Microsoft Surface Book was launched a few weeks ago, then the company Microsoft announcing the fact that the performances of this new laptop are 2 times better than those of Macbook Pro 13 inches sold by the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), on markets all over the world.
Although those from Microsoft put a lot of emphasis on this apparent difference in performance, in reality the difference between the two products is non-existent or smaller, depending on the test program used, the dedicated video card of the Microsoft Surface Book making the difference in this case.
In the tests involving only the processor the difference between MacBook Pro 13-inch si Microsoft Surface Book is non-existent, but when we talk about tests that check including the processing power combined with the power of the graphics card, the Microsoft product is up to 50% faster.
In the tests that exclusively involve the graphics card, Microsoft Surface Book it is really more than 2 times faster than MacBook Pro 13-inch, but that's because the Microsoft product has a dedicated Nvidia GeForce video card, while the Apple product has an integrated Intel card.
Although Microsoft misleads customers with claims regarding the performance of the Microsoft Surface Book, the selling price of its product is $200 less than that of the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and this matters more than the evidence from the benchmarks.
The Apple company has the habit of selling very expensive products and when it comes only to the power of the processor, things are equal, but when we talk about applications that know how to use the processing power of the graphics card, things change.
The Apple company could create high-performance MacBooks at very good prices, but it is unlikely that they will because they are far too interested in profit and brand preservation than in offering better products than the competition at competitive prices .
