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The earlier ones had glowing reviews but when I finally got to try one (expecting it to be good!) around IIRC the third generation, it was awful.

This time, I’ll believe it when I feel it.

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What did you find awful about the Surface Laptop (3rd generation)?

I believe this one is considered the "7th Edition".

Bad ui responsiveness, inaccurate and janky touch controls, slow to launch programs. Miserable to use, felt more like a (relatively solid) competitor to netbook-class devices than serious laptops, or iPads.

[edit] oh and mediocre battery life as I recall.

Not sure about the SP3, but my SP4 (which, btw, had no problems running Linux) was afflicted by the so called "flickergate", and I didn't manage to replace it. Since then, I sworn off any Microsoft hardware. Their software and OS, I had sworn these off years before, which makes these devices even less appealing...

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