannightwal1765]

@@Gio-zi5lw I guess I'll just wait till they put an OLED display on laptops.

[@naythanshah]

hey,is it any better than samsung book4 ultra?

[@RichMeYT]

I would choose this over the book 4

[@naythanshah]

okieee thanks

[@maciejzamoroka-klimaszewsk8507]

Everything is cool except Rec All stuff

[@petehboy2]

he's too rich

[@karanjoshi2662]

Already bought an m1 now see you after 7-8years

[@prk3437]

It will be more interesting to see how many years of updates the M series will get.

[@Stormlywing]

@@prk3437 I find Macbook M1 Display i see it was way clear than my windows PC was even their font is clear like they worked on it the problem with macbook are Intel are not getting new Updates even if it should increases users switching to macbook I think Apple woke up because intel CPU was the slow down remember if you made a Laptop that owned by you would you make it all yours parts are yours not other people or from other 3rd party sellers than their own

[@prk3437]

@@Stormlywing I don't know what Windows PC you used but I have used HP, and now use MSI and my friend has M2 Air. The font clear part is something that I never noticed. They all look the same to me. The problem is, people spend less on windows, then they do typically on a Mac and complain windows is slow or bad display etc. I have seen a lot of such examples.

[@jxl1737]

The glaring screen makes it a joke to compare with Mac.

[@alexs.5107]

Just like the 69htz makes the mac a joke

[@josephle2381]

60 hz IPS panel on the Mac🤣

[@Rparam000]

@@josephle2381120

[@alexprivates356]

@@josephle2381yes, but Rich compares the completely new MS Surface Laptop 7 with a nearly 4 years old MacBook…

[@UTopia120]

Glare is not an issue. There are anti glare screen protectors everywhere.

[@djross95]

The hardware is indeed much closer, but the Surface is still running....Windows.

[@f-trend2150]

By the time windows laptops get started to become slow while macs are almost same like before.

[@bottlefish6386]

If a Windows PC can't game, why don't I choose a Mac?

[@Mystrei]

Cuz both aren’t made with gaming in mind. But the reason they are mentioned is to give clearance to those who like to game when taking a break.

[@RZ302]

They can both game, but Windows runs way more games. The arm chip just causes most games to run worse than they could.

[@prk3437]

Depends on software compatibility. A lot of academic software's I use, don't run on Mac. On ARM, at least they would run with emulation. I am sure they will optimize for ARM, as it catches up.

[@ritish.bansal]

please, fix your hair