I have a regular PC rig Ryzen 9 5900x and an RTX 3080 and then for a laptop i have the Framework 13in Intel 11th gen (b-stock) running Linux Ubuntu. I can log into my PC rig from the Framework using Moonlight to edit video in Resolve and play games.
Here’s the funny part…M1 Air and a Surface Pro X. Those are my dailies. The Pro X for the pen and LTE connectivity and the Air for everything else. My nightly rig however, is definitely a Windows gaming system lol
I'm kind of in the same situation. I have a really awesome gaming PC. I also have a iPhone 15 pro max, along with a iPad mini 6, and a Samsung Tab S8+ with 5g. Each piece has it's uses, work uses my phone and iPad more than any other, but when I need connectivity I can't go wrong with my Tab S8+. I received the iPad as a gift and it's just so useful for notes and tracking my tasks at work. My Tab S8+ is my go to gaming/streaming device when I'm out and about or out of town. I can't really give these up!
Disagree with ports take by Matt. Please don't justify less ports in the name of "convivence". You can have 4 TP C ports with an USB port as well as microsd port
I'm using a Lenovo V14 Gen 3 with AMD Ryzen 5 5625U I upgraded to a 1TB NVME SSD, and 24GB of RAM running Manjaro Gnome Linux, The hell with Apple, or Microsoft, and if I need to be ultra portable with long battery life, I have a Nokia t20 tablet running Android 13 that I use with a Jelly Comb bluetooth keyboard that acts as a stand. my whole portable setup cost me under 600 bucks.
Respect . I find this battery life thing stupid .if people want more than 3 or 4 hours ,they can just buy a power bank, much cheaper than these mc books
@@ZZ-vl5nd Thanks, and I agree, I might get 8 hours, or so out of my tablet, and that's good enough for me, as a USB C charger is never too far away from me for most of my days, and if my phone last through a day I'm good, as I can charge overnight while I sleep, and not using my phone.
I agree with having both. As a tech person of any kind, it’s good to understand multiple operating systems and devices, for Matt the two devices he chose are different enough in many ways to be used for different purposes. As an IT student myself, I have a MacBook for coursework, surface book for on the go windows tasks, and a windows gaming laptop that I use for 3D work and gaming, and I also have both Android and iPhone for my smartphones, I may be indecisive, but I see it as being inclusive of all technology.
I've been in the market for years now as well. It just so happened to line up with the Snapdragon launch. I'm definitely looking for a non-16:9 aspect ratio, and haptic trackpad. I really hope this is a turning point for Windows laptops. I'm tired of manufacturers making garbage laptops. I'm tired of x86 inefficiencies. I'm tired of low RAM devices. With that said, I've narrowed it down to the Surface Laptop 7 and Lenovo Yoga. The Surface has haptic but only 16GB RAM. The Yoga has 32GB, but no haptic. Both are about the same price. I'm leaning towards the Yoga since it's designed to be an AI machine, so I'll need as much RAM as I can get. Plus there's a touchscreen, so maybe non-haptic trackpad won't be so bad. All the reviews I've seen barely cover it, but when they do, they say it's pretty good. Let's hope so. Also, let's have sunk be the official past tense of sync for tech.
Laptops are dogshit nowadays. I can find an XPS 15 with an i9, 3050 Ti, 32GB of memory and 2TB of storage for $1200 on eBay. That’s how much the value of this e-waste has fallen. Getting that laptop 3 years ago new costed over $3000.
I picked up an Acer Swift Edge 16". 3840X2400 OLED with Ryzen 7 7th, 16gb ram and 1tb for $480!!!! Got it on the Acer refurbished eBay store. This thing is a beast and this screen is the best I've ever seen on a laptop
I completely agree with Matt. When I got my first surface I was a daily driver of both a macbook pro and my surface. But now I am no longer as mobile I use the Framework 16. I am now only worried about my 64gig of ram and how much is being used by steve.
I've got a gaming PC at my desk 12900k, rx 6900 xt etc etc.... And then I have my M3 Pro 14" MacBook Pro for everywhere else. I think it's a good balance. Oh and if I need light Windows gaming on the go; theres Parallels for that.
The Snapdragon - is HORRIBLE! Like literally more than ½ the games and programs my company tested on them - ran like crap with INSANE glitches - if they even launched! A HUGE fail!
Asus rog x13 is a small portable convertible 2 in 1 gaming laptop 13 inches with a 3050ti-3080 gpu with the 3050ti coming with a very small 100w power brick
Why not the new zenbook s 16. It has pen support and is very lightweight. Its air vents are on the keyboard. It will have much better graphical performance than the Snapdragons. It also has a 120 htz OLED.
The surface looks nice and have always had a great build, but.. I really don’t like the built-in stand / keyboard set-up - the iPad Pro and magic keyboard combo is much more useful and has a smaller footprint. The surface pro would be the only windows device that could get me interested, but that formfactor has to change. Furthermore, while I sometimes like my ipad to be a bit more like my mac, the tablet function and apps on the surface don’t even come close to what the ipad has to offer (newspaper apps, magazines, e-reader,… the surface is just not a useful tablet.
I have committed to my gaming power house for the time being. I used MacBooks all my life and for work I still have a decent M1 Pro 16". But I was having high hopes for the ARM / Qualcomm and slowly but surely I see that they are just not at "that" level yet. I understand hyped up, but I also do not want to commit to another investment into a MacBook Air 15" M3 as we are waiting for the M4 to come out in the fall, I rather save my rupees and buy one then.
That couch tablet lapdesk work situation will definitely kill your back etc. after a bit. I guess you haven't hit 30 yet? Also, I don't understand people who use their laptops on battery on the daily, at a desk. You're getting an inferior experience on most, it'll clock down etc.
Solution to Matt's iPad Photoshop woes... Just switch to Affinity apps (photo, designer, publisher) they are as far as I can tell just as fully featured as the desktop versions and bonus points, no subscription
Had surface pro 3 and 4. Worst products I’ve ever used. Absolute trash. Hot, loud, slow, 2hrs battery life, ghost touch issues to the point the touch had to be disabled completely. Fresh install too. Microsoft bag of issues.
Someone whose income is dependant on a laptop working well,, and who's job allows them to trial lots of laptops for free, has every right to do so. And whats better than that, he shared his experience in this privileged position to allow others to use it.
I like the video topic. But having two people talking to eachother while staring not making eye contact feels...... inauthentic... I guess manufactured feels like a better word. I don't know, it just seems so fake and forced especially the little bits between them just make the whole thing unwatchable.
The surface book 2 with linux-surface is the only option laptop wise for me now lol. Touch screen, pen support, swapping the keyboard can get you a gpu if you absolutely need it. The only issues are that it really sucks to fix if anything internal goes bad and it has no fans in the tablet section.
Laptops just aren't made for gaming. The price to performance ratio is just not there. Theres no upgrading and the battery drain is terrible. Desktop all day!
The only thing I really use is an Apple iPad I don't and my S21 Fe I don't use any other devices and I don't need any other devices and I don't want any other devices
i have a desktop pc for work and a MacBook pro for on the go an apple tv for entertainment and a mac mini for desktop mac things and a iPad for an external display an iPhone for calling an apple watch for watch things an airpod pros for music that is my setup
lol, I’ve switched back to a MacBook again. I had a ROG Flow z13, but I needed a better laptop for editing videos and also because I want to go back to Final Cut after being botched by Adobe for the past five years
I love my M2 Pro MacBook. Went to Mac during Mac OS X Lion 10.7. and have been using different Gens ever since...If I want to play hard core games.. my Windows 11 Desktop is fine.. everything else.. my Mac or a Windows VM for some things for work related.
I've been trying to find a couch pad like that he was at my house and I cannot find it anywhere where do I get the one that you have at Matt cuz take my money now I'm buying it
I'm in Canada but I found cool ones at Best Buy etc. Amazon will also have a ton of the cozy soft ones too. I have mine on my bed right now. It's very similar to Matt's and I love it!!
0:45 matt said he got an msi and said it was the worst laptop he ever used, I've used dozens of gaming laptops over the past 20 years and I currently own an msi gaming laptop from 2018 which is the best laptop ever in terms of features, thermal design and laptop thinness 🤔
Right now im using an MSI prestige A13M, not my ideal laptop ever but really great deal $800 for 13th gen i7, 16gb ram, 256gb ssd (second ssd slot is open) - Very light - Pretty darn good keyboard - Amazing touchpad - Decent screen (having a dead-pixel esque issue though) - Very good for outdoors - Very bad motion - Very good colours - Very Meh build quality but its repairable - Very portable My ideal laptop would probably be an xps 13/macbook but with more ports
I've got a Samsung fold, so I don't need a tablet with 5G as that's basically what the fold is. I have a Steam Deck for most of my gaming and Linux desktop needs and I use a M2 MacBook Air for most web browsing and certain games (BG3. I'm talking about BG3) to save storage space on my Steam Deck. A MacBook is way overkill for just web browsing and media consumption, but it had the best battery life and is useful when I need to do something requiring a fully functional operating system unlike, say, a Chromebook or a tablet OS, so I don't need to bring out another device. I have an M1 iPad Air, but that's almost entirely used as a drawing tablet.
For work I just got the latest high end Surface Pro laptop with co pilot+. I also used a Surface Pro 8 quite a bit in the past so I may consider getting the 11 in the near future. For portable gaming I have a separare Asus ROG laptop with a 4050 Nvidia inside and 32GB RAM and I love my ROG ALLY! For Matt: The new surface laptops are amazing too and I like them better than Macbooks. Matt should get the latest Surface 11 when 5G comes out with it and then get the latest surface Pro laptop with copilot+ He will love them both!!
"im just going to use both" is 100% a cop out answer. To scared to move away from the mac but knows that the mac and apple products as a whole are "dirty to use" (Not the best thing to support and encourage). Dude is defintntly going to use the mac at least twice as much as the surface.
Tell me you are an Apple user without telling me you are an Apple user. I have too many devices doing the same exact things... and they all cost 1k or more (minus the mini).
I use an msi gaming laptop for more intense applications or basically as my main laptop. But for other normal things i have a 2012 macbook air with macos catalina on it that i got for free from my aunt. So that works pretty good as well.
I wonder if he tried detaching the surface and using the keyboard separately when sitting down. Like detaching the surface setting it down on the coffe table or anything infront of you (if there's a surface to rest it on) and using the keyboard in his lap. I heard that's really convenient.
