But if performance is of paramount importance to you, the Macbooks are still far ahead.Ī good thing is that Windows 11 seems to be faster on the new Qualcomm SQ2 chip than Windows 10 used to be. Which doesn’t mean that the Surface Pro X isn’t usable or feels as slow and sluggish as a five-year-old laptop would today. Windows on ARM still doesn’t feel as fast as macOS does on Apple’s new ARM chips. But when it comes to performance, Apple’s ARM-powered devices surpass the Surface Pro X. One could also argue that the Microsoft Surface Pro X is a much sleeker and stylish-looking device than a Macbook, and I dare say the 5MP front camera on this device is better than the ones on comparable Macbooks. Which means that the actual price of the Surface Pro X will always remain above ₹1 lakh, just like a Macbook, or many of the top iPads, that this product competes with.

While the 2020 edition would cost you ₹98,999 for the tablet alone, the latest version will cost about ₹5,000 less for the entry variant.Īlso read: Apple MacBook Pro 14 review: Return to gloryĪfter nearly a decade of Surface devices, we have come to learn one thing: that Microsoft is neither going to make these devices cheaper, nor is it going to bundle the Type Cover keyboard and Slim Pen into the price. It has an updated Qualcomm SQ1 or SQ2 processor, depending on how much you are paying, and a slightly lower price. The 2021 edition of the Surface Pro X, launched in India this month, is not a huge step forward from the 2020 edition. And while naysayers will remain, devices like the Microsoft Surface Pro X and Apple’s M1 powered Macbooks have proved that this future is not too distant.

Consumer laptop makers worldwide concur that the notebooks we will use in future will run on ARM chips-chips that use the same system architecture as the chips on our phones.

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