The Surface Laptop Studio is a 2-in-1 convertible laptop developed by Microsoft. It was announced by the company alongside the Surface Go 3 and Surface Pro 8, Surface Duo 2 and several Surface accessories at their Surface Event on September 22, 2021. The device is a new form factor featuring a dual-pivoting screen that flips into tablet mode. The laptop shipped with Windows 11.
On 4 February, 2022, Microsoft announced the general availability for organizations across industries in the UAE of its Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Pro 8.
Microsoft announced its replacement, the Surface Laptop Studio 2 in September 2023.
Features
Windows 11 operating system Intel Tiger Lake 11th Gen Core i5 or Core i7 processor Intel Iris Xe graphics, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Consumer), or NVIDIA RTX A2000 (Enterprise) GPU with 4 GB of GDDR6 RAM 120 Hz refresh rate and Dolby Vision support 16 or 32 GB of LPDDR4X RAM 256 GB to 2 TB NVME SSD storage 2 Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports
Configurations
Surface Laptop Studio Configuration Options Price Tier in USD CPU GPU RAM Internal storage Consumer Business $1,600 $1,700Intel Core i5-11300HIntel Iris Xe(80 EU @ 1.3 GHz) 16 GB 256 GB $1,800 $1,900512 GB $2,100 $2,200Intel Core i7-11370HNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti(4 GB GDDR6) +Intel Iris Xe(96 EU @ 1.35 GHz) $2,700 $2,800 32 GB 1 TB $3,100 $3,200 2 TB $3,400 NVIDIA RTX A2000(4 GB GDDR6) + Intel Iris Xe(96 EU @ 1.35 GHz) 1 TB $3,800 2 TB
Hardware
A new three-position display with a complete overhaul. 14.4-inch touch display with 2400 x 1600 pixels (201 ppi) and a 3:2 aspect ratio The first Surface Laptop to contain 2 USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4. It comes with a removable SSD. Precision Haptic touchpad
Software
The Surface Laptop Studio will be powered by the new Windows 11 operating system with a 30-day trial of Microsoft 365. Consumer models will get the Home edition and the business models will get the Pro edition of the operating system. The device also supports Windows Hello login using biometric facial recognition.
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