Microsoft Surface Laptop 2

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 is a slight upgrade over last year’s model with an elegant new black color, strong performance and a vivid display, but it really needs new ports to get with the times and could use faster storage.

Microsoft didn’t just up the style game on the Surface Laptop 2 -- it brought the heat in performance and battery life as well. The speed and battery improvements aren’t as huge as promised, but they’re still significant. A comfortable keyboard, responsive trackpad and brilliant display bring the whole package together nicely. All told, this is one of the best notebooks of the year.

The Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 is arguably the finest example of what a Windows laptop should be. It is beautiful, simple, powerful and well made. It works better than most of the competition, from super quick startup to seamless all-in-one update...

The Surface Laptop 2 is an elegant 13.5-inch touch-screen...

While there's little that's truly new about Microsoft's Surface Laptop 2, that also means this computer has kept everything that made it such a phenomenal device in the first place. Better still, the addition of Intel's latest processors and the full...

Microsoft 's Surface Laptop 2 had a lot to answer for when it was finally unveiled at Microsoft's Surface event in October. Last year's ultraportable device was sleek, stylish and truly wonderful in so many ways, except for the inclusion of Windows 10 S...

The Surface Laptop 2 is, top to bottom, a worthy sequel to the original device. It improves upon what was already there in a meaningful way, with more performance in new, stronger hardware inside along with a full version of Windows 10 out of the...

But I can’t call it the best laptop overall right now, because there are other options with better performance, just as sleek designs, and more modern port selections. The Surface Laptop certainly wasn’t broken, but Microsoft could have done a little more to improve the Surface Laptop 2.