My jaw is still on the floor. You won't believe the battery life we recorded for the Surface Laptop 7 , which is a part of Microsoft's "Surface" family that features a wide variety of devices, from tablets to convertibles. And quite frankly, I was never the biggest fan of Surface machines.
They all seem to be missing that je ne sais quoi — that X factor — that makes 'em stand out in the world of MacBooks, Lenovo ThinkPads, and Dell XPS series laptops. The competition was always quite stiff for the Surface family, with rivals offering more performance for the price. The biggest hindrance to the Surface family's success was, sorry to say it, Intel.
(Even when Microsoft decided to pack AMD chips inside their laptops, they performed significantly better than their Intel-based variants.) "It's me! Hi! I'm the problem it's me," is what Intel should be saying, quoting Taylor Swift. Now Microsoft has made the smart decision to ditch Intel for the Surface Laptop 7, which features a star chipset called Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite.
Long story short, Qualcomm said the Snapdragon X Elite crushes MacBooks, particularly the models with the M3 chips — and it didn't tell a lie. Did it make our best laptops list? Read on to find out. The Surface Laptop 7 I tested for this review costs $1,999 via Amazon and comes with the following specs: If that's too much, Amazon is also selling a Microsoft Surface Laptop for just $1,199 , but it comes with some downgrades, including 16GB of RAM, 512GB .
