NgoLwesine olwedlule i-Apple yethule uhla olusha lweMacBook Pro, ama-terminals anezinto ezintsha okuyisikrini sokuthinta i-OLED esisendaweni ephezulu yekhibhodi futhi lokho ngombono, kusivumela ukuthi sikhuphule umkhiqizo ngokungeza izinqamuleli nezinketho ezahlukene ngokuya ngohlelo esilusebenzisayo. Kepha ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili, i-Apple yethule isizukulwane sesibili seSurface Book nge amamodeli wakamuva ama-processor we-Intel namanani afana kakhulu ne-MacBook entsha. Uma kuliqiniso ukuthi abasebenzisi bendabuko beMac abanakho ukungabaza uma kukhulunywa ngokunamathela ku-OS X, iMicrosoft iyazi ukuthi kunenani elikhulu labasebenzisi abangenandaba nokusebenzisa iMacBook njengePC futhi sebethule isipho ukuthi ngeke bakwazi ukumelana.
Futhi futhi ukuzama ukudonsa ukunakwa kwalabo basebenzisi abafuna ukuvuselela iMacBook Pro yemodeli entsha, abafana baseRedmond sebethule isipho lapho abasebenzisi bangonga kuze kufike ku- $ 650 uma bethenga noma yimaphi amamodeli amasha Incwadi Engaphezulu. Ngokusobala, ukuze ufinyelele kulesi sibalo, iMacBook kumele ibe yimodeli leyo isengathengiswa emakethe eseceleni, lapho wonke ama-terminals athola iMicrosoft azohamba ngemuva kwesaphulelo asinikezayo.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, iMicrosoft igxile entshisekelweni yayo yokwethula imikhiqizo esezingeni eliphakeme ehlose iqembu labasebenzisi elifuna kakhulu. ISurface Studio, yi-AIO entsha eyethulwe yiMicrosoft ekuqaleni kwesonto eledlule, i-terminal enesikrini sokuthinta esingu-28-intshi esisinikeza ithuba lokudweba ngqo esikrinini, nge-Surface Pen, isici esithandwe ngabadwebi nabadali abaningi njengoba kwenza kube lula kakhulu kubo ukudala nokuguqula okuqukethwe.