Microsoft Unveils New Surface Laptop with Cutting-Edge Features
TapTechNews on May 21st, Microsoft held the Build Developer Preview Conference in the early morning of 1 a.m. today and released the all-new Surface Laptop, which adopts the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chip and is also one of the first batch of Copilot+PCs on the market.
The all-new Surface Laptop has now been listed on the Microsoft official website, and the starting price in China is 11,188 yuan (click here to buy).
This is the first Surface Laptop with the latest design ever. The screen bezels are narrowed, the touchpad and other details are improved, and it looks more rounded. TapTechNews attaches the following relevant information:
Microsoft's Strongest Laptop
Microsoft just called it Surface Laptop at the press conference, and the presenter Ostrum said: This is the most powerful Laptop notebook computer we have ever had.
The new Surface Laptop has also received an upgrade in design. The border of the new-generation Surface notebook is thinner, the display corners are rounded, the keyboard panel has also been updated, and it is equipped with a larger haptic touchpad made by Sensel. The ports of the notebook computer have also been improved, including one USB-A, two USB-C, an audio jack, and SurfaceConnect.
Specifications:
Screen: 13.8 inches / 15 inches
Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite / X Plus
Memory: 16GB / 32GB
Storage: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB SSD
Network: Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.3
Color: Platinum, Blue, Black, Dune Color
13.8 inches and 15 inches in two specifications, 4 colors
The device still has two sizes, namely 13 inches and 15 inches of screen. However, compared to the Surface Laptop 5, the display of the 13-inch model has slightly increased from 13.5 inches to 13.8 inches, thanks to the narrowed bezels, and the 15-inch model is still 15 inches.
Performance improvement of 86%
This new notebook computer is more than 80% faster than the previous-generation product. On the stage, it said it was up to 86% faster than the Surface Laptop 5.
Battery life exceeds that of MacBook Air, 22 hours of local video playback
The battery life of the new Copilot Plus Surface Laptop exceeds that of the MacBook Air, with up to 22 hours of local video playback, and it also su pports Wi-Fi 7.
Supports HDR and Dolby Vision IQ
The display of this Surface notebook computer adopts HDR and Dolby Vision IQ technology. The front camera is built into the bezel. Haptic touchpad.
Image processing is faster than that of MacBook Air
In this image processing task, the Surface Laptop runs faster than the MacBook Air. It runs almost twice as fast as the MacBook Air while still maintaining my work efficiency and battery life.
Adobe family bucket available
Adobe's flagship applications will launch native ARM64 versions on the Copilot Plus PC. Photoshop, Lightroom, Firefly and Express are now available. Illustrator and Premiere Pro will be launched in June or later.
Release date and price:
The new Surface Laptop will start pre-sale today, and will be shipped successively from June 18. The device will come pre-installed with the Windows 11 24H2 version, but many Copilot+AI functions can only be used when the 24H2 is widely promoted later this year.
The current available configuration of the all-new Surface Laptop in China is 16GB memory, 512GB SSD and the Snapdragon X Elite processor, and the price is 11,188 yuan (click here to buy).
Only the 13.8-inch version of the newly released product is available this time, and the 15-inch option will be launched later in 2024.