Surface Laptop 4 Review (13" & 15") - Don't Make a Mistake!

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 is here! I'm reviewing both 13.5" & 15" laptops with Intel & AMD chips! But is more horsepower and a longer battery a big enough upgrade?
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[@Thetechchap]

Hey Chaps! Quick correction - you can charge via USB C (like most laptops), but it's not as fast as Surface Charger 👍

[@ThomasJarvis117]

Surface book for me. Need that detachable screen

[@sawancenarock]

Neither. I really want a dell xps 13.. Love it.. But waiting for a 5800u laptop.

[@newbsidian]

Mac this year

[@jpadicecoffee9812]

I also got the 13inch SB3. Happy with that size to carry around and draw on.

[@sawancenarock]

Which one should I buy? I need an insanely fast, light weight, nice screen and long battery life, windows based laptops, with amd ryzen 5800u processor. (not want the MacBook pro) 1. Asus zenbook 13 (2021) OLED version. 2. Dell xps 13 3. Hp spectre 4. Any other you can recommend? Thanks :)

[@pre_instar]

Hell yes! M1 Air vs Surface vs Xps would be a good one- but compare according to the price- and so get the models for all 3 at around 1000$.

[@tobylondon1833]

Thank you so much for this video, I commented on your last surface video asking for it and you came through!

[@salmam.7448]

I loved the macbook air but hated that it had no touch screen because I always use laptops with touch screens! Ended up returning it! Now checking out light touch screen options with good battery life!

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Thanks for this... I'm considering buying a new laptop and I've been comparing the editing capabilities (and ease of learning curves) for shorter videos - 15-20 minutes in length... I definitely want touchscreen/stylus options... Sounds like the 13.5 inch could handle all of that...

[@hansangb]

I like the surface charger. I've tripped over and the mag connector saved my laptop too many times to count. I just wish MS would allow alcantara (sp??) option on the more powerful 13.5 models.

[@rubenjanssens491]

Would you recommend the Intel chipset for video editing and other creative work? You showed the render time, but how is the editing experience itself? Is a dedicated GPU still necessary?

[@rahuljayachandran4128]

Great content like always,can't wait for your next video😄😍🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@DaveFarr]

Thanks for the even-handed review. It seems that a lot of reviewers have become biased against Intel due to Intel's lackluster progress in recent years. But it does seem that Tiger Lake is a bigger leap forward for them than usual. While they certainly have their work cut out for them, I think the reports of Intel's impending death are overblown.

[@nealbland9033]

Great review as always! I've seen some complaints of keyboard deck flex on the Alcantara version. Do you see issues on your unit? Do you have any thoughts on the Surface vs. the new X1 Carbon Gen 9 as well if you've had a chance to check one of those out?

[@disekjoumoer]

I would get an XPS. I've been using a 2016 model for five years now and it still runs fantastically. Dell's support, at least here in Switzerland was fantastic the single time I needed it.

[@khalifakhalifi2397]

I love your videos, really reviews! Could you please recommend me the smallest most powerful multicore for virtualization and also less noisy and best cooling system and 3:2 16:10 productivity ratio laptop with best screen quality please?

[@Veradun66]

Yes, Macbook Air, XPS 13 and Surface 4 would be an excellent comparison! Feel like the Surface is going to get left behind though ...

[@noahhamm4908]

Actually! The Surface would fade into the background pretty quickly.

[@loosabway3400]

Depends on your criteria though, doesn't it..

[@EventH0riz0n]

@@loosabway3400 True. For many, including me, the touchscreen is a very, very big plus for example. And I couldnt use MacOS if i wanted to so the MacBook Air wouldnt even make the first cut for me.

[@thefarazomair]

I wish someone would address the difference in build quality of alcantara vs the metal variant and compare them in detail with the MacBook air

[@loosabway3400]

@@thefarazomair I have both finishes in older versions of the Surface - what are you worried about?

[@garethtalbot8950]

Had issue on surface 3 with docking. No power button on dock extension. Also it crashed when adding two external monitors, OK with one. Would love to see performance when docked and connected to two external monitors. I noticed if you use all USB ports on docking station it started to freeze. Great review. 15' for me

[@tomcollingwood5300]

Hey Tom, thanks for another great video. Question if possible - some people have reported significant keyboard flex with the alcantara model in comparison to the metal. Do you notice much difference if any? Cheers!

[@russellmorgan2171]

i was looking for this comment - i feel a massive amount of keyboard flex after just buying and i do not like it at all

[@Talwyn_Wize]

Big chunky bezels? 🤯 *Looking at my Lenovo Thinkpad.*

[@Thetechchap]

Fair point!

[@joeljustin]

To be fair on Lenovo, ThinkPads are supposed to be durable and long lasting. I feel other products in the lineup like X1 Nano would fill the gap for people looking for thinner bezel variant.

[@casualtechreviewer1196]

@@joeljustin Oh screw the thin bezel on Thinkpads. I want the old keyboard back. Still reminiscing the days typing on my X220.

[@varyagus]

Keep it up! You answered to all my questions. Thanks!

[@kalpanpatel8288]

Just got surface laptop 4 after using xps 13 , and i just love this surface. You can feel the charm of brand when you use Microsoft rather than Dell..!

[@Anthony-pd9ur]

Which version did you get

[@floydrespecter2483]

Is it good?

[@castle_novelist]

How was it?

[@theab5867]

Literally bought the Microsoft laptop 4 yesterday and tho it’s not set up yet I am excited to use it for classes

[@analiesegold4830]

@@theab5867 do u think it was worth it? Bc i usually play the Sims and MC on my laptops but i want this to be able to handle that along with classwork, ik u only got it a bit ago, but I'm trying to get more recent reviews 😭

[@nabbit]

I went for the Laptop 4 over the 2021 XPS as I really like the 3:2 screen ratio. The XPS is a beautiful machine, but I've had one previously and always felt like I was hunched over it. The screen looks tiny by comparison in your video! No complaints so far - the screen & audio are excellent, battery life is fantastic (i7 13" version). The keyboard and trackpad, as you say, are excellent. I've also got it paired with the Surface Mouse, which is perfect for travelling with. I went for the aluminium chassis and it's a stunner (once you've wiped your fingerprints off for the 324th time that day!) Thanks for the great review!

[@revelationsoundstudio]

As an update, I upgraded to Windows 11 on my Laptop 4 and it upgraded pretty flawless. Still very solid, no issues, no bugs and it has kept me very happy. I really like the 15" laptop which has a more solid keyboard than the 13" screen.

[@josephferraraccio7457]

I’m not sure if you watch things like twitch but can it run that fine?

[@SpacenSpooks]

Don;t try creating AI art (through a website is fine, but not when you install the program and do it locally). That's all I have to say about that :( @@josephferraraccio7457

[@AA-flyguy]

Great Comparisons, especially with the XPS Option. Waiting for the Review of the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 360 [When you get it] 👍🙏🙏🙏

[@mecianneguerreiro4754]

Great video, really helped me to choose! Thanks to you :)

[@markdennis7119]

Always great detail. Gadget reviews 5 star ⭐️

[@robertlonnberg9130]

Based on this review, a 13" brand comparison between the new Surface 13", Dell XPS 13 and MacBook Air 13" with similar specs would be very interesting indeed

[@c.221]

i have a suspicion that the macbook air would demolish them

[@Fozzee.1970]

@@c.221 yes but it's not just about the speed as its overkill for most users. There's a lot more to consider like display size, OS Etc.

[@c.221]

@@Fozzee.1970 imo leaving aside the massive performance advantage the m1 Mac air has, the only thing the xps rlly has going for it is the thin bezels as it loses on other fronts like battery life, track pad, OS (I guess this is more personal but the general consensus is that MacOS is more reliable/stable), build quality, price

[@Fozzee.1970]

@@c.221 that wasn't my point. My point is can you really compare benchmarks from different OS? I don't like MacOS so wouldn't consider a MAC regardless. Plus I use Windows at work so don't want to have to learn two different OS.

[@c.221]

@@Fozzee.1970 is there any reason why one couldn't compare benchmarks between different OS?

[@_fiftyseven_]

Hey tom, I'd like to tell that u're reviews are certainly going to the great limits as an F1 car, so keep pushing🙂 But coming to the topic, I had this question, Is the AMD Ryzen 7 version enough to edit videos on this laptop? And which one to take between AMD and Intel?

[@SpykerSpeed]

I love that we are finally starting to see more taller aspect ratio Windows laptops! Long overdue.

[@loonsan8]

Keep it up Chaps! Love your contents:-)

[@nztpv9920]

We have 5 MS Surface devices in our home - we're very happy with the ongoing use of the Surface connector as it means we can all use the same power adaptors and, most importantly, our older and bloody expensive MS docking stations. They can add USB-C in future, as long as they retain the Surface connectors 🙂

[@JohnnyZenith]

I can't decide on laptop vs pro 8. I honestly don't think I'll use it in tablet mode. I don't know.

[@shatterpointgames]

You can already charge them with USB-C on the surface 4

[@nztpv9920]

@@shatterpointgames what does that have to do with the surface connector on my gen 1 MS docking stations that I use with my older Surface devices?

[@shatterpointgames]

@@nztpv9920 you said "they can add USB-C in the future as long as they retain the Surface connectors". That's something that already happened.

[@nztpv9920]

@@shatterpointgames no shit Einstein

[@benyoung2613]

Great video. Here in Guangzhou China. Both MacBooks and Surface devices are commonly seen in the office and Starbucks. And a lot of people are using HP, DELL, Lenovo, Huawei, Xiaomi, Acer, Asus which combine makes the larger majority.These brands offer more affordable devices. I've been using an i7 version Surface Laptop 3 for more than a year and an M1 MacBook Air for about 5 months. (I sometimes charge my Surface Laptop with the adapter of MacBook. But Surface adapter is twice faster.) I think Windows 10 offers the best value on Surface devices (I also used Surface Pro 3 and Surface Laptop 1 as my only computer. And Surface Go). And the fan-less M1 MacBook gives me great pleasure with insane long battery life. But now Microsoft is claiming 17 hours battery life on Surface Laptop 3 with Intel and AMD CPUs, that is amazing. Huge and most important progress for user like me who use the laptop for daily office work, I think. We can be free of power adapters. Battery life doesn't bother any more when having long-hour meetings.

[@773soccer]

I’m thinking of replacing my 2015 XPS 13 but can’t decide if I should go with SL4 or a new XPS 13

[@tonyochieng5559]

great video i like the wallpapers too🙂

[@ALOASC]

Would it make sense to go with the I7 model over the I5 if I plan to keep this particular laptop for 4 years (or more), I pretty much work from home but I would like a portable device to do some light content creation stuff like audacity and possibly photoshop

[@mvisakarubanshan4834]

The wallpapers in both the laptops are awesome 👌

[@danielpark3069]

Thank you so much! I've been waiting for your review :) Awesome, in-depth review as always! Just curious if video editing in premiere pro was smooth for both the ryzen and intel versions? (for playbacks and such)

[@AlfredoDiazdelValle]

Coming from an Surface Pro 4 user, which would you recommend me to switch, the Surface Pro 7 or Surface Laptop 4?

[@abdallah6978]

But if u were to choose surface laptop 4 or Dell xps 13 which one will u go for

[@AhmedHassan-kn5mb]

Pls give comparison video between the 3 laptops i.e surface, apple, dell

[@haydenbeardface]

Hi there, I have had a run of surface laptops over the years from Pro 3 to the Surface Laptop 2. I went in for an upgrade and picked up the 15 inch I7 with 16gb ram.... ($2850 AUD) after a day I had returned it and moved back to the Surface laptop 2. It was noisy (fans) running at a 50% memory usage on day 1. Chatted to Microsoft about it and they said they were new and some bugs were being detected on the Intel model. I don’t use anything overly advanced, I have this plugged into a surface dock 2. Now I’m considering the Spectre x360 or XPS13..... but for now the Laptop 2 is working very well. I guess it’s not time to upgrade just yet.

[@arbabkhan_original]

Yes! Been waiting for this video, keep it up

[@ogdanem]

Interesting in my opinion that you have chosen 8 Gb as best deal. I would appreciate to see a comparison between MacBook Air M1 to Surface 4 both entry level. I never own MacBook but now it is first time I’m considering due to M1 chip

[@RRJOfficial]

I considered Macbook Air M1, but I think Surface Laptop 4 (Ryzen) is better for Github Codespaces / VS Code & Microsoft 365. 🤓 M1 on iPad Pro is limited and software development seems pretty difficult on it, even if it supports 5G. Surface Pro 7+ display is maybe too small, even if you can remove it's screen to use it as a tablet which is good. Also, Surface Pro 7+ i5-1135G7 is not maybe powerful enough.

[@xnajx]

Hey, any idea how colour accurate the panel is? I'm tossing up whether to get one when I must leave the comfort of my WFH setup for meetings etc. Need for graphic design and the new line looks fairly good compared to the rivals, especially in price.

[@whiteroses47]

The turn-off for me would be the charging cable and the lack of ports. And if I did go with a Surface 4, I would get 16 GB RAM which obviously would hike up the price. I'm done with HP; I'm thinking about Lenovo Yoga i9 or other 2-1's by Lenovo. Don't know. I don't like the idea of any of the laptops being soldered. I'd like to know more about that and how many years these laptops will last until you have to yet spend an arm and a leg to buy another one. Great review. Thank you.

[@DanielMitraMusic]

2:25 perhaps a reminder to not pigeonhole products? Good job with the review as always, Tom! I do tend to lean towards 2-in-1s these days, so the XPS having that option looks more compelling, but the base spec Surface Laptop sounds like a pretty good allrounder for average users.

[@Thetechchap]

Waheyyy!

[@vrajshah427]

Would really enjoy a XPS 13 , Macbook Air and Surface 4 comparison!!

[@TheAd1997]

which one do you think is the better laptop for programming ?

[@worldwidehappiness]

I'm considering Surface 4 vs the LG Gram. I want something light. I agree about the charging. I think modern tech should be converging to having one charger for all your devices. I tried the Macbook Air M1 and regret it. MacOS has terrible window management and Word for Mac has many limitations.

[@bhanupraneeth9877]

Fast forward to may 2022, is surface laptop 4 still worth it or should I wait for surface laptop 5?

[@danielleclerc4369]

What do you recommend to someone (me) that has both Apple ( an old MacBook for personnal photos, films and music) and MS (Dell Inspiron 15) with MS Office for work and would like to purchase one laptop and copy all files into one laptop. I also have an IPhone. I do love Apple products. What would be the easiest transfer protocol?

[@BigDaddy669i]

Thank you for the video. Definitely helped me not spend too much money.

[@Father_of_Internet]

Man I was about to buy the AMD. Thank you! Great review. Subscring

[@syafiarusly8708]

Hi, just wondering. Which one better the Surface laptop or Macbook air?

[@DerekDryden]

Great reviews. I’m looking to replace my desktop and wonder if i need a new laptop with docking (for existing accessories, external hard drive etc ) or if i can manage with my current iPad air 4th Gen. help.

[@karadidomizio5771]

I found this a very honest and helpful review!

[@mesaeladgham]

Hi i have a question, can you recommend a few laptops which are good for graphic designers? Or if you have a video can you share the link. Thanks

[@aperson5062]

The Microsoft charger has saved me on my surface pro many times. I understand that you can also use the USC-C port to charge and it supports up to 45 watts. Of course that means you don't have a USB-C port for other things. But if you lose your charger or want to add a little juice in a car USB-C charger while on the road, you can.

[@floydrespecter2483]

Is it a good laptop

[@TonyMacina]

Between the XPS, Gram, Galaxy Book, Thinkpad, Razer Book, Matebook, Zenbook or HP Envy/Spectre it's hard to argue for the Surface. Most are thinner or lighter, most have more modern designs, most have more ports and some have more power with the Zenbook and Envy having dedicated graphics and the Matebook 14 having H series Ryzen chips.

[@davidmason8212]

which one of these are the most reliable ?

[@akashahealingyogatherapyki4155]

Hi! I was deciding by Mac book air and pro….sales folks are trying to convince me to go with the surface tablet. I’d be interested in your take on air VS pro, and either of them against surface. Please and thank you! :)

[@ks3788]

I like the keyboard feel of the alcantara rather than the metal or I would get the black, but what would you say is the best color to get ?

[@Hasbro083]

Is there any powerbanks you'd recommend for the 15inch Microsoft Surface Laptop 4?

[@fuat27]

May I get your recommendation sir. 1) Yoga 9i 15" with Core™ i7-10750H / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti 2) Surface Laptop 4 with i7-1185G7 / Intel Iris Xe Graphics 3) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro with AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX / Integrated AMD Radeon Graphics I am going to use it for web browsing, microsoft office, photoshop and web designing mostly. Perhaps, 1-2 games time to time. I want something fast with a good battery life (10+).

[@tungeshnaidu4569]

Hey Tom, would you recommend buying the surface laptop 4 to an Architect who would have to use a lot of 3D rendering softwares?

[@LazyPCRehab]

Only Alcantara on the Ryzen 13 inch killed it for me. I would've loved to have the ice blue 13 inch with a Ryzen processor, Alcantara starts to yellow from the oils in your hands.

[@TheDragiix3]

this is gonna sound like a weird commercial lol, but I used to have trouble with oily hands and always used to leave finger prints on laptops. I can just recommend you to always rinse your hands with very cold water as hot water makes you sweat directly after drying - I never had issues with the alcantara yellowing or showing any sign of oil, you should definitely clean it with a damp cloth from time to time that has a bit of soap on it!

[@ToriZealot]

my alcantara version stayed clean for years!

[@LazyPCRehab]

@@ToriZealot Many other peoples did not, check the used market, it's gross.

[@macgyver3239]

These are some really nice wallpapers, where did you get them?

[@faisalalhelalat5878]

What is the best screen size for engineering as an engineering student: 13.5 inch or 15 inch, and are there any effects of 13.5 inch on my work as an engineer?

[@valeriewong2176]

How would you say this compares with the surface laptop 3?

[@andrewnelson7219]

Yes can we get a comparison to them 3 laptops I would like to know if windows have got anything that can compete with the M1 chip from apple👍

[@andyH_England]

The AMD performs moderately when on the battery as MS has power throttled it to get that good battery life. There are no clever M1 four efficiency cores, it is simply killing the performance. A bit of a trick and really this should be noted by reviewers as influencers suggesting it is MS magic! I can get 10h SoT with the original Surface Laptop if I power those settings down, so not really excited by the battery life. In fact, looking at my Surface Laptop it looks exactly like the new one and still performs an ultrabook workflow without any issues. Not sure why I would buy the newer version and I suspect those with older Surface Laptops are asking the same question? Mine has stood up well, including the Alcantara, so as for QC on the original it is impressive (the Laptop 3 did have screen issues). I certainly prefer a multiple of ultrabooks over this in 2021 and find it hard to be as enthusiastic as the YT creator gang! For instance, I have seen the same spec Dell XPS 13 (i5/8gb) for £450 less! Then again, the Surface line is very niche with low quarterly revenue compared to the big sellers, so probably caters for the affiliated buying community (SME).

[@featherflores4903]

If you had to choose one which one would you choose Surface Laptop 4 or MacBook Air XPS 13?

[@calvincampbell64]

Well done on hitting the million mark

[@mikedowney8281]

Between a Dell XPS 13’ and Surface 4 13.3’ which one is better of dealing with multi screening such as have 1 or 2 extended external screens via USB-C. Considering both i7 processors. Would I need to consider a more powerful graphics card inside ?

[@darth_jar_jar.]

Which work better for programming? I will be doing full stack work.

[@jamesgray2002]

Should I get the base 13.5" or the base 15" ?

[@murrmurr765]

That sharp part would obviously dull out after a while. I've had multiple Surfaces with that keyboard and I like it a lot!

[@neeleshmuthusamy4801]

Hi, I am an accounting student and I am looking for a laptop with 15 inch screen,long battery life,11th gen processor and preferebly with numerical keypad. Which would be the best catch ?

[@lucytsai3334]

If I want to buy this for my four years in college with a computer science major, what do you think I should get? (Processors, RAM, Storage)

[@thetechnerd1617]

Well, I already got the M1 base Air, solid laptop, all of the three are great

[@adamw2307]

Hey Tom - is it worth waiting for the surface 3 to come down in price? Is it that much of a difference real world to buy the 4 over a 3?

[@RRJOfficial]

I'd suggest to buy Surface 4 (Ryzen) instead of Surface 3. :)

[@elimiller-buza549]

You could do the storage repair on the laptop 3. Also you can charge through the USB c port.

[@beyondfossil]

To users of the Surface 4: What is the typical operating fan noise level of your Microsoft Surface 4? Is it at least as quiet as the x64 MacBook Pro that have good cooling with their metal magnesium cases? For those that don't have: the x86 MacBook Pros only really get super loud when doing huge CPU loads like heavy rendering, 3D gaming, or some runaway bad Javascript coding on web pages. Other than that, most of the time the MacBook Pro's are near silent running. The M1 MacBooks will be even quieter but I just want to compare with the x64 CPUs for now. A loud laptop which is literally right in front of me is now a huge turn off and I can't stand it anymore. I've sworn off Apple products but their M1 ARM based laptops might actually having me switch my main laptop to MacBook Pro which I only ever use for work.

[@EventH0riz0n]

Just bought myself a black 15". I wish it had something like that "magic keyboard" the MacBook has, that looks so cool and is so usefull. But other than that im really happy with my purchase. Oh, and the screen being very reflective is a little bit annoying but only rarely.

[@Barathnarayanan]

Alcantara is awesome. Have been using it for the past one year. Only issue is keeping it clean. I struggle with it a lot.

[@kenn6592]

Surface, MacBook, and XPS are the three laptops I am looking at. I do not do any gaming but I am using Photoshop more and more and my current Acer is not up to it. I believe I need 16GB RAM, and whilst I keep the RAW files on a separate drive, I still probably need 1 TB to store my JPEGS. I use an iPad a lot but not sure about moving to the back system completely. I know it’s a pretty broad question but would appreciate any thoughts on these three as a photographer’s tools. Thanks for the original insight.

[@kenn6592]

That’s ‘ Mac system’ 🙄

[@ThierryTiramisu]

Good sir, you've earned my subscription to your channel :)

[@ibraheem1224]

Hey Tom if a viewer like me wants to contact you for asking some questions (purely related to tech) Where should I post them? On your twitter page??

[@charlesmoore7770]

With Microsoft 360 would you recommend a mac or laptop?

[@RainorShine1]

I would like to know which one is good for digital art no Apple though. I have photoshop as well

[@samihussaini1699]

Can you increase the brightness of the keyboard back light? Or is just the same? Because its not that visible with lights on

[@revelationsoundstudio]

I see the 13" helpful if your traveling with it a lot. However if your computer stays home usually, the 15" is much nicer. if your watching videos, or just generally reading on it the bigger size is it for me. I don't like that they only allow 2 colors with the 15" however and I don't like the black color which so many other companies like Dell have, The Silver is much better which is not metallic. Still I wish they had the cool blue ice color that the 13" has.

[@laurentahuka5172]

Yeah, I agree with that. I really want the ice blue one as well, but I was thinking of getting the 15" in the black matte color. Now you said you don't like the black, is that just a personal preference or is the silver better?

[@revelationsoundstudio]

@@laurentahuka5172 I just like the silver which looks like a Mac. Lol

[@laurentahuka5172]

@@revelationsoundstudio ah ok thanks

[@pualongwei3128]

@@laurentahuka5172 o

[@badabing8884]

I got myself a MacBook Air M1. I use MS RDS a lot and the only thing is that Teams on RDS can't access microphone, which means I can't use Teams properly on phonically, video conferencing and screen sharing properly. So if they sort that out then no need to consider getting an alternative windows 10 laptop.

[@braxton298]

Were the benchmarks done on battery or AC power? AMD throttles down substantially on battery.

[@ThierryTiramisu]

Great review!

[@jessewilson83]

I use the surface 4 13.5" on construction sites. Trying to find a protective case but can't see to have much luck finding one...

[@ozairakhtarcom]

Is Microsoft Surface Laptop 4, is like a stock Windows and Bios from Windows? As like we see in Google Pixel for Android users ☺

[@obidean3964]

Of the 3 (Surface Laptop, XPS, MacBook Air), mac easily top my list, the M1 performance seems too good to be true for the price but it's really legit tho haha plus ARM is truly the future of computing. But forget those 2 Windows ultrabooks, I'm actually way more excited with the newly launched Galaxy Book Pro lineup, imo these are the most compelling alternative from Windows side against MacBook M1. Hopefully you'll fully review them very soon Tom 🤭

[@rodsmith8884]

How well does Adobe programs work on the SP4? Mainly for graphic design?

[@samuelsell6165]

Please do a comparison between surface and dell xps. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I need a new windows laptop and can't decide between dell and Microsoft. I think MacBook isn't necessary to compare because it is still untouchable in my opinion.

[@christopherng5847]

I prefer quality and better support surface will be my first pick. Had few xps it didnt went well.

[@AlaskaEsq]

@@christopherng5847 that’s fair. Frustrated with XPS but I’m to hesitant to make the switch. It’s the devil I know😂

[@_krishnap687_]

Hey Tom, if my budget were to be 1041 pounds for a new laptop and my requirements were: Intel i5 or over or AMD Ryzen 3 or over, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD or over, what laptop would be your recommendation?

[@shan0063]

Why don’t you go for a zen book 14 UX425?

[@nikkiakbari1019]

I totally confused which laptop should I buy for ui/ux designing. Stuck between surface laptop 4, xps 13, surface book 3.

[@whatskrakin37]

I personally wouldn’t recommend the Alcantara unless you can clean it a lot. But after owning my Surface Pro 6 with the Alcantara for over 2 years now, it’s gotten dirty on the left and right corners by the trackpad. It’s blue Alcantara and it’s gotten brownish. I’ve tried cleaning it but it just doesn’t come off

[@aliasrandom9241]

were the laptops plugged in for video export test or run on battery power? AMD slows down substantially on battery for some reason - and it is not in Windows settings - so plugged in, the numbers are very different