Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
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Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#2Very interesting developments. I wonder how good X Elite's performance per watt is compared to the M3. Then again, Apple will soon restock all Macs with M4-level processors (reported, take it with a grain of salt). M4 beats the X Elite, but its not really a fair comparison since the X Elite is meant to compete with the M3. It seems like the X Elite is close to M3, but uses much more power [0].
[0]: https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-compare/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-...
Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#3So the new pro-level laptop from MS+QCOM (they are bragging of the specs of the one with Snapdragon X Elite chip which starts at $1,500) and ships in a month beats last year's entry-level mac, which starts at $999 and has been shipping for a year?
Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#4Very interesting developments. I wonder how good X Elite's performance per watt is compared to the M3. Then again, Apple will soon restock all Macs with M4-level processors (reported, take it with a grain of salt). M4 beats the X Elite, but its not really a fair comparison since the X Elite is meant to compete with the M3. It seems like the X Elite is close to M3, but uses much more power [0]. [0]: https://nanoreview…
Do they say that when they developed it or after when they find out they cannot beat the M4
that they are not competing with something they cannot beat?
Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#5So the new pro-level laptop from MS+QCOM (they are bragging of the specs of the one with Snapdragon X Elite chip which starts at $1,500) and ships in a month beats last year's entry-level mac, which starts at $999 and has been shipping for a year?
while using more power ;)
Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#6Very interesting developments. I wonder how good X Elite's performance per watt is compared to the M3. Then again, Apple will soon restock all Macs with M4-level processors (reported, take it with a grain of salt). M4 beats the X Elite, but its not really a fair comparison since the X Elite is meant to compete with the M3. It seems like the X Elite is close to M3, but uses much more power [0]. [0]: https://nanoreview…
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Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#7What concerns me the most is the repairability. We make extensive use of Macbook Air M1 and M2 units, and we have a support contract for repairing the devices onsite.
We also have a support contract for repair of Surface Pro units, and when these die they get sent away to Microsoft and a replacement eventually arrives. From what I can tell, they have dreadful repairability.
Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#8Faster doesn't tell the whole story. For example, I'll take 80% as fast with 8 hours of battery life over 100% speed at 2 hours.
Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#9> As for battery life, Copilot+ PCs support up to 15 hours of web browsing or 22 hours of local video playback. The MacBook Air models offer the same 15 hours of wireless web browsing, but only 18 hours of local video playback.
This is so underrated. I got a new macbook air as a temp while my m1 max gets repaired and it blows my mind how I had it unplugged for 2 days over the weekend and the battery is still going.
It's like range anxiety in cars, not worrying about hunting down my usb-c charger I left in some random room is nice
Re: Microsoft says new Surface Pro is faster than 15" M3 MacBook Air
#10Do they sleep/wake properly though? If not, it's going to be absolutely useless for me.