Ever since Apple\u2019s MacBooks switched to the company\u2019s homegrown M-series chips, Windows users have wondered when a similar revolution would happen to their machines. To Microsoft\u2019s credit, it hasn\u2019t been for a lack of trying. Way back in 2012, the company released the <\/a> with an Arm-based processor, which is the same architecture used in Apple\u2019s silicon. Unfortunately, a tiny app library, sluggish performance and limited software compatibility made using one full-time kind of frustrating. Then in 2017, Microsoft renewed its efforts with <\/a>. This led to systems like the <\/a>, which sported gorgeous hardware that was once again marred by lackluster processing power and spotty software support.<\/p>\n But as the old adage goes: If at first you don\u2019t succeed, try, try again. And after more than a decade of starts and stumbles, Microsoft has done it. By combining the powerful Oryon cores in Qualcomm\u2019s <\/a> and <\/a> with its new <\/a>, Microsoft has turned the Surface Laptop 7 (and its sibling, the <\/a>) into a nearly ideal productivity machine.<\/p>\n