Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 arrives with 13th-gen Intel CPU and RTX 40-series GPU

[Shawn Knight]

Something to look forward to: Microsoft has introduced what it claims is the most powerful Surface they've ever built. The new Surface Laptop Studio 2 features a 14.4-inch (2,400 x 1,600 resolution, 200 PPI) PixelSense Flow touchscreen display with a 3:2 aspect ratio and 120 Hz refresh rate that's coated in Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The screen can be oriented in three unique "postures" including standard laptop mode, a half-tilted stage mode, and a traditional tablet mode.

The consumer version of the machine is powered by Intel's 13th Gen Core i7-13700H processor alongside up to 64 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 laptop GPU, and up to a 2 TB removable Gen 4 solid state drive.

Microsoft's latest measures 323 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm (12.72 in x 9.06 in x 0.86 in) and weighs in at 1.98 kg (4.37 pounds). Battery life is rated at up to 16 hours of typical use with the 2 TB SSD and Nvidia graphics combo, or up to 19 hours with a smaller storage drive and Intel Iris Xe graphics.

Connectivity-wise, you get two USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4, a USB-A port, a microSD card reader, a 3.5mm audio jack and a Surface Connect port for docking and charging. The lappy also comes equipped with a full HD Studio Camera supporting Windows Hello 2.0 face authentication, quad Omnisonic speakers with Dolby Atmos, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3. A Surface Slim Pen 2 is also thrown in for good measure, and it ships running Windows 11 out of the box.

The Surface Laptop Studio 2 is available to pre-order starting at $1,999.99 for a model with 16 GB of RAM, a 512 GB SSD, and Intel Iris Xe graphics. A fully equipped machine with 64 GB of RAM, a 2 TB SSD, and an RTX 4060 will set you back $3,699.99. Commercial versions with different CPU and GPU combinations are also available for those into rendering work. Shipping commences on October 2.

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[Dimitriid]

Honestly there's already 2-in-1 or otherwise 14 inch laptop devices that are a much better value by being not only 500 bucks cheaper at least but also probably have way better battery life because they're using Ryzen chips instead.

Sorry while I could be willing to take a look at intel on future generations, they're just nowhere near as good for laptops right now and this is 3x the case at the price Microsoft wants tor this thing: Just get Rzyen chips on these they might actually start moving a lot at that point.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Why are they so allergic to AMD powered tablets? with a 7840u and 7500 mhz DDR5x you wouldnt need that nvidia chip at all. then that space could be used for more battery.

ASUS does the same thing, the z13 is a really neat tablet chocked by its use of obsolete intel chips.

 

[rmcrys]

Why are they so allergic to AMD powered tablets? with a 7840u and 7500 mhz DDR5x you wouldnt need that nvidia chip at all. then that space could be used for more battery.

ASUS does the same thing, the z13 is a really neat tablet chocked by its use of obsolete intel chips.

It is as easy as this:
- Intel and MS work together so that the monopoly is maintained
- Intel makes excellent deals to MS, securing that MS doesn't use AMD chips
- MS products are more enterprise oriented, where money is less of a problem. With this in mind, most products are Intel optimized (= Adobe and others) as well as for Nvidia GPUs

If MS was neutral, they would offer identical lines with AMD tech and with the price correctly matched. But they aren't. Too much money going back and forth on the background.