Please help decide. Is the new Microsoft surface good for programmers?

[sdev2017]

Hi, hope you guys can help me out.

I am a computer science student and need a new laptop for university and my freelacing work. Need a general use laptop but mainly would be for programming and some photoshop work as I am hobbist digital artist. I don’t game. I'm between the Surface Laptop (i7 and 8 Gb Ram) and the Macbook Pro 13 non touch (i7and 8 Gb Ram), which one would you recommend?

P.S: really got my eye on the surface laptop

Thank you

 

[sdev2017]

Hi guys,

Thank you so much for your replies. Much appreciated. Have decided to go for the 13inch macbook pro purely because I can boot windows on that as well should I need to with LG 4K external display for my desk