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MacBook Air vs. Surface Laptop 7
How does Microsoft's latest laptop compare to the M3 MacBook Air?
This is sacrilege, I know.
Our writer Rajesh Pandey compares the latest Microsoft Surface laptop to Apple’s newest MacBook Air.
Say what?!? Why?
Because Microsoft’s new laptops ditch Intel in favor of Qualcomm’s newest Arm-based Snapdragon chips.
The transition is akin to Apple’s switch to Apple silicon a few years ago. Qualcomm’s chips are based on the same Arm instruction set, and promise much-improved performance, efficiency and battery life.
So if you’re curious, how does Microsoft’s newest laptop stack up against the M3 MacBook Air?
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Epic Games’ popular Fortnite is coming back to iPhone — via an alternative app marketplace.
A couple of Cult of Mac alumni are producing a new Apple history podcast called Apple Core. Check it out for the dulcet British accents, if nothing else.
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One more thing ...
I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed.
Today’s poll
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Results from yesterday’s poll: Do you quit your iPhone apps?
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