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I put the new Surface Laptop 13-inch head-to-head with the MacBook Air 13-inch, and the results are telling

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A Microsoft Surface Laptop 13-inch vs MacBook Air 13-inch against a two-tone background.
Surface Laptop 13-inch

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 13-inch (2025) is about as close as a Windows laptop has ever come to the MacBook Air 13-inch experience Windows users have been longing for, but is it enough to dethrone Apple's most popular laptop?

For

  • Stunning design and colorway options
  • Extremely portable
  • Fantastic battery life
  • Great keyboard and trackpad

Against

  • MacBook Air M4 offers far better performance
  • Limited ports
  • Display is just OK
  • Limited configuration options
MacBook Air 13-inch (M4)

The Apple MacBook Air 13-inch is arguably the most popular laptop model in the world, and for a laptop this small, it's surprisingly powerful. Can it fend off a Microsoft's latest thin and light Surface Laptop 13-inch?

For

  • M4 chip delivers top-notch performance
  • Design is still the best
  • All-day battery life
  • Lower price

Against

  • Apple Intelligence is still a mixed bag
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