Fronty
Seems a bit odd to cross shop those two.
How about a chromebook pixel vs macbook?
EricP
The SP3 type cover is covered with glass beads.
Mike Malsed
should really put in the power and display ports in the "ports" section - one of the most limiting factors with the Macbook is that it's sole port functions as display, USB, and power while the Surface has a magnetic power port (big plus which used to apply to the Macbook), USB3 and display port.
As written, this does not come out.
JuMo
Confirmation yet again (if you read between the lines of this article) that Apple are the ones playing catch-up these days. Love my SP3 and the envy it creates wherever it goes, who needs a pressure sensitive touchpad when you have a whole pressure sensitive touch-screen!
Calson
I have been using personal computers since 1978, the IBM computers with various Seattle Computing and DRI and Microsoft operating systems since 1982, and currently have a Mac Pro workstation and iPad mini and 5 Wintel laptops, netbooks, and a tower workstation running Windows. 99% of my time to keep the viruses and malware at bay and dealing with corrupt DLL's and deficiencies and defects of the operating system are with the computers running the Windows operating system.
When I first bought a tablet it was a Samsung Android and I returned it within a matter of days as the operating system user interface was terrible. I replaced it with an Apple iPad mini with the retina display and its superior operating system was obvious within a few minutes of powering it on.
After 30 years of personal computing devices I would expect even a journalist to know that it is the operating system that determines the overall experience for the end user. The rest is marketing icing on a cake not worth eating.
Roger
Late the party is, well, late to the party..... Apple had a target to hit, copy or exceed..... the Surface was created without apple as a target.... the key word here is "created" a teams idea's were translated into an available product and set the bar for others and the competition didn't have to think so hard.... just follow..... means alot in my mind...
Bryan Paschke
Their all in one charging port really makes me say "what the...heck...were they thinking????" If you notice a slight wobble in the Earth, it's just Jobs spinning in his grave.
SN150
@Calson:
"99% of my time to keep the viruses and malware at bay and dealing with corrupt DLL's and deficiencies and defects of the operating system are with the computers running the Windows operating system."
Wow, those must be some nasty sites you're visiting! In all my time running Windows, I've never have had to spend 99% of my time keeping the viruses at bay. I've also have never experience any sore of DLL corruption or OS defects.
I've experienced more beach balls with Yosemite then Windows. There's always one of you in a crowd, and the one usually defends Apple at all costs.
Monkeyspit
The i7 Surface uses HD 5000 graphics. Magnesium is superior to aluminium. The Core M processor is considerably underpowered compared to the i5/i7 processors. Good for browsing while drinking a latte, but not for production work.
Nikolaj Jørgensen
"The Core M processor is considerably underpowered compared to the i5/i7 processors. Good for browsing while drinking a latte, but not for production work."
The new Broadwell Core M will in most cases outperform a Haswell Core i5 http://www.windowscentral.com/intel-core-m-broadwell-processor-versus-core-i5-haswell.
The SSD interface and speed are not compared either (PCIe SSD on Macbook vs mSATA SSD on Surface).
On another note: why didn't this article mention the fanless design of the Macbook? That is one very big deal, compared to anything that tries to be a laptop.
I think some very important points were left out in the comparison.