Switching to Surface Laptop 7 From A MacBook User - The BEST & WORST Parts

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  • @zshanahmad2669
    @zshanahmad2669 6 місяців тому +418

    hey rich, i am poor.

    • @leskopeter593
      @leskopeter593 6 місяців тому +17

      This made me laugh more than i would like to admit😂

    • @jackkelly7884
      @jackkelly7884 6 місяців тому +1

      Kekeke 😅

    • @zshanahmad2669
      @zshanahmad2669 6 місяців тому

      ​@@ysryashraj wait can we change youtube usernames?

    • @philipehusani
      @philipehusani 6 місяців тому +3

      Hey poor, I'm poorer.

    • @Nirvana_Replica
      @Nirvana_Replica 4 місяці тому +4

      Hi poor, I’m broke

  • @RZ302
    @RZ302 6 місяців тому +92

    Oh, Rich is the name? I thought the video opened with a really weird flex xD

    • @comedyman112
      @comedyman112 5 місяців тому +2

      Imagine his parents when giving him his name.... Smug 😅

  • @nickg31224
    @nickg31224 6 місяців тому +7

    My man, your videos are so well done And your transitions are so smooth. Love it. You earned a sub

  • @SenselInc
    @SenselInc 6 місяців тому +11

    We're thrilled that you're a fan of the Sensel-powered haptic touchpad in the SL7! 🥰 And really nice job explaining the benefits of haptic touchpads over the old-school diving board type touchpads. 🙌

  • @loitersquadX
    @loitersquadX 6 місяців тому +36

    Mac OS makes no sense to me. But I love iPad pro. I just prefer Samsung and Microsoft products for some reason.

    • @alienbee239
      @alienbee239 6 місяців тому +3

      same opinion

    • @loitersquadX
      @loitersquadX 6 місяців тому +1

      @@alienbee239 what's better galaxy book or microsoft laptop

    • @alienbee239
      @alienbee239 6 місяців тому +5

      @@loitersquadX display - samsung, overall surface - better build quality, haptic trackpad, less bloatware, magsafe charger, surface laptop + samsung phone 📱💕👍🏼

    • @loitersquadX
      @loitersquadX 6 місяців тому +1

      @@alienbee239 do you get any features with a galaxy laptop opposed to a microsoft? Like does Samsung have exclusive features with their products or will it work all the same

    • @motivewave001
      @motivewave001 6 місяців тому +3

      Agreed. MacOs is not so great and they out zero effort in making it consumer friendly. There is a reason windows is preferred all around the world

  • @akin242002
    @akin242002 6 місяців тому +3

    For general office work, data analysis work, and photography it is at it's best.
    The problems come when you need to print things up on old printers (bad drivers), gaming, and video editing. It just isn't built for those things yet or not at all. At least not at an acceptable level.

    • @asrp4284
      @asrp4284 6 місяців тому +2

      no gaming is required for productivity, which this laptop is built for

  • @SoleilCustomGuitars
    @SoleilCustomGuitars 4 місяці тому +3

    I have the 13.8" version with the x elite. AMAZING!!! I'll never go back to a PC with Intel or AMD.

  • @adua78
    @adua78 20 днів тому

    My take after using both MacBook Air M3 and Surface Laptop 7 (both 15”): I loved everything about how the Mac looks, feels, and how pretty and sleek the OS is. I loved actually USING the Surface for productivity sake. Mac gave me an utter headache trying to learn all the 3 step keyboard commands to do basic tasks. To watch movies, sync iPhone, and just…play around, MacBook. To work efficiently and productively, Surface and Windows OS. and this Surface gets pretty damn close to MacBook in the style department. 👍🏻

  • @melkileo
    @melkileo 5 місяців тому +3

    Their 20 hours of battery life is for LOCAL video playback, which seems fair

  • @elliekim6666
    @elliekim6666 6 місяців тому +6

    I bought the Macbook Pro 14 M3 Pro that I have but I did get a Surface Laptop 7 13.8 and I like it so far. I have always preferred Windows over MacOS but Mac's just last longer with the M Series chips over intel or AMD chips ( AMD was tolerable ) So far I like the battery life but I haven't put it though it's paces.

    • @vctlmn
      @vctlmn 5 місяців тому

      From your experience, wich one would you get please ?

    • @elliekim6666
      @elliekim6666 5 місяців тому +1

      @@vctlmn I would go with whichever OS you prefer. Unless there is certain apps that you use that doesn't work on windows on ARM

    • @manuelangelhuamani
      @manuelangelhuamani 4 місяці тому

      until i know Surface comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon a bit better than Intel or AMD

  • @mbahmarijan789
    @mbahmarijan789 4 місяці тому +3

    7:32 the thing I prioritize

  • @thanosarmy22
    @thanosarmy22 6 місяців тому +11

    I love how surface laptop can become a tab

  • @garreswe
    @garreswe 18 днів тому

    I've been super frustrated with my PC laptops, a 14" Intel gen 13 i7 and a 16" Intel gen 14 i7, so I've been seriously considering a Macbook. I hate the PCs terrible battery life, the jet fan noise and annoying little things like Windows forgetting that I always want SD cards to open the file folder when I insert it. I also hate Apple's predatory business strategies like charging excessively for more than 8 GB RAM or removing ports like they have done inte past so I've been very reluctant to buying anything from them.
    The new ARM processors are very interesting but I'm not sure they are there yet. Maybe they will be fine in 1-2 generations.

  • @nicholaslee6286
    @nicholaslee6286 5 місяців тому +1

    Excellent video. Was wondering if this would be a good choice for engineering students considering that it has an ARM chip?

    • @000-j9t3h
      @000-j9t3h 5 місяців тому

      Algunos programas no son compatibles, por el ARM, pero eso es algo que con el tiempo se solucionará.

  • @nick0_
    @nick0_ 6 місяців тому +3

    8:04 they mean local video playback, you watched youtube so thats why

  • @kms108
    @kms108 Місяць тому

    I just purchased this over a NEC with similar spec, but I'd like to try the Qualcomm chip. Got it on a discounted price and with tax free, from Japan, oh it's the dune color version, and I intend to upgrade to a 2T ssd.

  • @ga8462
    @ga8462 6 місяців тому

    The slightly elevated digitizer surface seems like it could be an issue long term with respect to durability. Have you noticed any issue (beyond the sharp edge?)

  • @drasianz4683
    @drasianz4683 6 місяців тому +1

    I’m trying to decide which one to get. I am a freshman in college and going into Electrical Engineering. I’ve always been a big apple fan and I am also bring a windows desktop to my dorm to run software that can’t be run on mac but I really can’t decide which I want

    • @samyoo8103
      @samyoo8103 6 місяців тому

      If you have a pc already, just get a mac

    • @asrp4284
      @asrp4284 6 місяців тому

      well if you need cross accessibility and the ability to do that software on the go… you should go for the laptop, as long as you make sure that it has a native arm version or can be emulated from x86, which basically means that it will work…

    • @sckappy4461
      @sckappy4461 6 місяців тому +2

      Honestly, get a windows. The setting of Engineering is mainly windows and sure you can run extra software to run those apps you need but you have to take in account in the OS. Windows is just standard in business.

    • @bhawanigurung9913
      @bhawanigurung9913 5 місяців тому

      @@sckappy4461mac or windows for mba finance marketing major?

  • @fallinginthed33p
    @fallinginthed33p 5 місяців тому +3

    Watching a local video at 100% brightness isn't a good battery benchmark.

  • @_Trakman
    @_Trakman 2 місяці тому

    can you put linux on ARM

  • @Thulebeez
    @Thulebeez 6 місяців тому +1

    Yo I am delaying until 12 month to 18 months. What happened to the ALCANTARA Keyboard?

    • @RichMeYT
      @RichMeYT  6 місяців тому +2

      It’s gone 😭

    • @Thulebeez
      @Thulebeez 6 місяців тому

      @@RichMeYTMicrosoft needs tel us why?

    • @Shortsfortheday21
      @Shortsfortheday21 Місяць тому

      @@Thulebeez I use surface 2 which came with alcantara been almost 5 years now it catches on to dust and dirst really badly and teh material is durable no dount but gte dirty and is impossible to take out

    • @Thulebeez
      @Thulebeez Місяць тому

      @@Shortsfortheday21 I think we all have different cases for using our laptops Microsoft should give us the option if you want Alcantara keyboard or not. Some of us are neat freaks and don’t eat or drink near computer equipment. So we can maintain this type of material on a keyboard.

  • @nblaise21
    @nblaise21 6 місяців тому +1

    excellent video, thank you

  • @seannightwal1765
    @seannightwal1765 6 місяців тому +1

    Is this with an OLED display?

    • @Gio-zi5lw
      @Gio-zi5lw 6 місяців тому +1

      No

    • @seannightwal1765
      @seannightwal1765 6 місяців тому

      @@Gio-zi5lw I guess I'll just wait till they put an OLED display on laptops.

  • @prashamjain8907
    @prashamjain8907 5 місяців тому +1

    Brother, please reply to this (I am a starting college student):- In India during the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale/Flipkart BBD sale, base M1 MacBook Air will be priced around 50k (500 USD); base M2 Air at around 65k (650 USD) and the base M3 at around 85k (850 USD) and the 16 GB variant of the M3 at around 105k (1050 USD). My logic is :- If I buy M1 Air base variant today; it could last me for next 3-4 years but then its resale price will be 0. We can skip the base M2 and there is no point in upgrading the storage as I could just pick the M3 for that price. Now, for the M3, for the 350 dollars, difference I will get a better laptop for next 3-4 years and after that I would get a resale value of around 400-500 dollars which means I could kind of own a M3 Air for less than an M1 Air in a 4 year time frame. Then, if I add the 16 GB upgrade (extra 200 USD), in the 4 years time, when 8 GB ram would really not be enough, I could get additional 150-200 USD resale value (around 70k or 700 USD) meaning it would cost be around the same as the 8 GB M3 MacBook Air or maybe less as 16 GB ram models will be in demand then. So, what call should I take? Which would be a wiser value for money deal??? Please bro, please reply.

    • @An7ant
      @An7ant 5 місяців тому

      get a m3 air 16gb or m2 16gb its worth paying more money right now and when its time to resale i bet you can sell it for at least 700 bucks for m2 gb and 800 for m3 gb just take care or your laptop and that will make the resale value higher. good luck!

    • @prashamjain8907
      @prashamjain8907 5 місяців тому

      @@An7ant yeah, that's what I think I will do. But I am not sure whether to go for M2 or M3 16Gb

    • @solaire_of_the_east
      @solaire_of_the_east 4 години тому

      I wouldn't recommend buying Macs nowadays. Apple has not only practically removed the option of upgradibility and serviceability but is also removing the ports from the Macs. Not to mention their walled garden of an OS. You will get a much better deal by buying a refurbished thinkpad.

  • @naythanshah
    @naythanshah 4 місяці тому

    hey,is it any better than samsung book4 ultra?

    • @RichMeYT
      @RichMeYT  4 місяці тому +3

      I would choose this over the book 4

    • @naythanshah
      @naythanshah 4 місяці тому

      okieee thanks

  • @nadiahizani
    @nadiahizani 4 місяці тому

    Im thinking of buying other than apple products because my apples cant process thru big files, everytime i open big files it keeps on refreshing. And i cant finish my work. I thought it was just me until i heard someone said apple cant support big files like androids do, fast but big files? Nope

  • @owgni
    @owgni 5 місяців тому +1

    Hey Rich, nice laptop review! Now can i watch a review of your cat? 😄

    • @RichMeYT
      @RichMeYT  5 місяців тому +1

      Coming soon!

  • @aspiringastronaut9992
    @aspiringastronaut9992 4 місяці тому

    The MacBook is the best laptop made. The problem is office, particularly Outlook, sucks on the Mac. So I continue to buy Windows laptops.

  • @Ferkkkk
    @Ferkkkk 4 місяці тому

    He seriously ran the GTA 5 on the Surfcace Laptop 7?😳

  • @pgarciaAP
    @pgarciaAP Місяць тому

    Yea that design is unique. 😂

  • @samagopa3895
    @samagopa3895 Місяць тому

    SL7 is not OLED

  • @Thisnthat979
    @Thisnthat979 27 днів тому

    What I like about Mac is you can install OS on external ssd easily.

  • @maciejzamoroka-klimaszewsk8507
    @maciejzamoroka-klimaszewsk8507 3 місяці тому

    Everything is cool except Rec All stuff

  • @jxl1737
    @jxl1737 6 місяців тому +7

    The glaring screen makes it a joke to compare with Mac.

    • @alexs.5107
      @alexs.5107 6 місяців тому +9

      Just like the 69htz makes the mac a joke

    • @josephle2381
      @josephle2381 6 місяців тому +5

      60 hz IPS panel on the Mac🤣

    • @Rparam000
      @Rparam000 6 місяців тому

      @@josephle2381120

    • @alexprivates356
      @alexprivates356 5 місяців тому +1

      @@josephle2381yes, but Rich compares the completely new MS Surface Laptop 7 with a nearly 4 years old MacBook…

    • @UTopia120
      @UTopia120 5 місяців тому +4

      Glare is not an issue. There are anti glare screen protectors everywhere.

  • @petehboy2
    @petehboy2 6 місяців тому +1

    he's too rich

  • @karanjoshi2662
    @karanjoshi2662 6 місяців тому +2

    Already bought an m1 now see you after 7-8years

    • @prk3437
      @prk3437 6 місяців тому +1

      It will be more interesting to see how many years of updates the M series will get.

    • @Stormlywing
      @Stormlywing 5 місяців тому

      @@prk3437 I find Macbook M1 Display i see it was way clear than my windows PC was even their font is clear like they worked on it
      the problem with macbook are Intel are not getting new Updates even if it should increases users switching to macbook
      I think Apple woke up because intel CPU was the slow down
      remember if you made a Laptop that owned by you would you make it all yours parts are yours not other people or from other 3rd party sellers than their own

    • @prk3437
      @prk3437 5 місяців тому

      @@Stormlywing I don't know what Windows PC you used but I have used HP, and now use MSI and my friend has M2 Air. The font clear part is something that I never noticed. They all look the same to me. The problem is, people spend less on windows, then they do typically on a Mac and complain windows is slow or bad display etc. I have seen a lot of such examples.

  • @djross95
    @djross95 5 місяців тому

    The hardware is indeed much closer, but the Surface is still running....Windows.

  • @ritish.bansal
    @ritish.bansal 2 місяці тому

    please, fix your hair

  • @bottlefish6386
    @bottlefish6386 6 місяців тому

    If a Windows PC can't game, why don't I choose a Mac?

    • @Mystiqueii
      @Mystiqueii 6 місяців тому +1

      Cuz both aren’t made with gaming in mind.
      But the reason they are mentioned is to give clearance to those who like to game when taking a break.

    • @RZ302
      @RZ302 6 місяців тому +1

      They can both game, but Windows runs way more games. The arm chip just causes most games to run worse than they could.

    • @prk3437
      @prk3437 6 місяців тому

      Depends on software compatibility. A lot of academic software's I use, don't run on Mac. On ARM, at least they would run with emulation. I am sure they will optimize for ARM, as it catches up.

  • @f-trend2150
    @f-trend2150 5 місяців тому

    By the time windows laptops get started to become slow while macs are almost same like before.