I really like the surface devices. This seems pretty slick. If it was 16gb AND metal finish (not alcantara), I'd grab one to add to my collection of (too many) devices.
I'm still rocking the Surface Laptop 1 (8GB) with Windows 11, but sometimes it chokes with >80 tabs in Brave. The surface laptop is a great machine and my go to travel laptop. I've been looking for an upgrade but I am not sure if I want a 16gb for the future.
I really dislike the Surface laptops. Wife has one for work, had previous ones too. All are short on ports. No HDMI, no rj45(common now), only 1 USB-C and one USB-A, so you have to get the dock thing too, oh and ram and ssd are not upgradeable. All sorts of adapter and hubs hanging out of all the USB ports. All that aluminum and it still has a loud fan. I guess its stylish, but I'd rather have a cheap plastic HP with the same performance and way more ports. For less money.
That said this does seem to be a good price for a surface laptop.
I really dislike the Surface laptops. Wife has one for work, had previous ones too. All are short on ports. No HDMI, no rj45(common now), only 1 USB-C and one USB-A, so you have to get the dock thing too, oh and ram and ssd are not upgradeable. All sorts of adapter and hubs hanging out of all the USB ports. All that aluminum and it still has a loud fan. I guess its stylish, but I'd rather have a cheap plastic HP with the same performance and way more ports. For less money.
That said this does seem to be a good price for a surface laptop.
HDMI and RJ45 started disappearing years ago, unless you consider six pound brick laptops. Almost all thin laptops are lucky to even have USB-A anymore.
Thinking of grabbing this for my son's girlfriend for graduation. She needs something for college and has very little support from her parents. Seems like a decent machine for what she needs? Thoughts???
They're not bad, but for about $100 more I'd recommend a used M1 MacBook Air. The battery life is way better on the MacBook, and performance is going to be better too.
HDMI and RJ45 started disappearing years ago, unless you consider six pound brick laptops. Almost all thin laptops are lucky to even have USB-A anymore.
Maybe you mean less than a pound, because pretty much all the recent laptops I just looked at half the weight you claimed, had those ports. Even a galaxy book, from Samsung who pretty much tried to have the most current of whatever they make
Maybe you mean less than a pound, because pretty much all the recent laptops I just looked at half the weight you claimed, had those ports. Even a galaxy book, from Samsung who pretty much tried to have the most current of whatever they make
I haven't seen an ethernet port on a non-business laptop in five years. I have no idea what you are shopping for.
I really like the surface devices. This seems pretty slick. If it was 16gb AND metal finish (not alcantara), I'd grab one to add to my collection of (too many) devices.
The 3:2 form factor isn't used enough. I purchased an older used Acer Chromebook that flips because they stopped making cheaper ones that use 3:2. They make awesome comic readers.
I haven't seen an ethernet port on a non-business laptop in five years. I have no idea what you are shopping for.
I actually prefer a USB-C dongle, enabling a one-port desktop connect / disconnect with HDMI, mouse / KB. A port for every separate thing adds cost and potential breakage.
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That said this does seem to be a good price for a surface laptop.
That said this does seem to be a good price for a surface laptop.
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Maybe you mean less than a pound, because pretty much all the recent laptops I just looked at half the weight you claimed, had those ports. Even a galaxy book, from Samsung who pretty much tried to have the most current of whatever they make
Especially if she spends a lot of time at Starbucks. She will fit right in
The 3:2 form factor isn't used enough. I purchased an older used Acer Chromebook that flips because they stopped making cheaper ones that use 3:2. They make awesome comic readers.
I actually prefer a USB-C dongle, enabling a one-port desktop connect / disconnect with HDMI, mouse / KB. A port for every separate thing adds cost and potential breakage.
Clearly you haven't looked at an Omen, Legion, LoQ, Zephyr, STRIX, Tuf, Titan, Raider, Predator, Alienware, Prometheus, Razer, Aorus, or Nitro lately.