In this video we are reviewing two laptops that have amazing specifications and are great for students, but both Macbook Air and Surface laptop 3 have differences and similarities that anyone who is looking forward to buy them should consider. So, in this video we will compare both laptops and see which one is better.
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The surface laptop 3 from Microsoft and the macbook air from apple both have a lot of similarities in their design, since both feel very smooth and classy with that aluminum chassis, sleek curves, clean surfaces and large touchpads. The only thing in which Microsoft makes a change in design is that they offer another material for their keyboards that they call Alcantara fabric, which you can get if you really want to vary from aluminum, but the only downside is that it can get dirty over time.
The 13-inch Surface Laptop 3 and the MacBook Air have very similar weights and measurements. The Surface Laptop 3 is 0.6 inches thick and weighs 2.9 pounds, while the MacBook Air is also 0.6 inches thick but slightly lighter, at 2.8 pounds. Also, the Surface laptop 3 has an option with a bigger screen, The 15-inch Laptop 3, which is as thin as the smallest laptops, but weighs 3.4 pounds.
The differences between both of the laptops don't take long to notice, since the surface 3 comes with way more options in ports than the macbook. Both versions of the Surface Laptop 3 have a USB-C port, USB-A input, a Surface Connect port, and a headphone jack, while The MacBook Air only has two Thunderbolt 3 ports and a headphone jack, so if you are going to be transferring a lot of archives to your laptop for video editing or things like that maybe the surface 3 is better for you.
Talking about the screen, the macbook air has a 13,3 inches Retina display which is not to crazy but it's relatively bright and vivid. On the other hand, the Surface 3 has a 13,5 or 15 inches pixel sense display, depending on which option you choose, and it comes with a touchscreen, which the macbook air doesn't have. The surface 3 display also looks bright and vivid, and in my opinion it looks better than the display in the macbook.
The daily performance with a normal use is great in both laptops and it is almost the same, but you do get more performance in the surface laptop at the time of playing some games or editing videos, since they don't have the same processor. The 13 inch surface laptop 3 has an intel core i7 10th generation, which is the same as the 15 inch surface laptop, but on the 15 inch model you can choose between the Intel core i7 10th generation or an AMD ryzen 7 3780 U.
On the other hand, the macbook air comes with an intel core i5 Y series, these are low-power chips that offer long battery life, but they are underpowered compared to the U-series intel in the new Surface Laptop 3. So, if you are looking for something powerful I will suggest the Surface laptop, since you will get that little extra more performance.
Talking about the storage capacity in both laptops we have a good amount of storage. The 13 inch model of the surface laptop comes with 4 options, being 128, 256, 512GB and 1TB in SSD; and the 15 inch model of the surface laptop comes with 3 options, 128, 256 and 512GB in SSD. While the macbook air also has 3 options, which are 256, 512GB, and 1TB.The good thing about the surface laptop is that you can upgrade your storage to a Solid State Drive and get a faster storage, an option which you don't have in the macbook air.
Finally, all these laptops, the 13 and 15 inch surface laptop, and the macbook air all have the same options when it comes to RAM memory, which is 8 and 16GB options respectively for each device.
In terms of the battery autonomy, Microsoft claims that both models of the surface laptop can last up to 11 and a half hours on a charge with normal use, but it is always less than they say so I would say you can get up to 9 hours, obviously in a normal use and not using very demanding programs.
Having said that, the macbook air also has a good battery life, with up to 8 hours and 51 minutes with normal use. Both laptops have almost the same battery autonomy with around 9 hours in normal use, so it could be said that they are tied in this point.
