Microsoft has given its 2-in-1 tablet/laptop its biggest hardware refresh since the Surface Pro 3. The Surface Pro 8 has a larger 13-inch touchscreen and slimmer bezels. The Surface Laptop Studio releases on October 5, starting at $1,599. Microsoft says the Core i5 Surface Laptop Studio comes with a 65W power supply and lasts “up to 19 hours of typical device usage.” Meanwhile, the Core i7 version comes with a beefier 102W power supply and lasts up to 18 hours with “typical device usage.” For wireless, it supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1. Other specs: 16GB or 32GB of LPDDR4x RAM, a removable SSD (256GB, 512GB, 1TB, or 2TB), two USB 4.0 Thunderbolt 4 ports, a 1080p webcam with Windows Hello support, Dolby Atmos-ready Quad Omnisonic speakers, a Surface Connect port, and a headphone jack. There’s a Core i7 version with Nvidia RTX A2000 laptop GPU and 4GB of GDDR6 VRAM, but that’s a commercial SKU only. The i5 model comes with Intel Iris Xe Graphics, while the Core i7 version comes with a beefier Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti laptop GPU with 4GB GDRR6 VRAM. It’s powered by quad-core Intel Core i5 or i7 CPUs. Underneath the keyboard and trackpad, which feel terrific to type and mouse on, the Surface Laptop Studio is all power. The unique two-layer design of the base means there’s room for a Surface Slim Pen 2 to magnetically attach to the Surface Laptop Studio just below the trackpad. The three main “postures” include “laptop mode” (self explanatory), “stage mode” (angled), and “studio mode” (flat like a tablet for drawing and writing). The 14.4-inch touchscreen can be angled all the way parallel to the keyboard for viewing or creating content. But once you figure out how it works, it’s awesome. It takes a few tries to not feel like you’re snapping it in half. To reposition the screen, you kind of press into the top half of the screen until it splits from the fabric-lined support hinge. Whereas the Surface Pro/Surface Go are tablets that you can attach a keyboard to and the Surface Book is a laptop with a detachable screen, the Surface Laptop Studio is a laptop with a screen that can be repositioned at various angles to accommodate different applications. The Surface Laptop Studio is easily the most exciting new Surface that’s coming. The Surface Laptop Studio has three main modes.
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