Before this laptop, my router at home was an old WiFi 4 (802.11n – 2009 standard) router which I had since 2013. The Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 has support for WiFi 6 (802.11ax), the newest wireless standard that came out in 2019. We've been especially impressed with the CPU and GPU performance and battery life of the Ryzen 6000 chips, which can outstrip Intel's performance while offering more than enough performance for photo and video editing and even light gaming.Īrs Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.As a blogger and content creator, the internet is a necessity for me since my core business is online and I upload a lot of heavy media (photos and videos) to my platforms. Regardless of how well the Intel chips perform, it is too bad that we won't be seeing a Ryzen version of the Surface Laptop (or any Surface model, apparently today's Surface Pro and Surface Studio refreshes also eschew AMD). Microsoft says the laptops should last for 18 and 17 hours (for the 13.5- and 15-inch versions, respectively), up from 17 and 16.5 hours for the Intel versions of the Surface Laptop 4 we'll need to do our own battery testing to see whether these claims hold water. We haven't been impressed much by the battery life in most of the 12th-gen Intel laptops we've tested, but most of those have used higher-performance P-series CPUs, while both Surface Laptops use low-power U-series CPUs that should behave better. Otherwise, a single USB-A port and headphone jack is all you get. The proprietary Surface Connect port is still the default used for charging, but the laptops can also charge through their single USB-C port (upgraded to Thunderbolt 4 in both laptops). The port selection also hasn't changed much, which some users may find limiting. The 13.5-inch laptop weighs 2.8 pounds (or 2.86, with the all-metal finishes) and comes with a 2256×1504 screen, and the 15-inch laptop weighs 3.44 pounds and uses a 2496×1664 touchscreen-both screens are compatible with the Surface Pen accessory, and both feature the Surface line's signature 3:2 aspect ratio. The laptops' designs (including size, weight, ports, and screen size and resolution) aren't changing at all from the Surface Laptop 4. The 13.5-inch laptop starts at $1,000, while the 15-inch version will run you at least $1,300. But if you were hoping for an updated AMD Ryzen edition of the laptop, you'll be disappointed-there's no Ryzen edition being announced today, and if Microsoft is planning one, it isn't sharing anything about it right now.īoth Surface Laptops will be available to buy on October 25. It's also sprucing up both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch members of the Surface Laptop family, giving them some new color finishes and updated 12th-generation Core processors from Intel. The Surface Pro 9 isn't the only new Surface portable that Microsoft is refreshing today.
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