Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop Studio 2 With Upgraded Chips and Ports

Microsoft just showed off its new high-end convertible laptop, the Surface Laptop Studio 2, at its launch event in New York City. The Laptop Studio 2 keeps the overall aesthetic of its predecessor, including the pull-forward 14.4-inch display that makes it a much more touch-friendly device but adds some welcome power-user features. From a report: The Studio 2, which starts at $1,999, runs on Intel's 13th Generation chips -- specifically the i7 H class -- with an Nvidia RTX 4050 or RTX 4060 GPU inside. It also has an Intel Neural Processing Unit, or NPU, which is the first Intel NPU in a Windows computer. (There were rumblings that Microsoft might be making this chip itself, but it appears not.) You can configure it with up to 2TB of storage and 64 gigs of RAM. In all, Microsoft says it's "the most powerful Surface we've ever built" and promises twice the performance of the previous device.

The Studio 2 also offers some big new connectivity options: it has two USB-C ports, one USB-A port, a microSD card reader, and the Surface Slim Pen 2. In addition, there's a new customizable and more responsive haptic touchpad that Microsoft calls "the most inclusive touchpad on any laptop."

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[thegarbz]

The "Studio 2" and "Laptop Studio 2" are not the same device. The text uses the terms interchangeably but they are very different devices. Yes I know it's a quote from the Verge but that doesn't mean the mistakes need to be carried through to other sites.

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[thegarbz]

The same idiots who came up with Xbox, Xbox 360 (a rotation equivalent to no change at all), Xbox One, and Xbox One X to mean generations 1-4.

By idiots are you talking about yourself? The person who doesn't realise that the Xbox One and the Xbox One X are the same generation, and you only covered 1-3?

The 4th Xbox is called "Series" and comes in two versions. Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

With support for how many months this time?

[Opportunist]

MS stops supporting their laptops faster than Google does any of their products, so why the hell would I buy it?

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[thegarbz]

Taking Slashdot's advice on Microsoft products is like researching vaccines on Facebook while taking a dump. You are the literal personification of an echo chamber.

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[Tarlus]

Never realized wanting more than 2 years of support for a $2000 device equates to Slashdot snobbery.

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[jwhyche]

I had a surface 1 and a surface 3 provided where I worked. They where both over prices and underpowered for what they cost. My daughter had Dell that cost a 1/3 what the Surface 3 cost. I judged its performance to be just as good.

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[HBI]

Well the Dell probably wasn't intended as a convertible touchscreen tablets. Though I can't figure why anyone would want that for Windows. That does equate to a significant price premium, though. Magnesium case also. Neither of which are things that improve the compute experience.

I think Microsoft just thinks they look pretty and want something to get over the Mac envy.

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[NoMoreACs]

Well the Dell probably wasn't intended as a convertible touchscreen tablets. Though I can't figure why anyone would want that for Windows. That does equate to a significant price premium, though. Magnesium case also. Neither of which are things that improve the compute experience.

I think Microsoft just thinks they look pretty and want something to get over the Mac envy.

The best way to get over Mac Envy is to get a Mac!

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[thegarbz]

My daughter had Dell that cost a 1/3 what the Surface 3 cost. I judged its performance to be just as good.

I have a Toyota 4wd that's cheaper than a Ferrari race car too, but I wouldn't compare them. Why are you comparing a laptop with a detachable tablet? The Surface is comparable in price and performance to all other devices with the same form factor. You're paying a premium for a device that is objectively not a laptop, so don't compare it to one.

Re: With support for how many months this time?

[sabbede]

I had a surface Book 2 at a job, it was possibly the best laptop I've used.

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[thegarbz]

MS stops supporting their laptops faster than Google does any of their products, so why the hell would I buy it?

MS hasn't stopped supporting any of their laptop products. Quite the opposite. When they stopped supporting certain Intel processors and blocked the upgrade of the devices to Windows 11 they even carved out exceptions for some of their Surface line of devices... even the ones so weak they had no business getting the "upgrade" in the first place.

You're confusing their laptops with their phones. My Surface Pro will go out of support in 2 years, some 12 years after I bought it. All of Microsoft 1st party lapto

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[daveron]

My surface had hardware issue i used it anyways until it became basically unusable.., Microsoft refused to fix it at any price, not supported any more. I bought a new one, it developed an issue under warranty, i sent it in, got 5 bad devices in a row from the service center then told to fuck off and buy another after they 'repaired' the 5th one, but broke something else in the process. I now have 2 partially working surfaces, one with no touch/pen, and another with a screwed up docking port. never again.

Left&Right Arrow keys

[Visarga]

I don't like the left and right arrow keys. Stupid to make them full size.

Surface users are thrilled

[nospam007]

Both of them.

Yes but...

[dimethylxanthine]

C'mon you know the question.