Microsoft is offering different models with either the latest 11 th generation Intel Core processors, or Intel rival AMD’s Ryzen processors. Things get a little complicated with the laptop’s internals. The display is also compatible with Microsoft’s Surface Pen ($159) for the quick signing of forms, notating of documents, and doodling in meetings. Thankfully, the Laptop 4’s trackpad is very responsive and just about large enough to use for a few hours without fatigue. Instead, being able to quickly tap a command on screen, scroll a webpage with your thumb, or pinch to zoom speeds up laptop use, especially if you don’t have a mouse connected.
Touchscreen laptops aren’t for constant interaction like on a smartphone or tablet.
The former has a pin-sharp 2256 x 1504 resolution and is fully touch compatible – another feature you didn’t know you needed until you have it. I reviewed the 13.5 inch model, though a 15 inch version is also on sale.
The display itself is top notch even if picky types might baulk at the sizeable black bezel around it. Many other laptops opt for the squatter 16:9 format, but with 3:2 has more vertical space to make word processing and web scrolling feel less squashed. Having a 3:2 aspect ratio display is something you won’t know you missed until you have it. The keyboard itself is a joy to type on with full-sized excellent spacing and just the right level of clackiness and feedback for my personal tastes, though it is a slightly lighter feel than Apple’s latest MacBooks (but far better than most of the competition). This takes away somewhat from the premium feel and will likely not happen with the fully metal model. I only used it for a month, so I can’t say how dirty the soft finish will get after several months or years.Īnother fabric finish in blue, or a sandstone metal or black metal are your other options.Ī minor quibble is that on the Alcantara version the housing visibly depresses when you hit keys in the centre of the keyboard (keys like F, G, and H). This Alcantara material is soft to the touch and quite unique for a laptop. Some versions have a fully aluminium build but the model I reviewed has a soft fabric coating on the inside. It falls a feather short of the build quality of a MacBook, but it is very close. If you aren’t entrenched in Apple’s ecosystem of iPhone, iPad, and Mac, then the Laptop 4 is a top choice (and even if you do have an iPhone there’s no reason to shy away). The Surface Laptop 4 is the latest of these, and it is a mighty fine effort. With well over 70% global market share, the company has turned in recent years to producing its own computer hardware. Microsoft’s strategy of licensing its software products to scores of hardware manufacturers was a business-defining decision, leading to the global dominance of the Windows platform as the most common desktop and laptop operating system. For many years, the only way to interact with Microsoft’s software was through other companies’ computers.
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