It comes in two sizes, has no notch, and narrower bezels.
At today’s hardware and artificial intelligence event, Microsoft made the announcement of new Surface devices as a way to kick off Microsoft Build 2024. One of the new pieces of equipment is the Surface Laptop, which is a revamped personal computer with reduced bezels and comes in sizes of 13.8 and 15 inches. It is powered by Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon X Elite CPU. Since this is one of the newly-named Copilot+ PCs, which are able to run over 40 different models locally thanks to improvements to Windows 11 and Qualcomm’s Hexagon NPU, it is only natural that artificial intelligence plays a significant part on the new gadget.
A PixelSense touchscreen panel that has been enhanced to include HDR and Dolby Vision IQ is a feature that goes hand in hand with the smaller bezels. In addition to having a wide color range that is compatible with the P3 gamut, Microsoft claims that this display is the brightest one it has ever shipped, with a brightness of 600 nits. In addition, the new Studio Camera is now embedded within the bezel, which means that there is no notch that can be seen. According to what was anticipated, there is now a key that is specifically designated for the Copilot, the touchpad has been outfitted with haptics, and there are two new colors: Sapphire and Dune. The graphic that was displayed onstage by the corporation said “more ports,” but it did not reference those ports again during the presentation. During our hands-on and review sessions, we will be searching for additional information on them. As a result of Microsoft’s decision to refer to this new computer as simply Surface Laptop, the company has also decided to remove the numbers from the names of its devices.
According to Microsoft, the new Surface Laptop is more than 86 percent faster than the Surface Laptop 5 in terms of performance. While being demonstrated on stage, this new model was able to process photographs in batches at a rate that was nearly twice as fast as a MacBook Air. The flagship applications of Adobe, Photoshop, Lightroom, and Photoshop Express, are now available for use on Copilot+ PCs. This means that they will also be compatible with Arm Windows workstations that are already in use. More than 22 hours of local video playback were able to be accomplished by the 15-inch Surface Laptop, according to the company, making it “far longer” than the Surface Laptop 5 and the MacBook Air. Microsoft claims that the 15-inch model can support up to 15 hours of continuous web browsing on a single set of headphones.
The new Surface Laptop will be offered with a choice of 16GB or 32GB of random access memory (RAM), as well as detachable solid-state drive (SSD) capacities of 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB.
In point of fact, this is the second “Surface Laptop 6.” The first one was introduced by Microsoft in March, although that model is essentially a Laptop 5 with updated internals designed for usage in a business setting. The Core Ultra CPUs from Intel, on the other hand, are capable of delivering artificial intelligence intelligence, and the 13.5-inch and 15-inch models are available with up to 64GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. There is also a dedicated Copilot key, similar to what we have seen on machines manufactured by other firms, with the intention of making it simpler and more convenient for you to use Microsoft’s artificial intelligence while you are at work. As a result of the fact that they are intended for business clients, they are not available in retail stores. As a result, everyone is currently waiting for the official Laptop 6 that the company introduced today.