Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio

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22 points·nixgeek··5 comments

At least the SSD is removable / upgradable, unlike what I have seen with Apple's laptops. For a typical Windows laptop I would still go for a Framework Laptop rather than this.

This is for those who use Adobe software or use graphics intensive software / games on Windows and want to ditch their Wacom tablet. Microsoft once again surprises us with this impressive laptop and integrated graphics.

Question is, is the price worth it against a high-end Framework Laptop, Steam Deck or the upcoming M1X MacBook Pro? We'll find out soon.

From https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-surface-la...:

> The Surface Laptop Studio starts at $1,600 in its base configuration, which includes a Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD storage, and integrated graphics. Pre-orders start today, with a launch next week to line up with the release of Windows 11.

Seems like pretty low specs for that price point, no?

A similarly speced XPS 2-in-1 costs 1,120$ and that is already and expensive laptop, so yeah that's pretty pricey.

The XPS - and most other laptops - lacks the professional grade pen digitizer though as well as the 120hz display. Pretty sure that makes up for quite a lot of this price difference.

It gets significantly more expensive ($3,099) if you opt for 32GB RAM and 2TB SSD. I assume there's quite a lot of material cost for the parts which don't change (GPU, Screen, Battery, et al).

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