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Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft's New Powerful Flagship Laptop (theverge.com) 40

Posted by msmash from the new-gadgets dept.
Microsoft is announcing the Surface Laptop Studio today, a successor to the Surface Book line of powerful laptops. It presents a total redesign for Microsoft's flagship laptop, ditching the removable display in favor of one that pulls forward to transform from laptop into tablet (or what Microsoft calls studio mode). From a report: "Surface Laptop Studio is the most powerful Surface we've ever built," says Pete Kyriacou, vice president of devices at Microsoft. "It is the culmination of years of Surface innovation -- on hinges, display, silicon, and more -- and brings the best of the Surface heritage together in one powerhouse device."

The most immediate and obvious change to this Surface Book successor is the display and hinge. The 14.4-inch PixelSense Flow display (2400 x 1600) supports up to 120Hz and Dolby Vision. Microsoft is using a new flexible Dynamic Woven Hinge, which it says is durable and allows this laptop to transition between modes much like the larger Surface Studio. The Surface Laptop Studio supports three modes: laptop, stage, and studio. The laptop mode arranges the display just like a regular laptop, with a full keyboard and a new touchpad with haptics. The stage mode is where things get interesting, as you can pull the display forward to an angle that's designed for gaming, streaming, or presenting. This will cover the keyboard, and the angle is more suited toward watching Netflix or playing games, touching the display, or using the new Surface Slim Pen 2 for digital inking.
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  • how do Surface Pro's (Score:3)

    by ttspttsp ( 7600944 ) on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @12:20PM (#61821125)
    fair as a Linux machine? Does anyone have experience with that?

    • I use a Surface Pro 6 as a Linux-only machine. Had to install a custom kernel and deal with the webcam not working (oh no!), but it's pretty great. I suspect I get worse WiFi performance still, though. Those shortcomings are worth it, as it's otherwise awesome. Ultra portable, good drawing tablet (with a screen protector for a better texture).

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Teun ( 17872 )
      The most relevant question.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by oGMo ( 379 )

      Not sure but I have a Surface Go 2. Terrible Windows device, barely usable. Initial update took something like 6 hours.

      Running Linux, it blazes. It's basically the perfect little Linux tablet. It's got some minor annoyances as hardware goes, but nothing I've found hinders day-to-day use. Toss a tiling WM and some gesture support on there and you can make a nicer UI experience than a lot of other things (though it definitely won't look pretty).

      Maybe keep an eye on https://github.com/linux-surface/li [github.com]

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Grimoire ( 28962 )
      Just get a Framework laptop: https://frame.work/ [frame.work]
  • Comment removed based on user account deletion

    • My Surface Pro *5 is running Windows 11 beta. Whether it will be allowed to run retail Windows 11 is not entirely clear yet, but it should, it meets specs. Newer Surface Pros should also, but the FUD from everywhere except Microsoft is competing really well.

    • Yes

      https://blogs.windows.com/devi... [windows.com]

      Also W11 works on SP7 devices, bunch of Insider people running it currently on them. Some have installed insider builds onto much older devices as well. Apparently you cannot upgrade but have to do a clean install. Maybe that changes when actual release version is done.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Rhipf ( 525263 )

      If you watch the video in the article it clearly states "Designed for Window 11".
      If you trust the video then it definitely support Windows 11.

  • Every Surface device I have had has been overpriced for not-so-premium experiences and thermal throttling. I loved the concept of the Surface line, but the execution was terrible. Hopefully this can break the trend.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by vux984 ( 928602 )

      Overpriced compared to what exactly?

      Meanwhile, they are some of the most highly reviewed laptops around, and sell like hotcakes. So i guess its not for you, which is fine, but to say the executation was terrible isn't really valid given the market reception.

      As for the thermal throttling... no shit, they're ultra-portables, they're well suited to light duty work, and thin client work, and the i5 and i7 cpus make them snappy at it, but if you need to burn a lot of CPU cycles, they aren't the right tool for th

      • Overpriced compared to what exactly?

        Now that the display/tablet part isn't removable, basically any yoga-type laptop.

        It basically no advantage any more compared to that design, and instead has a more complicated hinge.

        • Re: (Score:2)

          by vux984 ( 928602 )

          That's a fair comment.

          Although I never liked the way when you flip the yogas and most 2-in-1s around that the keyboard ends up on the bottom, which just feels awkward to me. (even though its disabled); so in theory i do like the more complicated hinge better.

          I'm not sure this will end up being better as a tablet though in actual practice.

  • Two stories in a row about Microsoft Surface offerings? Is it that important?
    • Microsoft is announcing new hardware today, so the reporting is a response to push from Microsoft marketing.
      • Sure, but these are ads, not news. But then again, there's a sticky on slashdot for the cryptotab browser that also mines bitcoins while I browse. SNR consistently dropping year after year.

      • To be fair, we see the same thing when Apple holds their events; when CES happens; etc. etc.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Rhipf ( 525263 )

      Just as important as all the stories when new Apple products are announced. 8^)

      • Oh, don't worry, we complain about all those too. :) I guess I'm not looking for a 13-14 inch laptop, so neither of these stories do it for me!

        They also did a minor bump of the Surface Go - it's actually small enough to hold in two hands and use for tablety things like watching YouTube on a bus or flick through Instagram during ad breaks. But for the low end 4GB of RAM in 2021 is garbage, the bare minimum I'd expect in a phone, not a small screened Windows laptop.

        Curiously they persist with an Android dual

  • Meanwhile this story I submitted about Anonymous dumping Everything from Epic Domains [slashdot.org]. Yesterday went from hot to not, and is fading away. That seems much more like News for Nerds to me. When was the last time we had a good Anonymous story on /.? Seemed juicy enough for me yesterday.

    Well, I see a comment, that's it's paywalled. But I still can't find a better source.

  • No Ryzen, no good.

  • Can the product designers be original, at least?!? Microsoft, and many other companies, like HP, rip off Apple designs. You would think for a flagship product that the company would want to make some kind of statement and cultivate a unique design. When I look at the price tag and the design, may as well buy a Mac, and I am no Apple fan person. Probably the Chinese fabrication plant just bangs all the machines out with slight variations, but this is ridiculous. Have these overpriced machines made elsewhere,

  • Overheats in 20 minutes or your money back!

    • Actually it's pretty Thicc. It's got an entire secondary little base that's highly vented so I expect the cooling is actually pretty decent.

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