Surface Pro 3 vs MacBook Air - which one and why? #college

The 2024 Apple MacBook Air 13-Inch shoehorns more performance into its slim chassis, and amps up the external-monitor support and gaming capability.

The Surface Pro 3 has a smaller screen than the MacBook Air, but is touch enabled and comes with a much higher, effective, resolution (2160 by ...

The Macbook has a better contrast ratio (blacks look blacker), but many people may actually prefer the Surface's display that is brighter, 120hz ...

At first glance, it's easy to assume that the Surface Pro 3 offers a sharper display and lighter body than the MacBook Air for the same $999 ...

Both the displays are good, what differentiates them is the peak brightness level, that is, MacBook Pro has 500nits while the Air has 400nits.

Computer science: I'd give a slight edge to the MacBook Air, unless you use Visual Studio. Everything else: Doesn't really matter ...

For your use case I'd argue both are super overkill, a base macbook air would do everything you'd need it too and runs completely fanlessly. But ...

The Surface Pro is a Windows device, whereas the MacBook Air is a macOS computer. Secondly, the Surface Pro is just a tablet without a keyboard, ...

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