Microsoft - Surface Laptop 4 - 13.5” Touch-Screen – AMD Ryzen 5 Surface Edition – 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD (Latest Model) - Matte Black

Cannot believe how strangely CONNECTED I am feeling personally to this little machine! Weird, maybe, but it just feels as comfortable and as fun to be around as a friend. PROS ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| What I was looking for to meet my own particular needs as an author and publisher was: 1) speed, above all 2) very light for maximum portability 3) long-time battery strength 4) very quiet machine 4) aux output 5) save money with less hard drive space This checked every box! I needed something that didn't feel cumbersome to carry everywhere. Blissfully light! This laptop is also rendered extra portable because it has the longest battery life I have ever experienced with a laptop, meaning I can even dash out the door sans charger--just literally grab the machine, slip it in a sleeve and go. I also needed max speed to support my writing and publishing apps like Scrivener and video editing and lots of uploading. This laptop handles them effortlessly and doesn't even seem to heat up, plus it is whisper quiet so it never distracts me from my train of thought while composing. It comes with 256GB hard drive which is plenty of space to support all my software, and I use Dropbox to store 2TB of everything else so I can still access all the space I need without having to go for a heavier and more expensive model. Aux input allows me to plug in wired headphones directly as needed and not have to bother with wireless earbuds or aux adapters (one less thing to worry about charging, one less cord to carry). The pretty golden pink color was just a bonus, so elegant! I also used https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/out-of-the-box-laptop-tips to help guide me through speedy setup like a pro so I didn't miss anything. CONS|||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Small screen and no number keypad takes some getting used to but that is a compromise we have to make if portability and low weight is more of a priority. I just use spreadsheets a lot for my biz and this is a major drawback not having that keypad, but I guess I can do my financials on my desktop. Lots of bloatware installed, but like I said the guide on the website I mentioned above helped me knock some of that out. Very limited ports. I had to spend $70 to buy one additional port hub with all the extra slots and inputs I might need. Again, price of low weight, max portability. SUMMARY||||||||||||||| Super fast. Blissfully light. Longest battery life (14-16 hours). Unnoticeable heating up. Quiet. Setup for my Razor headphones to plug and play. Lots of room for software but not too much to keep cost down. Gorgeous color and looks way more expensive than it is. Fun to use. Small screen. No number keypad for business people who are spreadsheet lovers like me. Lots of bloatware to uninstall and some you seem stuck with forever. Very few ports so will need to buy external hub. Too easy to fall in love with anyway.

A great little laptop but a few things really holding it back. It is a very well built laptop with a beautiful screen but it has huge bezels and has the same glossy super reflective screen for several years. Would like to see much smaller bezels and an anti-reflective coating. An Oled display option would also be nice. The processor is good and bad. It was great a couple years ago but with 12th gen intel out and 6th gen Ryzen it is showing it's age. Speed feels fine but in a couple of years I am worried. Microsoft needs to deliver better internals for this price. Too much competition that is better. The build quality and design are top notch. The design aesthetic that Microsoft uses is one of the cleanest and best looking designs out there but as I said before it needs modernization of a few areas. The speakers are excellent and I love them. The keyboard is excellent. Trackpad is one of the best. The battery life is decent but this is another area improvement needs to be made. Ports are just pitiful. At least you get a usb a but I would like to see hdmi or at least sd card support. SSD sizes are really skimpy for the cost. Double the size across the line is needed. A little more heavy duty mag charging port like a braided cable would be really nice but I like the overall design. The pure Windows experience is one of the main draws to these devices and the optimization Microsoft puts into the OS for these machines. Even on older hardware with meager specs you never feel the device is slow. Overall the all aluminum models are a thing of art and the screen is beautiful and the speakers are good. The 3/2 screen format is also excellent. They just need to keep up with up to date internals and refine the design and add a port or too and extend battery life and I would fully recommend this device. As it is now there are too many nagging issues to fully say 5 stars. It is certainly above average and a great device but for me I like to be current on specs if I am going to shell out premium price. There hopefully will be a redesign and after the release a while when they go on sale I might just pick a model like this again.

Sleek laptop, the build quality is top notch, the display is very impressive, the aspect ratio is extremely useful for productivity, can’t go back to widescreens again after using this. My only minor complaint is how reflective it is in bright light, I wish it was a bit brighter to improve visibility, I am talking outdoors with strong sun, but indoors it’s perfect. The keyboard is also very good.

This is an absolute beast of a product! I have had this laptop for 6 months and I couldn’t be happier. The build quality of the chassis is extremely robust and the resolution of the display is phenomenal. The performance of the CPU and GPU are more than acceptable for a laptop in this price range. The only downside so far seems to be the battery life. It’s acceptable, but could be better.

I love this machine! The 3:2 screen looks fantastic, and I love the extra heighth. The keyboard is the best I've ever typed on, and the touch pad is as smooth as butter. It's fast and the battery life is very good. The build quality is outstanding as well, and it feels solid despite its slim design. I'm thrilled with my purchase.

This is my second Microsoft Surface device. The first one lasted me six years and probably would have still been going strong except for I dropped it on accident! Perfect size perfect weight perfect speed easy to use easy to set up.

Overall Microsoft Surface Laptop4 is an incremental improvement, but the screen quality for some reason appears less impressive when compared to prior versions.

I was looking for a laptop that was lightweight but still had a decent sized screen. This works perfectly for me in both those ways. I'm able to effectively do all the tasks I use my laptop for.