The laptop’s a solid all-around machine for Microsoft users seeking something great for both productivity and everyday play.

While Apple may have the first-party laptop market cornered with the MacBook lineup, Microsoft's Surface laptops have been steadily improving over the past few years, and are now an increasingly appealing option.

This Black Friday, Microsoft broke with tradition by offering record-low prices across all configurations, but exclusively through Amazon. The Surface Pro with Snapdragon X Plus processor, 16GB RAM, and 512GB storage has dropped to $749, down from $1,199 (40% ooff). You’re saving here $450 on hardware that normally holds its value.

As of November 2025, I think the 15-inch Apple MacBook Air (M4) is the best MacBook for most people. It's a sleek-as-ever notebook featuring impressive performance, open-lid support for two external displays, a great 12MP Center Stage camera, and an extremely reasonable starting price of $1,199 (making it $100 cheaper than its M3 predecessor ).

Microsoft’s newest, smaller Surface Pro tablet delivers the ultraportable design Surfaces are known for, but middling performance, battery and display compromises, and the puzzling decision not to bundle a charger make it a poor value.