alt Hacker NewsMicrosoft's build quality is largely equivalent, but the press has already noticed that the value proposition at Microsoft is now lacking.
> Apple's newest MacBook is an impressive play for affordability, right as the Surface line is looking expensive and out of touch.
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miohtama • yesterday at 5:33 PM
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It really isn’t. The track pad on surface is terrible compared to Mac. The surface has some weird edges and other spots to get caught on. I’ve seen a few with serious damage from typical daily use. The surface I have is barely hanging together, the charger is extremely finicky and will stop charging randomly. It takes effort to get the charger to “sit” in the slot and make contact.
That said, my surface is pretty old so maybe some of these design flaws have been fixed.
But from my experience, the build quality of the MacBook is in a different league than the surface.