In the span of a long weekend in September I took two separate trips to New York City. First, to see Microsoft’s latest offerings for the Surface line, which took a backseat to the AI-infused update to Windows 11. And second, to see Google reveal its Chromebook Plus push, a new standard for the company’s operating system along with its hardware partners. At the end of it all I had to ask myself: What the hell is Microsoft thinking?
Never mind the . As both an old-school Photoshop user and a professional keyboard jockey, I found its image- and text-generation powers less than compelling. No, it’s the newly revealed Surface Laptop Go 3 that really