Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 vs M1 MacBook Air - WOW

Let’s compare the new Microsoft Surface Go 3 to the M1 MacBook Air!

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0:00 specs and pricing
1:08 design and ports
2:43 displays size
3:38 touch screen and brightness
4:59 backlight bleed and colors
5:44 pixel density
6:24 backlight
6:57 speakers
7:57 cameras and mics
8:30 keyboard and trackpad
11:25 cpu performance
14:04 gpu performance
14:29 gaming tests
17:02 general performance
14:44 battery and charging
19:13 heat and fan
20:13 which to get?

[JerrySchulze]

👀 iPhone 15 is like a computer with all these USB-C accessories!:

[bryans]

I've owned two Surface laptops over the years and was pleased with the build quality, but I am running a MacBook these days because, IMHO, I think they offer superior quality.

[NicholasMcClure]

M1 Air still a no brainer for a fast, economical, efficient, value for money, general purpose laptop. After 3+ years. Wow.

[NicholasMcClure]

There has literally NEVER been a time I've wanted a touch screen on a laptop. The trackpads on Macs are so intuitive and smooth - and I HATE getting finger schmutz on a big screen. I can live with it on a phone, easy to clean. Would be cleaning my laptop screen every 5 min with a touch screen, no thanks.

[pea]

What’s wild to me is that a 3y old MacBook kinda smokes a now/recent Surface.

[jeshiradouglas]

I never get the "I wish the Macbook had a touchscreen" argument. I have both hands on the keyboard and my thumb rests on the touchpad. To scroll I quickly move two fingers down without ever having to lift my palm. It feels very natural, comfortable and lazy. I dont think I have ever thought "man I wish i could raise my hands from the keyboard to grease up the screen..."

[scara]

The best thing about the M apple devices is that I can actually rest them on my lap, without burning my lap or having to endure loud spinning fans. That and the battery which never seems to run out.
This is my best laptop ever (13" Macbook Pro M1 + 16GB Mem + 512GB ssd).

[beaujeste]

I’ve had the M1 MBA for a couple of years, it’s my first Mac and I enjoy it but am still getting used to MacOS. Work has always been Microsoft based and I didn’t feel ready to be without a Windows PC at home, so recently I picked up the Surface Laptop Go 2 on sale to replace an old Dell XPS 13. The difference between the SLG2 and SLG3 just wasn’t worth paying considerably more for the newer model.

Needless to say, the Mac is better all round but the SLG2 is perfectly adequate for office productivity purposes, and its touchscreen for scrolling and pinching to zoom is very welcome. Both laptops are great for portability and I think are a good combo for those who like having a foot in each camp without needing the latest and greatest device.

[paulk]

I recently went over to a Mac for the first time ever. I have been using windows laptops for many years, and I must say that I am shocked. The quality of the m2 MacBook Air is just amazing. Performance is fantastic, and build quality is absolutely insanely good.

[marlo-ji]

Let the M1 videos coming. Peoples are still buying it as their first Macbook!

[nnnnnn]

no backlight keyboard - two years old processor. Microsoft is Microsoft.

[rasmusjonsson]

The reason for the smaller difference in performance of Minecraft compared to Tomb Raider is that Minecraft depends on single core performance and Tomb Raider on GPU performance.
Thanks for the video!

[kojonketsia]

It’s embarrassing to compare 2023 tech to 2020 and the 2020 is still smoking the new tech

[bottlefish]

Although MacBook Air doesn't have a fan, it has fans

[anonymoususer]

Would love to see a comparison between the new Surface Laptop Studio 2 and Macbook Pro 14!

[karanjoshi]

Opening laptop with one hand makes zero difference, ZERO. I don't know why everyone tries to make a big deal out of it.

[shriyad]

I bought MacBook air m1 brand new from Amazon last week it was £848 and i got amazon token of £126 and bought it £721 it has been phenomenal ❤😊

[tadmarshall]

Wow, great comparison video! I'm kind of shocked at how badly the Surface machine misses the mark. The sound from the speakers is so bad! Thanks for your thoroughness.

[ajcph]

Why is microsoft always BS about its battery life as compared the Apple?

[malk]

Great video - thanks! All the relevant data, and without extraneous blabla. I particularly liked how you let the speaker comparison speak entirely for itself.
I left the Windows world, for the most part 18 years ago. I still run it on a desktop for some tasks, but do whatever I can on Macos and Ios. Your video illustrates why in many ways even 18 years later. Better engineering, smoother experience. So shocking to hear the battery usage of the Surface while IDLE, compared to the Mac - which I would guess is down to Windows doing extraneous operations during idle time - and needing to run the fans (engineering shortcomings in heat dissipation and CPU consumption compared to the M1 Mac).

I'm pretty laid back about all this: use whatever works for you, but I would be remiss if I didn't share with you the event that made me leave Windows forever. I was doing an important tape backup of footage overnight, in the field. I woke up to discover that Windows had decided it wanted to update itself without asking my opinion, and had no qualms restarting the machine mid tape backup. Hours lost, but more importantly, trust irreparably lost. I realized in that moment that the gulf between my professional needs, and the way the Windows engineers conceived of their work, would possibly never be bridged.