Apple - MacBook Air 13 M4 vs Microsoft - Surface Laptop 7 (15)

The Surface Laptop 7 (15) edges ahead on the Mars Score (60.1 vs 64.6), but the 4.5-point gap is small enough that the right pick comes down to which spec advantages matter to you.

Pick the MacBook Air 13 M4 if you carry the device everywhere and weight or thickness has been the deciding factor before. The biggest gaps in its favor are thunderbolt ports, weight. The single most decisive one: Thunderbolt ports — 2.00 more. 2 vs 0.

Pick the Surface Laptop 7 (15) if your top frustration with your current device is running out of charge before the day ends — endurance is the lead spec here. Its strongest claims are storage, refresh rate, battery, among others. The single most decisive one: Storage — 100.00% more. 512 GB vs 256 GB.

Both ship with comparable ram, panel type, backlit keyboard, so those specs do not separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity says both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.