Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Laptop Review: Wow, Qualcomm Finally Has a Winner

Running on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processors, the new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop delivered on the promise of top performance and long battery life.

0:00 Intro
0:47 Surface Pro 11
3:40 Surface Laptop 7
4:47 AI Features
8:17 Final Thoughts

#surfacepro #copilot #surfacelaptop

[ROBOROBOROBOROBO]

Say what you will, as a loyal Apple user, I am very dissapointed in newest Ipads. They have great hardware but Ipad OS software is deliberately limited not the hurt Mac sales.

What they don't know is customers want to take notes with a pen also on a computer and Surface Pro looks like a Ipad Pro killer to me. While trying to protect Mac sales, they will lose from both.

[anuradharanasinghe]

Why are laptops and tablets getting more expensive now compared to smartphones. I mean few years ago you were able to get flagship laptops for less than 1000 bucks but recently they have been getting insanely expensive.

[dreamingabyss]

I'm returning my new iPad for one of these, and selling my MacBook Air. As someone who is constantly doing math by hand, drawing scientific diagrams in chem / bio, and needs to use 365, this thing is a great device. I didn't get the OLED because I really don't need it, but I'm still very happy that they added such a good webcam for Zoom / Teams. The only significant change I want to see is better pen performance.

[melaleucatree]

It would be really good to do a separate video on the software compatibility with these new ARM processes.
For example, is there a compatibility issue with the whole Adobe suite? How about running Visual Studio, SQL Server and Power BI? Can it run without any problems?

[filehazir]

Considering Apple rushed M4 and debuted it with an iPad Pro instead of a MacBook shows they felt the heat!

[lazyreuvin]

USD $450 for the keyboard and pen!?!? WHY?!?

[ccartee]

One useful AI/NPU feature you missed was “Live Caption”. It can take input from a video/audio or from the microphone and generate English captions on the fly. Very useful for videos that don’t have captions.

[akin]

I would rank the Surface Laptop 7 ahead of the Surface Pro. Far better better life and easier to place on your lap. It seems it is only good for office workers, programmers using C#/Python/Typscript, and general web browsing. Basically, typical Microsoft users minus gamers.

Photo & video editors are better off staying with MacBooks or Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i (Intel version). Gamers are better off with Ryzen CPU laptops.

[karthikmohan]

i think just the fact that people are comparing the surface pro 11 to actual laptops instead of the ipad pro says a lot. For tab users, this is an amazing product. Also, hope manufacturers like asus add option to set custom power drain to save even more battery 🤞

[timmyjan]

i want the new processors but dont want the copilot or it should be uninstallable at least

side note what is that watch you are wearing??? thnaks

[jlr_]

I think this review failed to touch on ARM compatibility with most mainstream software. I'm sure Office runs fine, but what about other third party?

[guinassi]

Qualcomm have dominated on mobile. They have had a winner for a while...

[aungthuhein]

That's all you've got to say about Windows' transition to Arm chips?

[donovantheprogrammer]

Why don't tech reviewers ever try holding the Surface Pro with one hand? if anyone is reading this just know that the lack of bezels make it almost impossible to hold like an actual tablet.

[bharat]

Beautiful machines. Surface hardware has always been up there with its fit, finish and functionality.

Glad to know the software has caught up too!

[redrei]

So are copilot features unique or will I be able to use them on a regular current or future Intel/AMD x86 architecture PC with their own NPUs? 🤔

[rosariodagosto]

Why. So. Expensive.
Its. Just. Laptop. Surface

[chrism]

Seems these snapdragon chips drain much more battery when streaming 4k vs 1080p, like half the endurance

[systemBuilder]

The keyboard & pen are a money grab, a more fair price for the keyboard + pen would probably be $250. However, there are almost no other detachable fast laptops on the market like this one.

[ImadKhan]

I am curious as to what gaming performance looks like on Snapdragon X Elite machines