Microsoft emphasized how the Surface compared to the MacBook Air, equipped with the M3, but the M4 is on the horizon.
As Microsoft showed off its new Arm-based Surface Laptop Monday, just as much attention was paid to how it compares against its competition, namely, Apple’s popular MacBook Air.
“Connected to and enhanced by the large language models running in our Azure Cloud in concert with small language models , Copilot+ PCs can now achieve a level of performance never seen before,” Microsoft details in a. “They are up to 20x more powerful and up to 100x as efficient for running AI workloads and deliver industry-leading AI acceleration. They outperform Apple’s MacBook Air 15″ by up to 58% in sustained multithreaded performance, all while delivering all-day battery life.
Microsoft just did a live batch photo editing comparison between their new Surface Laptop and the MacBook air M3. Theirs handled the job almost twice as fast … Love when tech companies directly address the competitionThat said, the MacBook Air starts at $1,000, the same price as the new Surface — and that model only packs an M2. The 13-inch model with the M3 is another $100 and the 15-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip runs $1,300. The MacBook Pro starts at $1,600.
If the Surface Laptop truly is the fastest Windows PC, then creatives might not be entirely impressed. That said, Microsoft’s strong partnerships with hardware and software companies enable it to achieve some really impressive performance.
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