MacBook Air M4 13 wins on display quality and sustained efficiency with 16GB unified memory and M4 chip benchmarks showing 20% higher single-core scores than Snapdragon X Elite per Geekbench 6. Surface Laptop 7 counters with up to 64GB RAM configs and better NPU AI acceleration for Windows workflows. At equal $999 pricing the MacBook is the stronger all-rounder for most users per Notebookcheck ...