Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Sky Blue 2025
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
What Buyers Say
Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Sky Blue 2025
The MacBook Air M4 is widely praised for its fast performance, excellent battery life, and lightweight design, making it ideal for everyday tasks, photo editing, and light video work. Users appreciate the improved keyboard, MagSafe charging, and support for two external displays. However, some note that the base storage is too small and expensive to upgrade, and a few report thermal throttling under heavy loads or minor issues like fingerprint smudges on the Midnight finish.
Pros
- Fast M4 performance
- Excellent battery life
- Lightweight and portable design
- Improved keyboard feel
- MagSafe charging
Cons
- Expensive storage upgrades
- Base storage too small (256GB)
- Fingerprint smudges on Midnight finish
- Thermal throttling under heavy loads
- Only two Thunderbolt ports
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
Users are very satisfied with this Surface Laptop, praising its build quality, smooth trackpad, excellent screen brightness, and long battery life. One reviewer noted a printer connectivity issue, but overall sentiment is highly positive.
Pros
- Excellent screen brightness
- Smooth trackpad
- Great battery life
- Solid build quality
- Magnetic charging port
Cons
- Printer connectivity issue
Scores
Specifications
| Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 | Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | ||
| CPU | Apple M4 ★ | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| CPU Multi-Core Score | No data | |
| Cores | 10 | 12★ |
| Frequency | — | 3.4 GHz★ |
| L3 Cache | — | 6 MB★ |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU* | Apple M4 10-core★ | Qualcomm Adreno GPU |
| GPU Benchmark Score | ||
| Type | integrated | integrated |
| VRAM Type | Unified | Shared |
| Memory & Storage | ||
| RAM | 24 GB | 64 GB★ |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Storage 1 | 512 GB | 1 TB★ |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD | NVMe SSD★ |
| Display | ||
| Size | 13.6" | 15" |
| Resolution | 2560 px★ | 2496 px |
| Panel | IPS | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz★ |
| Brightness | 500 nits | 600 nits★ |
| Color Gamut | one billion colors | sRGB |
| Connectivity | ||
| USB-C Ports | 2 | 2 |
| USB Ports | 0 | 1★ |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | USB4 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E | Wi-Fi 7★ |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.4★ |
| Physical | ||
| Weight | 1.24 kg★ | 1.66 kg |
| Battery | 54 Wh | 66 Wh★ |
| OS | macOS | Windows 11 Pro |
Pros & Cons
Apple MacBook Air 13.6" M4 Sky Blue 2025
- Strong social proof (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong reliability (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong portability (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong screen (89th percentile)89th %ile
Microsoft Surface Laptop 15" 7th Edition Black 2025
- Strong cpu (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong ram (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong screen (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong reliability (81st percentile)81st %ile
- Below average gpu (28th percentile)
Verdict
Scores 81 overall, wins 7 of 8 usage categories and 6 of 27 specs.