Microsoft Surface Laptop 4
Price: £1,469 (inc VAT) from fave.co/3uir8fP
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 4 has significantly improved where it matters – in performance and in battery life. Even though it’s largely unchanged otherwise compared to the Surface Laptop 3 (and available in the same 13.5in and 15in sizes), that’s not a bad thing given the product line’s tradition of offering a great screen, a great keyboard, and great battery life. Microsoft has hit its mark on all three criteria once again, and the important changes under the hood make all the difference.
Our praise comes with a few qualifications. The product line is expensive. The long battery life is attained with a few tricks. We also don’t know how the Ryzen 7 version we’ve tested here compares to its siblings with an Intel CPU inside. Despite these unknowns, we would still easily recommend buying this laptop.
BASIC FEATURES
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 4 offers a surprising diversity of exterior design options: size (13.5in versus 15in, finish (clad in metal or Microsoft’s signature Alcantara fabric), and colour. We’ve listed the available combinations and prices in our original news story announcing the Surface Laptop 4. One thing we appreciate about the Surface Laptop 4 is that there’s really no ‘gotcha’ configuration – they’re all good. Our review unit retails for £1,469. However, if you’d like to pay a little less for a model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, feel free.
We received a review unit of the 15in Surface Laptop 4 in a Matte Black, metallic configuration. It’s so visually identical to the Surface Laptop 3 we
