Of course, we can't comment on battery benchmarks yet, but Apple does claim the M4 MacBook Air should see you through 18 hours. To compare, Microsoft says the Surface Laptop 7 will last 20 hours.

The Surface Laptop 7, while still providing decent battery life, may not match the MacBook Pro’s endurance, especially when running demanding applications or engaging in resource-intensive tasks.

Overall, the design of the Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 is on par with Apple’s MacBook series of laptops. It’s rare to find a Windows laptop that can compete at this level.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 1190 Apple MacBook Air 13 (M3) 1097 Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 7440 807 Microsoft Surface Pro 11 771 Acer Swift Go 14 (SFG14-72T) 760 HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) 595 Lenovo ...

Overall, it's a very strong competitor to (and, in some ways, better than) Apple's MacBook Air. If you're in the market for one of those, I'd suggest you check out the Surface Laptop 7 first.

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 7 makes all the right changes for 2024, resulting in a gorgeous, fast and long-lasting laptop that’s hard to beat for the price.

But right now you can get a Surface Laptop 7 with a super-efficient Snapdragon processor for just $599 on eBay. This is the 13.8-inch 2024 model, ... covering everything from Apple to ZTE.

The Surface Laptop 4 has a starting price of $1,300, configured with a Ryzen 7 4980U CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. At the high end, you’ll spend $2,400 for an Intel Core i7, 32GB of RAM, and ...