The Surface Laptop 7 is REALLY GOOD... SnapDragon X Plus!

The Surface Laptop 7 is REALLY GOOD, SnapDragon X Plus on Windows is fantastic!
This is an HONEST review of the new surface laptop 7 with the snapdragon x plus SoC, a new arm based chip from SnapDragon for Windows on Arm!
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[@cadkoger]

It's 3:2 aspect ratio, not 16:10.

[@valismind]

I pinned this - thanks for the correction, won't make these little mistakes again, been brain fogged like crazy lately.

[@shaun1900]

Needs to get the basics right, to have any credibility amongst the thousands of youtube reviewers, churning out the same bland content.

[@valismind]

@@shaun1900you’re absolutely correct - and I don’t blame you for thinking the way that you do. The last 3 months KZbin has not been a priority as much as I’d like it to be, unfortunately I’m in the position where it’s my full-time income, and can’t just take a hiatus. Lately videos have been being rushed out last min, giving me only 5-7 hours working time from start to finish. Scripting, recording and editing. This is not the way to go, and it won’t be in the future. I don’t like what the channel has become as of late because I used to be proud of the content and the work I uploaded here - but hopefully you see a shift in the next little while as I get my bearings back. Mental health is not fun, and it ruins everything you love. But I have a good support system, and am making the changes. Comments like these don’t feel good, we are all people - and you don’t know what happens on the other side ❤

[@darren6202]

@@valismind You don't need to apologise to these people. Unless of course @shaun1900 has his own pro-content enabled KZbin channel. If he does, i'll apologise (i suspect he doesn't)

[@christopheresser9330]

Been using mine for the last 5 days or so after coming from a M2 Macbook Air. Thoroughly enjoying it so far. Not a single complaint yet.

[@valismind]

I actually REALLY do like it, glad I decided to pick one up.

[@Incrediblysimplestudios]

Cool review but SF7 isn't a gaming laptop or a creator laptop. It's for casual users or Macbook air folks. Hopefully we get a real windows arm M3 pro max alternative with a strong gpu

[@lucianocampisi6889]

It’s not Windows for ARM, but the Asus Zephyrus seems to me a good alternative. Clearly the battery life is not as efficent as the Macbook’s, but it’s powerful enough to replace a MacBook m3 pro

[@Incrediblysimplestudios]

@@lucianocampisi6889 lenovo Yoga pro 9i I think is the closet windows had got. Maybe they will do a surface laptop studio 16 inch with arm and some sort of beefy gpu

[@valismind]

I agree - but also most people aren't looking for a gaming, or "creator laptop" - if you're going to use it as a professional tool to run a channel, and do heavy video editing or run programs like blender, invest in your laptop and go with something like the M3 Pro or Max.

[@christianr.5868]

Could definitely be a creator laptop. You don’t need a top of the line laptop for all creative tasks

[@doriangrecu9467]

Good job with the review! It is really hard to find reviews with the entry level Snapdragon SOC (X Plus). So maybe you could do a next video with some popular benchmark tools (plugged in/unplugged) and a battery life test that covers real life scenarios. Thank you.

[@Cypress35z]

I would like to know more about the runtime. How long does the battery lasts with mild tasks? Browsing or watching YT? Or how much Percentage does it lose in Standby Mode? How fast is it waking up?

[@valismind]

Going to do a follow up review when I use it much more, but so far it's looking good, and holding up to claims from Microsoft!

[@auntcleo1997]

I have the 15" SL7. Mainly used for browser, office, and VS Code. So far, I'd say 2 hours of use decreases the battery by about 10-15%. Make of that what you will but for my use case 50% battery lasts me almost the whole work day.

[@lcy81]

​@@auntcleo199715"battery is larger than 13".

[@auntcleo1997]

​@@lcy81Yep, that's one reason why I got the 15".

[@auntcleo1997]

Wake from sleep is instant. Overnight the battery seems to drop between 1-2%.

[@raptors3471]

Can you test Solidworks, matlab, and other engineering software

[@valismind]

Could def try, I haven't used either of those programs but I'll keep this in mind!

[@georgelopez-zt4qz]

Windows on ARM.. t😮

[@itsmilan4069]

I really wish the linux community gets more distro images for this new arm SoCs

[@metavatar]

I love my Lenovo slim 7x It's perfect for CS Cloud with Photoshop, Lightroom Classic (x64) and Luminary Neo. All of these runs blazing fast on my Lenovo ON BATTERY My XPS 13 9320 i7 would die and melt under Lightroom and be super laggy Overall I'm beyond happy having a solid 8 to 10 hour battery without having battery anxiety finally! Only issue I'm having is Google Drive Sync app will not run. Google is being annoying and stupid not supporting ARM meanwhile they had no issue making Chrome ARM because they're Afraid Edge cannibalizing their monopoly. Maybe this is the push I need to slowly degoogle my life 😊

[@latinreuben]

Im torn between XPlus @1200 & MBP m3 pro @1500 that i just ordered. ..bec of some repairability in X Plus while Apple prevents any type of consumer repairability. Can i transfer files & docs from 2015 MBP to X Plus without losing any data? & do I need antivirus software?

[@zxdzxdzxd]

3:00 at least you can use other higher wattage charger with magsafe cable to charge Mac. It's kind of stupid that MS choosed to attached the connnect cable to the charging brick, so that you cannot use 3rd party charger.

[@teddycat1212]

I prefer to wait when Lunar Lake and AMD Strix Point... I cannot have any compatibility issue in any windows laptop

[@valismind]

Honestly, I haven't watched reviews on this - I wanted to experience it for myself, but I've ran into no compatibility issues. Just don't expect it to be a champ for gaming, obviously.

[@natureb1rds]

Yeah but the MacBook Air charger is dual 35w. You can also change it to 70w for free

[@dotnerdmyad]

can we use lynax on this?

[@ga8462]

Have you noticed the screen seems to have some give when you press on it (particularly by the webcam). Seems to be a design choice but does lead to some concerns about durability.

[@tywandam.jackson9831]

I love this laptop. However, I have had an issue finding a compatible printer. Any recommendations?

[@dp8jl]

I can’t wait to get mine, getting delivered tomorrow

[@valismind]

Congrats! You'll love it, actually pretty damn good!

[@shortyyys]

So you prefer this one over the lenovo slim7x and macbook air ? I'm torn between those 3

[@valismind]

Hard to say over the MacBook, because I prefer the MacOS experience on laptops - but this is a VERY good option, and I do like it a lot. And yes, I'd pick it over the Legion, although I haven't tried it I can't get over the diving board trackpad.

[@akin242002]

Tough choices. M3 MacBook Air for better app compatibility currently. The Surface Laptop 7 has better port selection than the Lenovo Yoga 7x.

[@victito77]

thanks for the video! Looking forward to buy it, but in doubt amog this and samsung galaxybook edge 4, hp omnibook X and dell xps 13.

[@valismind]

I haven't looked much into the other models, but I know it can be a pain since they all have some benefits over the others

[@akarshanbajaj3404]

battery life..duration..?

[@BRDXB]

I want to buy but still confused because i wanna buy for blender and aftereffect work Give me suggestions it's good for it?

[@eds464]

put it this way if it's a program that's heavy on gpu usage you're better off with non snapdragon laptop. While there will be driver updates the gpu is still it's weak point.

[@valismind]

@@eds464 Yeah, Blender may not be the best app for something like this considering it does use a lot of CUDA cores/ raw GPU power.

[@alexs.5107]

Reviews on these snapdragon laptops have been so mixed

[@valismind]

honestly everyone just has different use cases, and a lot of people have their own personal bias. windows on arm has been a thing since the Surface RT in 2012, but it's been a pile of crap until now.

[@cris.sandman4599]

Didn’t see you mention anything about the fans 😅

[@sidelnie]

I had to return two of these laptops, the battery stopped charging and eventually stopped turning all altogether. X Elite / 16GB / 1T. First shipped on 6/18 and second on 7/1. Switching to try Lenovo. Too bad cause it was snappy when it worked.

[@darren6202]

lol

[@Rahulb235]

Could you please try running Autodesk Fusion 360?

[@riopato2009]

weird the laptop charger is 39 watts. My surface pro 9 uses a 65 watt.

[@valismind]

It’s a higher TDP chip, so it needs a 65W charger - but in this case, even though it isn’t needed - it would be nice to at least charge the device quicker.

[@riopato2009]

@@valismind I assume a higher watt charger say from a Surface studio won't do anything to max out the X plus performance.

[@RobbieF-16]

Could you try playing WarThunder on the surface

[@mathnewph]

Would love to see shadow pc with it, to game like overwatch

[@Vj274u]

Does it support SPSS & IDM?

[@nikmuhdhafizharun4869]

can it charge via USB-C port?

[@CourageUnderFire87]

Would this be a good laptop for computer science students!

[@summoner2100]

Microsoft also have a Surface Connect to USB-C cable. Meaning you can plug into any high power GAN charger . Works well

[@tarnasaurus]

Don't need it - it charges through either USB C port

[@valismind]

@@tarnasaurus Correct :)

[@summoner2100]

@tarnasaurus yes. But microsofts charging recommendation is still to use the surface connect port over the usb c

[@summoner2100]

@tarnasaurus and the guy was complaining about not having a stronger power in box. So I gave the microsoft recommended option

[@WaffleusRex]

Some ThinkPads have glass touchpads too, though I don't end up using it because I use the TrackPoint instead.

[@valismind]

Hey man thanks for watching :) - and does the thinkpad's glass trackpad act as a diving board or is it haptic?

[@WaffleusRex]

@@valismind The ones I had physically move. The newer models might be haptic but I'm not sure.

[@az50056]

Why on earth they rounded display corners. I hate to see that. This is not a toy

[@valismind]

Eh it annoys me too, I like the LOOK but I don't like the function.

[@yuvrajsingh099]

They need to treat linux as first class customer. Linux compatibility is unmatched by windows. Maximum apps, productivity app work perfectly. Gaming on linux on arm is fully featured with ability of external gpu and full hardwares acceleration.

[@netnomad47]

My Surface Laptop 7 charger is 65 watts

[@valismind]

Did you get the 15", or the Snapdragon X Elite?

[@netnomad47]

@valismind Both. I got the 15 inch X Elite

[@denisraev7338]

Please run Counter-Strike 2 on it.

[@valismind]

ouuu that's a good one

[@TennaciousD94]

Please test WoW

[@valismind]

damn i haven't played wow in YEARS

[@travis0813]

No SD card reader. No HDMI port.🤔

[@sdao3]

15 inch model has the mini SD card reader

[@nipunwijeratne5031]

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[@therealnotanerd_account2]

A powerful ARM laptop without the garbage macOS! This is tempting. But I will wait the lunar lake release to make a choice.

[@zeelpatel-kd2jf]

Aluminum….. ALUMINIUM Why is “aluminum” so commonly used in America

[@TheUngoliant]

the hottest topic of the moment

[@valismind]

Honestly, I have no idea but saying ALUM INUM sounds so weird to me

[@ahmatsulkan9374]

Plis. Give me surface. I want to work at school. Iam teacher

[@shiftto]

very weak gpu, many bugs, many other said that. believe this review or not?

[@valismind]

There's no reason NOT to believe this review man, I wasn't paid to make it and I spent $1,630 on this thing after taxes (Canadian). I have never promoted a product for money on this channel, the only time I did that was the XREAL AIR AR Glasses, which was heavily stated it was a paid video.

[@MrPerrisC]

I'm surprised any creators are still trying to promote this Qualcomm third rate CPU. It doesn't beat the very worst m in apples lineup last year the M3 base, and it gets crushed by this year's very worst M4 base It's slower than last year's x86 and gets crushed by this year's x86. Efficiency claimed by arm promoters is an illusion, Apple needed more efficient NM and exponentially more transistors to get more instructions per clock. You heard that right, the supposed benefit of arm is nothing but illusion. When this year's x86 is set to the same power draw, in other words with the same efficiency and same battery life x86 benchmarked much faster at everything. Arm is a lie m is a lie X is a lie

[@MrMalam1234]

You must be really thick to expect this to compete with Apoles 3-4 year old ARM venture.. And must be extra thick to write a long ass essay without using the device... And you must be super thick to compare this to upcoming x86 which dosen't yet exist, yet you have done the comparison, draw a conclusion. Remember how core ultra was supposed to be the game changer but same old shite.. Snapdragon X is the first serious large scale attempt and I myself will not be keeping my device because its not up there yet. But people like you who never buy a device and and give expert opinion without critical thinking ability should stay off internet. .

[@jbcatl]

Are you OK?

[@valismind]

Hey man - not trying to promote anything, sharing what I am excited about, no money exchanged hands. Actually, 1,630 CAD left my wallet for this. I have no ties to Microsoft or Snapdragon lol.

[@MrPerrisC]

@@valismind sorry that came off like I thought you were getting paid I apologize. When I say promoters, what I mean, people are promoting the hype as if true, and I understand, does snapdragon arm CPU does draw a traffic, and that's what channel is all about.

[@justgreat5608]

Returned! Battery still sucks

[@MrMalam1234]

And then you woke up from your dream..

[@valismind]

Wait, what? Really? The battery life is insane on these. I am actually getting close to advertised numbers, but going to do a follow up review in the future where I expand on these topics.

[@cluzterio]

Why they copying macbooks man? Never switching back to windows ever again!

[@jidshazrodinmamaluba4228]

No one coerced you to try windows again. And why are you even watching this video lol.

[@a-hk9486]

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[@Buddeh23]

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[@valismind]

thanks for watching!

[@MikloV99]

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