Surface Laptop 5

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Surface Laptop 5

101 positive 1 neutral 85 negative

Based on 187 Reddit mentions

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Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go away

An equivalent M5 MacBook Air now costs $400 less than a similarly specced Surface Laptop, and nothing in Microsoft’s lineup comes close to the MacBook Neo’s value-for-the-money. Apple, unironically the value choice now, especially with the Neo competing iwth cheap plastic shell Windows laptops.

NewsCards in r/technology

April 14, 2026 8:42 PM

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Switch 2 Purchased From Walmart Arrived Empty

Yup. FedEx stole a Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio ($2.5K) delivery. Literally dropped an empty box that was hastily taped back closed on my doorstop. Best Buy refunded me, but not before I had to file a police report. Thankfully, I realized I didn't need that expensive a*s laptop anyway and went to

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kwjones00 in r/mildlyinfuriating

July 2, 2025 2:15 PM

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MKBHD's video about the Mac Neo feels like he purposely didnt mention Surface laptops. Instead used

I love surfaces but the Neo runs circles around them at a far lower price. Saying the Surface Laptop 7 is a “10x better laptop” is just straight up false. The closest Microsoft ever got to a Neo in their lineup was the Surface Go and Go 2, products which, in part due to windows and accessories-not-i

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Kagrenacs_Tools in r/Surface

March 26, 2026 2:05 AM

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Ex-Windows chief calls MacBook Neo "a paradigm shifting computer" — reflects on Surface failure and Windows on Arm while lamenting "we were early, but not wrong"

The gap here is that Apple forcibly moved everybody over to ARM. Windows never even tried, because one of their major selling point has always been extensive backwards compatibility spanning decades. The Neo "works" because Macbook users were already forced to upgrade or die. The Surface RT didn't b

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boxsterguy in r/Windows11

March 12, 2026 1:27 PM

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MKBHD's video about the Mac Neo feels like he purposely didnt mention Surface laptops. Instead used

I have the Neo and the Surface laptop 7 (and the latest surface Pro arm) No. The surface Laptop is not 10x a better laptop than the neo. Straight false. I am a fan of the whole Surface lineup, but Microsoft dropped the ball long time ago. Apple laptops since the M1 are much better, in both: value an

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IAmFitzRoy in r/Surface

March 26, 2026 2:16 AM

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Microsoft launches Surface Laptop 5G pre-orders — reengineered from the ground up, and costs $1,799

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Surface Laptop 7 with 5G is not cheap. In fact, it's Microsoft's most expensive 5G product to date, starting at $1,799 for an Intel Core Ultra 5, 16GB RAM, and 256GB SSD storage. The 5G variant is also only available in the 13.8-inch screen size and weighs around 3lbs. Au

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ColoRadBro69 in r/Surface

July 22, 2025 5:14 PM

45

Am I supposed to spit on someone's iPhone?

Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 Elite X (14 inch) beats the latest MacBook Pro (14 inch) in Geekbench score and has the same or better battery life. I guess 'performance' is subjective and you could still argue the MacBook comes out on top depending on what you prioritise. Either way, the gap isn't as bi

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McFunson in r/PeterExplainsTheJoke

December 23, 2024 7:27 PM

194

Failed AI tractor company lays off all employees, abandons Bay Area headquarters

Microsoft surface laptops and one Apple MacBook Air, sold as is. These Microsoft 15” laptops are really nice! I’m a convert now!

throwaway_beefpho in r/bayarea

April 2, 2026 4:14 PM

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Seeking advice on Surface laptop 7 for my Computer Science study

some post about ARM windows being bad with it's app incompability Windows on ARM's app compatibility is great. I personally have no issues, and I use Visual Studio and Webstorm on my Surface Laptop 7. That said, compatibility is not 100%. You may come across something you need that doesn't work (I h

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Rude-Revolution-8687 in r/Surface

November 17, 2025 8:43 AM

17

I'm getting this Laptop tomorrow but I'm wondering if I would be able to Upgrade the SSD?

CompilerBreak in r/Surface

December 1, 2025 6:31 AM

13

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