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With the new Surface Laptop, Microsoft catches the MacBook

Microsoft has finally done it. It has broken free from Intel and produced a laptop right up there with Apple’s hitherto incomparable MacBook Air.

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So it turns out the third time is a charm after all.

Regular readers of this column may recall we asked a few weeks ago whether Microsoft would have any luck on its third attempt to break free from the shackles of Intel, the maker of the power-hungry chips that have been preventing Windows laptops from reaching their full potential for years now.

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John Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jdavidson@afr.com

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