In ALL fields the M1 utterly destroys the Laptop 4, power, battery life, screen quality (laptop 4 is actually very good, but some black crushes issues on some videos that are problematic), keyboard (although it depends on preferences), touchpad, overall snappiness.

I used to buy only Surface products before the Macbook Air, and switching to it and now owning both, I severely dislike the Laptop 4 because the M1 exists. No, the reason I bought a Laptop 4 is purely for work and some incompatible programs with M1 Macbook. Didn't hear any fan noise on my Ryzen 5, although the computer gets a bit hot sometimes, mainly during windows updates. Battery life is very good for a Windows laptop (I have the Ryzen 5 version in 13,5), I didn't measure it but I think it's around 8-9 hours in normal use (but the M1 is around 13 hours). That being said, let's judge the Surface 4 for what it is. If you don't need windows and that particular architecture, I would recommend you to buy an M1 Air rather than any other portable device on the market. I prefer one million times working on the Mac. I have a Macbook Air M1 and a Surface Laptop 4, both bought for work. But I haven’t personally owned it, so I can’t make any hard objections to the Pro X.Įdit: Corrected which model SL4 I had (Ryzen not Intel). At this point, it seems like the Pro 8 does offers all the benefits of the Pro X with much fewer trade offs and better battery. I took a good look at the Pro X when it came out, but there were too many drawbacks with too few advantages for me. If the Laptop Studio flakes out for any reason and needs to be replaced, I’d go straight back to the SL4. I’ve owned more than seven Surface devices. I loved the look and versatility of the Studio, so I got it and sold the SL4. The ONLY reason I don’t have it now is the release of the Surface Laptop Studio six months after the SL4 came out. I used a 13” SL2 for the two years before that, also with no problems. I honestly never noticed the fan, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t on I just never noticed it enough to think about it either way. I was getting 9ish hours out of it with around 50% brightness (normal brightness for me). I had zero problems with the replacement the whole time I had it. The first one I (release day) got had a bad battery.

I had a 15” R7/16 for six months this year.

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