The second version, the one that the writer has been using around the world for more than two years, has demonstrated exceptional reliability. Stable, lightweight, with a gorgeous 13-inch touch screen and enviable battery life, Microsoft’s Surface Laptop has never missed a beat. Of the Surface Laptop 4 – after the 3 which seemed less successful than the 2 – having just arrived, we can’t know if it will perform as well over time. You will have to settle for first impressions.
We tried the version with a 15-inch display, equipped with 16 Gb of memory, 512 Gb hard disk, Ryzen 7 processor with integrated AMD Radeon card. It weighs a kilo and a half, which for what it offers in terms of power is not that much. The touch screen has deep colors, nice contrast and a resolution of 2496 by 1664 pixels. The autonomy then exceeds fifteen hours, while the Ryzen 7 processor (4980U) is really fast, even if it does not belong to the last generation, the 5000. Some instability with the installation of some programs, Photoshop Elements 10, and an adaptive display brightness that occasionally gets confused. It starts from 1499 euros in the basic 15-inch version to get to 1999 euros for the one with Intel i7 which is the most expensive. The 13-inch model instead starts at 1149, but uses the Ryzen 5.
The most expensive version is equipped with an 11th generation Intel i7, the most recent, slightly slower than the Ryzen 7 but with better performance in certain areas, when using a single application that requires large computing capacity, even if it consumes more power. . Details, for most people. What matters in the end is that the Laptop 4 is an elegant laptop capable of handling everything, apart from high-end video games. Defects? It has few USB ports, a barely passable video camera, the instabilities we were talking about before and a price not for everyone. But it’s a common problem, sadly: just think of Apple’s MacBook Pro with a 16-inch display. Computer that certainly has high characteristics, but weighs two kilos, has a battery life that is not record-breaking and above all it costs a madness.
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