That means that when the laptop is closed, the lid of the laptop is totally smooth.Ĭouple that with the gorgeous gray colorway, and you have a laptop that is just as beautiful as any laptop in Microsoft's Surface lineup, but with unique functionality that will be extremely useful for artists on the go, especially if they're working on bigger projects that will require the extra horsepower the Surface Laptop Studio brings to the table.īut it's more than just a fancy hinge. The closest comparison that comes to mind is the Acer ConceptD Ezel, which has a very similar design, but where that laptop has a hinge that stands out on the back of the display, the Surface Laptop Studio takes a lot of cues from the Surface Pro line of tablets, and the easel mechanism and hinge looks a lot like those device's stands. The Surface Laptop Studio takes that design and translates it over into a laptop form factor, and while it's definitely not the first laptop to do this, it's one of the best one's we've used so far. The entire design of the laptop revolves around its easel-like display, which is exactly what has made the Surface Studio such an iconic PC for artists. It's pretty obvious that the Surface Laptop Studio takes a lot of inspiration from, well, the Surface Studio. This laptop is likely only worth the price you're paying for it if you're an artist that really needs that easel-like display, because the hardware on offer just is not worth the price you're paying for it. But that may be worth the exchange, depending on your workflow. The only thing the Dell XPS doesn't have that the Surface Laptop Studio does is that easel-like display. And, with Dell's 15-incher, you get an 8-core processor that is way faster. That will get you an Intel Core i7-11370H, 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD, along with dedicated Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics, but it's a hard price to swallow, especially when you consider you can get the Dell XPS 15, with basically the same specs, for a lot less. You can bump up every component in the device for a price, and the top-end spec has an eye-watering price of $3,099 (about £2,270, AU$4,260).
That intro price will get you an 11th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. In both the UK and Australia, the Surface Laptop Studio isn't coming until early 2022, and you can't preorder yet it, either. The Surface Laptop Studio is available today, October 5, starting at $1,599 (around £1,200, AU$2,200) at least in the US. Ports: 2 x Thunderbolt 4, combo audio jack, Surface Connect port Here is the Surface Laptop Studio configuration sent to TechRadar for review:ĬPU: 1.3GHz Intel Core i7-11370H (quad-core, 12MB Intel Smart Cache, up to 4.8GHz with Turbo Boost)
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