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The Surface Pro X comes with a Microsoft SQ1 or SQ2 ARM processor, which the company claimed has three times the performance of an x86 MacBook Air, whilst also having a 13-hour battery life. This is due to the increased power efficiency of ARM processors compared to traditional x86 processors.
Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop (7th generation) at an AI-related press event on May 20, 2024. The press release touted performance, efficiency, and battery life that would rival the Macbook Air M3, and major performance gains over the Surface Pro 9. The CPU options available are the Snapdragon X Plus with 10 cores ...
Microsoft's subsequent efforts have been focused upon refining the Surface Pro and making it a viable competitor in the premium ultra-mobile PC category, against other Ultrabooks and the MacBook Air, while discontinuing development of ARM-powered Surface devices as the Surface 3 (non-Pro) had an Intel x86 CPU (albeit with lower performance than ...
Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 has a similar size and price to the 11-inch MacBook Air; [70] [71] Apple CEO Tim Cook has criticized the Surface Pro and other ultrabook hybrids running the touch-based Windows 8, that attempt to combine PC and tablet functionality in one device, saying that such devices were confusing like trying to "combine a fridge ...
Steve Jobs introduced the MacBook Air during Apple’s keynote address at the 2008 Macworld conference on January 15, 2008. [4] The first MacBook Air was a 13.3-inch model, initially promoted as the world's thinnest notebook at 1.9 cm (0.75 in) (a previous record holder, 2005's Toshiba Portege R200, was 1.98 cm (0.78 in) high).
The Surface Laptop is a line of laptops marketed by Microsoft, as a sub-brand of their Surface devices. Several models have been produced: Surface Laptop (1st generation), released in 2017; Surface Laptop 2, released in 2018; Surface Laptop 3, released in 2019; Surface Laptop 4, released in 2021; Surface Laptop 5, released in 2022
The Surface Pro 2 launched with the Surface 2, the Touch Cover 2, and the Type Cover 2. Panos Panay, head of Surface at Microsoft was the sole speaker for the event and the advocate for the entire Surface Team and the Surface Remix Project. On May 20, 2014, its successor, the Microsoft Surface Pro 3, was announced. It is bigger than its ...
Compaq Armada laptop from the late 1990s Apple MacBook Air, an "ultraportable" laptop weighing under 3.0 lb (1.36 kg) A Lenovo IdeaPad laptop Lenovo's ThinkPad business laptop, originally an IBM product Asus Transformer Pad, a hybrid tablet, powered by Android OS Microsoft Surface Pro 3, 2-in-1 detachable Alienware gaming laptop with backlit ...