Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Microsoft Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC (7th Edition) is a powerhouse in every sense. The 15" touch-screen is vibrant and responsive, perfect for both detailed work and creative flow. The Snapdragon X Elite processor paired with 16GB of memory makes multitasking seamless—no lag, no hesitation, just smooth performance. With a 512GB SSD, I have plenty of space for files, projects, and media without ever feeling cramped. The design is elegant and modern, and the black finish gives it a bold, professional look. It’s lightweight enough to carry everywhere but sturdy enough to feel substantial. This laptop has quickly become my go-to tool for business strategy, writing, and everything in between. It’s reliable, fast, and inspiring—a perfect blend of form and function.

I have been using this laptop for a year. I own my own law firm and this is such a reliable laptop for everyday use! I had a macbook and let me tell you It doesn't come close to this Microsoft Surface! I will never go back! It's runs smoothly, I have multiple tabs open at once, and It is aesthetic as well!

I’ve been using the Microsoft Surface 7 for work, and I honestly can’t say enough good things about it. It’s been an absolute game-changer. The performance is top-notch—whether I’m running multiple apps, working on documents, or attending virtual meetings, it handles everything smoothly without lag. The build quality is solid, and it feels premium without being too heavy, which is great for portability. The display is sharp and vibrant, making it easy to work on all day without straining my eyes. Battery life has been impressive as well. I can get through a full workday without having to constantly charge it, which is a huge plus when I’m traveling or working on the go. What I appreciate most is how reliable it is. I’ve had no issues with crashes or slowdowns, and it always seems ready to go when I need it. It’s become an essential part of my daily workflow, and I couldn’t be happier with my choice. The Microsoft Surface 7 is definitely worth the investment if you want something that gets the job done efficiently and without hassle.

I picked up this laptop primarily for productivity reasons (no gaming at all). I went with the X Elite since Im planning on doing a bit more with Python in the future. My typical day with this laptop includes Power BI, SQL, tons of web browsing, and heavy Microsoft Office tools. After a few weeks with the laptop im actually shocked with how well the battery last! Performance I will say has been on par with the Macbook (closer to the M3 in my opinion). This is a choice if the primary use is productivity. Because the chipset is still newer, I would recommend checking the apps you work with and make sure they’re compatible.

Excellent product. Very fast. Capable of handling huge workload on 3 extended monitors and multiple programs at same time. Battery longevity is also good.

Amazing display and battery life. DCI-P3 level better than MacBook Air.

The Surface Laptop performs as expected, delivering a smooth and efficient user experience. Its exceptional battery life ensures extended usage without frequent recharging, making it ideal for work and travel. The stunning 15-inch touchscreen, with a high refresh rate and vibrant colors, provides an immersive visual experience. Its lightweight and portable design enhances convenience for everyday use. Powered by the Snapdragon X Elite processor, the Copilot+ feature offers AI-driven assistance, boosting productivity and workflow efficiency.

I got this computer because my 2013 Dell decided to die on me.i am very happy with my purchase. I live that it is touch screen. Best Buy was really helpful!

The surface laptop exceed my expectation and has great function!!

I have had this laptop a couple of days now and so far, I'm pleased. This was a luxury purchase! The computer is so fast. And I would recommend that to anyone thinking of purchasing the Surface laptop.

Love the laptop! Runs smoothly and when powered on it doesn’t take long at all! Setup was quick and easy and it even asked for your interests to give you adds that pertain to you! Only reason I give it one less star is because when it’s charging and you’re using it, the fans get loud. But that’s common for laptops!

I had to replace my old Surface Pro and wanted to stay with the brand. I’m extremely pleased with this laptop it is easy to use. It’s lightweight makes it easy to carry in my bag. The black doesn’t show fingerprints.

I recently got the Microsoft Surface Laptop - Copilot+ PC - 15" Touch-Screen - Snapdragon X Elite - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD (7th Edition) in Platinum, and it has been an exceptional experience so far. It came with Surface Laptop - Copilot+ PC - 15" Touch-Screen - Snapdragon X Elite - 16GB Memory - 512GB SSD (7th Edition), 65W Power Supply, Quick Start Guide, Safety and Warranty Documents. The laptop's sleek, platinum finish exudes sophistication and professionalism. The 15-inch touch-screen is vibrant and responsive, making it a pleasure to use for both work and entertainment. The build quality feels premium, and the lightweight design makes it easy to carry around. The 15" PixelSense Flow display with 2496 x 1664 resolution is brilliant and more responsive touchscreen display with the thinnest bezels of any Surface. It provides smoother motions and swift interactions with up to 120HZ refresh rate. It equipped with the Snapdragon X Elite 12 core processors, this laptop handles multitasking with ease. The 16GB of memory ensures smooth performance even with multiple applications running simultaneously. I have experienced no lag or slowdown, even when working on intensive tasks like video editing or running complex simulations. The integrated Qualcomm Adreno GPU delivers graphics-intensive presentations and entertainment flawlessly. The 512GB SSD provides ample storage space for all my files and applications. It also contributes to the laptop's fast boot times and quick access to data. Transferring files is a breeze, and the overall system responsiveness is impressive. One of the standout features is the battery life. I can easily get through a full day of work on a single charge, which is essential for my on-the-go lifestyle. The laptop's power efficiency is remarkable, thanks to the Snapdragon X Elite processor and battery lasted almost 15+ hours. The touch-screen is highly responsive and supports multi-touch gestures, enhancing productivity. The keyboard is comfortable to type on, with well-spaced keys and a satisfying tactile feel. The trackpad is large and precise, making navigation effortless. Running Windows 11, the Surface Laptop offers a seamless user experience with the latest features and updates. The integration of Microsoft 365 and other productivity tools is flawless, making it an ideal choice for both personal and professional use. Copilot+ leverages AI to offer contextual assistance across various applications. This integration is designed to predict user needs and provide real-time suggestions, making it a valuable tool for enhancing productivity. The Snapdragon X Elite processor ensures that these AI functions run seamlessly without lag. With Copilot+, task management becomes more intuitive. It automatically organize the emails, set reminders, and even suggest follow-ups based on previous interactions. The integration with Microsoft Office applications means that features like AI-driven insights in Excel or automated formatting in Word can be done without any additional skills / efforts. Copilot+ shines in collaborative environments. It provides intelligent recommendations during meetings, such as summarizing key points, suggesting action items, and even predicting the next steps. Integration with Microsoft Teams allows for real-time transcription and translation, making it easier to collaborate with international teams. Overall, the Microsoft Surface Laptop - Copilot+ PC is a fantastic investment. It combines powerful performance, a stunning display, and excellent battery life in a sleek and portable design. Whether you're a student, professional, or creative, this laptop is sure to meet your needs and will exceed your expectations.

I love the look and feel of the new Co pilot PC. I traded in my old HP for the 15 inch. Bright screen, love feel of buttons and touch pad mouse. Its light weight for its size, fast amd fun to use. Hoghly recommend!

Best laptop I’ve ever owned. Boots fast. Never hesitates. Copilot very useful. Display is crisp, rich. Love the facial recognition.

I purchased this laptop because I was going to school and it works just fine.

I was most interested in this because of the new SnapDragon Elite which is supposed to be as powerful as Apple Silicon while providing the same excellent battery life. This particular product also seemed to hit all my other checkboxes as well, which include a good keyboard, screen, touchpad, speakers, and build quality while being lightweight and thin. But does it live up to it? The answer is yes. Yes, it does. KEYBOARD: I have mixed feelings about the keyboard. As they were so close to nailing it. As the way the buttons feels is excellent. Good amount of actuation force, without being too much nor too little, with very strong bounce back, with solid click feel, and not very loud. It is also just the right amount of travel and does sound good. However, it appears they took the same size keyboard on their 13” and put it into the 15” instead of using the extra real-estate to give more full size keys. As the keys themselves are very small making it so you have to be ultra precise while still having the spacing between them to allow for bigger keys. Many of the keys are miniaturized. Like Up, Down, Ctrl, FN. I still type about 128 wpm so it isn’t bad. But it could have been great. Instead it’s just solid. TRACKPAD: I think this is my favorite windows trackpad ever. They are using something that most other Windows laptops don’t use but Apple has been for some time now with it being haptic. My only complaint is that I wish it was the same size as the MacBook Air 15 inch M3’s. As to me that is ideal for a machine of this size. This one just seems a bit small for the chassis. Which isn’t to say it is a small touchpad. Just that I would have liked it to be a bit bigger. BATTERY LIFE: I didn’t have a lot of time to test this out. But with hard usage I was able to get 8 hours before I hit 20%, which would have given me another 1 – 2 hours at least if not closer to 3 – 4. Currently with me doing a word document, some tabs open, along with one or two programs it is saying 12 – 15 hours left. I’ve used about 7% in an hour and 15-ish minutes. If we math that out it would equal 17.5 hours if I did my calculation correctly. It quotes up to 22 hours of battery life. Regardless, battery life is excellent as to me if I can get 8 – 10 hours doing essentially whatever I want anything more than that is just bonus. As that means I can leave my house without a charger and not worry about running out of juice. Finally, Windows has made it. You can charge via USB-C or the 65 watt magnetic charger that is included. It falls out easily, so I wish the magnet was stronger, and that the LED would change instead of being just an extremely bright white (which is very noticeable at night when trying to sleep. Apple does this portion better. But I’m glad to see it here as it opens up my ports. PERFORMANCE: I’ll keep this short and sweet. It is probably the best you can get in a Windows machine currently. To go a bit more in-depth. High Performance is going to be the setting you want to compete with Apples M3 and other premium laptop processors. It is equal, if not beating the majority of those in multi-core scores. Single Core is very good again other Windows laptops, but doesn’t beat Apple’s M3. A lot of what you daily is Single Core. The performance on/off battery is very similar which is a good thing. As the difference between other Windows machines is it is giving you the same power but with drastically better battery life. Compared to Apple’s silicone it is trading blows. It comes stock with 16 GB which is a good choice for the majority of users. SSD is replaceable. But I thought I read that voids a warranty? Will have to check that out further as that seem silly to me. The SSD speeds are good. Right smack dab in the middle of the performance. NPU I don’t have enough experience to give an opinion on at this time. It never got loud on my during normal operation. Most of the time I didn’t even hear fans. GPU was alright. Quite behind Apple M3. Wireless card was awesome. Best scores I’ve gotten on my network on a portable device. SPEAKERS: I was pleasantly surprised. They aren’t going to blow your socks off. But they are excellent FOR A LAPTOP. I could easily watch all my videos at 2x speed and still hear everything without problem. Got plenty loud. It does look to be firing out towards the screen and then back at you (very Apple like). More on the treble side, without a lot of bass, but voices still sound natural. Again, this isn’t like OMG amazing. But I have zero complaints. As they do their job well where I am not needing or wanting to reach for headphones. But if I was wanting to really get into something or listen to music I’d use headphones. As that would just provide a better experience. But for daily tasks and listening no issues. SCREEN: It’s excellent. I really enjoy 15” screens as they allow me to see a lot more and with bezels becoming smaller don’t take that much more room. The 16:10 ratio helps fit more stuff on the screen making productively excellent. The 120 Hz screen makes everything feel smoother and snappier. With it being LED it isn’t using as much power as OLED. But isn’t as nice. However, this still has very accurate colors, solid contrast ratio, and great white/black accuracy (meaning you can see a bunch of shades of white, same with shades of black allowing you to see everything in an image, but the blacks themselves are not perfectly black like on an OLED limiting the overall contrast level). It is also a touch screen which very accurate and smooth as well. With a very nice coating (similar to a smart phone). Outside of an OLED (which as I said has its trades) I don’t have any real complaints outside of maybe getting a bit brighter and supporting higher HDR. Which again, would trade for a hit on battery life so think this was a better choice. Which isn’t too say that the 400 – 500 nits isn’t at a very good spot. Reflections are hardcore (which to me is a good thing as that means sharper image) but may be a turn off for others. Resolution at 2496x1664 also is ideal. Making it not too much where you’re wasting power for improvements you can’t see while still retaining very clear picture. WEIGHT: It isn’t bad at 3.7 lbs. The MacBook Air 15 inch is 3.3 lbs. I would have ideally liked it to be closer to that 3 lbs. weight along with being a bit thinner. However, the trade there is that you get a fan with active cooling. Which should mean better performance and maybe longevity (as it will keep the components cooler which ideally means less wear and tear). Overall, it is a very portable machine that is relatively well balanced. My MacBook Air 15 M3 does feel better all around though in this category. BUILD QUALITY: Is excellent. All metal chassis. Buttons don’t wobble. Trackpad feels great. You can open the lid with one hand. Ports all feel great. I don’t hear any rattling at all. Hinge is stiff that it doesn’t wobble but light enough that it isn’t too stiff. It’s just right. I wish the rubber feet were a bit bigger like the MacBook Air. Also, the magnetic port could have a strong magnet as I find it way too easy to disconnect. Also, it would have been nice if the LED on the charger would have changed colors when charging and when fully charged. Instead it is a static white. PORTS: Are good USB-C x2 (USB4), 1x USB-A 3.2, and 3.5 mm aux. All on left side. Along with magnetic charger on the right with microSD card slot. There is a dedicated Co-Pilot button instead the right FN key. No dedicated play/pause function. But supports pretty much all the other ones. AI: They separated the Co-Pilot to be in a dedicated app. It can no longer change windows settings. Which is a good thing as that makes it a bit more secure than it was before. But also takes away some functionality. But that doesn’t use the NPU as that is in the cloud. Cocreate and Image Creator (found in Paint) are very fun to play around with. For basic stuff they actually work quite well. If you are trying to do something complex, it may not happen, or it may take a while with very specific prompting. The webcam features are great (include automatic framing, portrait light, eye contact, blur background, change background). All of those worked well. Shows a light on the webcam to show it is active. Webcam quality was solid (for a laptop). Microphone quality was very good (for a laptop). I would be happy to use this in meetings without any qualms. Live caption, works, but still has a long way to go before I would say it is ready. It missed a lot of stuff, was rather slow, and not fully accurate. CONCLUSION: It is with great pleasure that I can say that Windows finally has competition towards Apple MacBooks. As for so many years, Apple destroyed Windows just because they had better holistic machines, with good power, and most importantly battery life. I put this against my Apple MacBook Air M3 15” and both of them are excellent and trade blows almost across the board. To the point I don’t think I could declare a winner as it comes back to subjectivity of what you are personally looking for in a device. Any Snapdragon X laptop I can recommend from a power/battery standpoint. With the biggest difference between them being screen, build quality, keyboard, and trackpad. I think the Surface laptop nails all of them. With the exception that I would have liked to see bigger keys for the keyboard and a bigger trackpad. As both feel small to me even though there is plenty of room for more. But this trackpad from a feel perspective will be very hard to beat. Window Hello is excellent. Having an NPU will be nice. As it will speed up things that utilize it. However, much of that is still “in the cloud” and doesn’t make a huge difference yet. So, I wouldn’t be buying it for that feature alone. Or any of the AI features. But as laptops go. This is my favorite windows laptop of all time by a significant margin. You can’t go wrong with it.

The Surface Laptop 7th Edition is a fast and efficient laptop that excels at every non-gaming task I've tried on it. It also is one of the first computers to meet the Copilot+ PC designation requirements, which means it supports a few new machine-learning-based features (aka "AI") that most other PCs on the market do not. Although most major PC manufacturers are offering laptops based on the same Qualcomm Snapdragon X chips, Microsoft distinguishes its Surface Laptops with a "clean" Windows experience. The keyboard, trackpad, and screen all impressed me. It really delivers a MacBook-like Windows experience. I can't recommend it enough for anyone that is looking for fast performance and a long battery life, at least for standard productivity and entertainment software. That said, gaming performance is lackluster and old or specialty software may run into incompatibilities with the new CPUs. If either of those use cases matter to you, it might be a reason to wait and see how Intel and AMD respond to the Snapdragon X challenge in the near future. The headline feature of the Surface Laptop 7th Edition (I'll just call it "7" from here on) is the Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor. This processor uses the ARM instruction set, like the CPUs in virtually all modern smartphones and tablets, instead of the traditional Intel-compatible instrution set. The advantage to this is that ARM CPUs have generally prioritized efficient designs, given their use in small battery-powered devices. This isn't the first Surface device to have an ARM-based CPU from Qualcomm, but the Snapdragon X is the first such CPU to match or exceed the compute performance of Intel and AMD laptop CPUs. On top of that, Snapdragon X integrates a powerful "Neural Processing Unit" (NPU) that meets Microsoft's criteria for providing some new "AI" features under the Copilot+ branding. If you ask Microsoft, the Copilot+ features are the story here. Microsoft has been eager to push their AI features (to the point of adding the first new key to PC keyboards - a key to invoke Copilot - since the Start key), and these new features are why they're requiring a minimum power level for the NPU. The bundled Paint program has a new "Cocreator" gimmick that tries to generate art from a text prompt that matches a drawing you already have made. There are some promising new global features as well. There are some nice "Studio Effects" that can be applied to the front-facing camera video (think lighting and advanced background blur effects). There is also a "Live Captions" service that can add automatic captions for any audio, right on screen - including translation of detected foreign language (the subtitles worked well in English, but I couldn't yet test the translation with any native speakers of a foreign language). Despite the the built-in NPU, these features still require an active Internet connection. (The Windows Task Manager now shows NPU activity, and I could see activity on it when using them, so there's definitely some advantage to the NPU.) Overall, these features are nice perks, though perhaps not reason enough on their own to specifically get a Copilot+ computer like the Surface Laptop 7. In my opinion, though, it's the Snapdragon X as a whole, not just the NPU, that is the story. After acquiring a startup working on high-performance ARM CPUs, Qualcomm has produced one of the most powerful CPUs for the PC market, period. Microsoft has been bringing ARM-based Windows devices to the market for years now, but they have never seriously challenged Intel and AMD CPUs in performance. Snapdragon X changes that, while maintaining class-leading power efficiency. This performance is not just theoretical, either. The Surface Laptop 7 is the snappiest-feeling Windows laptop I've ever used, and the battery life is terrific. Of course, performance would be meaningless if it can't run the software I need. To that end, Windows now includes new emulation technology for running software compiled for Intel-compatible CPUs on ARM CPUs like the Snapdragon X. A number of the programs I use regularly still don't have ARM-native versions, but ran pretty much flawlessly on the Surface Laptop 7. Honestly, if it weren't for the Task Manager's details view, I probably couldn't tell what was ARM-native and what wasn't. I did sense some minor performance hiccups with emulated Intel programs - such as slightly slower start-up, or minor pauses after starting the program. The issues were minor enough that I couldn't even say for sure I didn't imagine them because I knew the programs were being emulated. I didn't need to rely on any custom hardware drivers, or any unusual software that might have compatibility issues, so be aware that your experience with Intel emulation could be different. The one area where the Surface Laptop 7 did not perform well compared to other laptops I've owned was when playing video games. The Snapdragon X supports Microsoft's "Automatic Super Resolution" (Auto SR) feature that upscales graphics from games running in a lower resoultion. Theoretically, this allows the Snapdragon X to punch above its GPU's weight when playing games. Microsoft has already identified some games that work well with this feature, and those games will automatically use it when they launch. For other games, you can manually enable it. I tried out three different games - Diablo III, God of War, and Baldur's Gate 3. All of these games needed Intel emulation to run. Diablo III ran, but with poor performance (even though it's a somewhat old game). Enabling Auto SR improved performance, but couldn't make up for the very low resolution required. God of War is one of the games for which Auto SR is automatically enabled. The graphics looked good (despite some stuttering when it first loads), but unforutunately, it also wasn't stable and would lock up completely. Lastly, Baldur's Gate 3 ran well initially, and with good quality - no tweaking needed - but it also crashed to the desktop periodically for me. I'm hopeful the stability will improve with GPU driver updates (or perhaps I can find more optimal settings). For now, if light gaming is very important to you, I would recommend looking at different models (or even consider this laptop along with a dedicated gaming handheld!). Besides the good performance, the "feel" of the Surface Laptop 7 is top-notch. The construction feels rigid. The keyboard and trackpad are the best I've used outside of my MacBook Pro. I really like the high resolution screen; it's not OLED or mini-LED, but I never found myself wishing it was using one of those technologies. And since this comes from Microsoft, there's no additional preinstalled "bloatware" installed on top of Windows. I'm pleased to know that this computer received a high repairability score from iFixit (even though Microsoft doesn't officially claim the computer is user-repairable or upgradable). Finally, I'm also attaching a picture of this laptop compared to one of its prime competitors (a 16" MacBook Pro); the Surface Laptop 7 is surprisingly smaller in every dimension, although the screen is not too significantly different in size. I'm not sure what more there is to say about this computer. It's the best Windows laptop I've used, and I think most people would love using it as their primary laptop (so long as gaming expectations aren't too high). Microsoft has made the jump to a new CPU architecture pretty seamless, and the performance and efficiency of the Snapdragon X set a new bar that Intel and AMD will hopefully answer with similarly impressive chips to drive all laptop computers forward.

Everything you need plus AI-based features that amp up how you work and play. This Copilot+PC Surface Laptop is fast, slim, lasts longer on a charge and helps you get stuff done more quickly and easily. Highlights: * Fast! * Relatively light. * Sleek all-metal chassis with great build quality. * Great battery life. * Includes magnetic (proprietary) 65W charger that has a USB-A port to power another device. * Charging via USB-C also works. * Integrated Copilot features are useful and have potential. * Live Caption is amazing! Room for Improvement: * Copilot’s integrations into Windows still feel a tad disjointed. * Windows still isn’t completely easy to use with Touch. Setup: Windows continues to get easier to set up. Plug in the provided 65W AC adapter to the wall and the magnetic slot on the side of the laptop to charge it up. Power it on and run through the initial Windows setup which is not short, but at least it’s easy to progress through and shows informative stuff while you wait. The AC adapter has a permanently attached cable that goes to the laptop and a removable cable that goes to the wall so you can substitute it for a different one if you’re traveling to a foreign country. There’s no cable management but it’s a relatively small AC adapter. Once completed and you’re at the Windows desktop, you can start to use it right away or begin customizations and installing your favorite apps. I use both Windows and Apple for work and all of my work is done either via a web browser or in apps that are available for both Windows and MacOS. I started off by installing all of my core apps like Figma, Slack, Office365, Snagit and 1Password. Everything I needed installed quickly and ran smoothly. I’m even using Edge instead of Chrome to check it out. Usage: There are three aspects of this Copilot+ Surface Laptop I’ll cover; the hardware, Windows 11 and the new Copilot+ features accelerated by this new hardware and Windows 11. This Surface Laptop is fast, relatively thin, has great battery life, so far runs everything I need and is built really well. It takes the standard Surface Laptop formula and refines it further. The display has rounded corners that add some flair and the touchscreen is responsive to both fingers and the optional Surface Slim Pen. The LCD screen is bright and crisp with a high resolution and great viewing angles. There is the proprietary Surface Connect port where the provided AC charger connects as well as a USB-A port, a headphone jack, an SD card slot and two USB-C ports that support USB4, Thunderbolt 4 and DisplayPort 1.4a. You can even leave the AC adapter at home and charge from one of the USB-C ports if you have a big enough USB power brick (65W min). This laptop is relatively thin and feels substantially built but isn’t too heavy. The 15” LCD screen has a good resolution of 2496x1664 (201 dpi) and the Full-HD (1080p) front-facing camera is great for video calls. The built-in Omnisonic Atmos speakers are surprisingly loud and clear and with support for BTLE Audio, you can connect just about any Bluetooth speakers or headsets when needed. If you’re working in a private environment, the dual microphones with voice focus work great for voice and video calls without the need to connect headphones or a headset. Windows 11 running on this new Snapdragon X Elite chipset feels fast and fluid. So far, I’ve noticed no heat or noise while running my suite of work apps. Windows has come a long way to being “finger-friendly”, and while I enjoy using touch to navigate occasionally rather than a trackpad or mouse, there’s still a lot within Windows that is hard to do with a finger. For that, the optional Surface Slim Pen works well. There is nowhere to leave the pen when you’re not actively using it, but it works great for writing on the screen or doing stuff where more precision is needed than your fingers can provide. Copilot+ is a suite of AI-based integrations to help you through your work day or home computing adventures. The most obvious and useful is a new Copilot “app” that is launched from the Windows Taskbar but also has a dedicated button on the keyboard. This opens a window with two main functions; Copilot and Notebook. Copilot is similar to the chatbots that you might have tried on other systems. You type or verbalize your question and it compiles an AI-summarized response. It’s nice that there are citations and references to the data sources used for the response so you can research further and read the original information that was used to compile the summary. You can also rate the summary, copy the text to put it elsewhere, have it read aloud or download it. Conversations are threaded in that you can build on the last question and answer without repeating yourself. If you’re done with that rabbit hole, just tap the “new topic” button to start a conversation on a different topic. You can even upload a photo or use the built-in cameras to take a photo as the source for the question. When generating the answer to your question, the response appears on screen almost as if you’re watching someone else type the answer live…. I’m not sure I like that versus just showing the answer, but it’s not a huge distraction as the responses seem to be accurate, fast and appropriate. The Notebook aspect of Copilot lets you use the AI to create new content based on the idea that you provide. For example, I wrote “A poem about squid” and the AI came back with iambic pentameter about the ocean creature. Fun. Again, you can type or use a photo as the idea and let the AI create something new from that. It can also translate into just about any language using spoken or typed content on either end. The standalone Copilot app is fun, helpful and handy. Some other AI-based features of this Copilot+ Surface Laptop are integrated into standard Windows apps such as the Edge web browser, Paint, the built-in Camera, and others. For example, in the Edge browser, there is a Copilot icon that opens the same Copilot features in a sidebar in the browser window. Here, the two tabs are called “Chat” and “Compose” versus “Copilot” and “Notebook” but they essentially do the same things. There’s a handy “Generate page summary” button that takes the contents of the web page being shown and summarizes it for you. Another fun thing it can do is generate questions to investigate based on content in the web page. You can still upload an image to use as the source of a query or take a new photo with the built-in cameras, but when accessed from within Edge, you can also easily take and include a screenshot as the source. In Paint, you can describe the image you want to create and have Copilot make an image to match your vision. This is powered by DALL-E and as of the time I write this review, this feature is in Preview and only allows 50 uses. Perhaps this will change later? Another AI-based feature in Paint is “Cocreator” which takes the image you start drawing and embellishes it to create something more professional or in a different artistic style. The Snipping Tool for screenshots has a few new tricks. It can quickly find text in a screenshot to be copied elsewhere as text (OCR). It can also detect phone numbers and email addresses in the image and redact them so that information is hidden in the resulting image that is shared. When on a video call, the live caption feature will add real-time automatic subtitles for every word spoken in any of 40+ languages. Have a video chat with people who speak different languages but never miss a beat! The camera has some cool effects, too. Automatically zoom and focus on where you are in the frame, adjust your eyes so they appear to be looking at the camera even though you’re really looking at the screen below it, change or blur the background or apply filters to your appearance - all live in the moment. Even with all of this new AI goodness sprinkled throughout, this Copilot+ Surface Laptop isn’t slowing down or heating up, and the battery is still chugging along. Overall: The Surface line of laptops and tablets has always been a great example of how great a Windows PC can be. These Copilot+ versions are faster, buttery smooth, last longer on a charge and get more done more easily. They take everything you need in a Windows PC and add in some AI smarts to tie things together better and be more creative. If a Windows PC is what you need, these Copilot+ PCs will exceed your expectations.

The packaging of this laptop is minimalistic (very little plastic waste) and easy to open. There is one security strip on the front side of the box. It comes with its charger, power cord, and simple diagram guide. The laptop gives off a sense of solidity, and the platinum casing, with its premium build quality, is a testament to Microsoft's commitment to durability and value. This reassures you that you're investing in a product that will last. On the left side, you'll find a standard headphone jack, a USB-A port, and two USB-C ports (all charging-capable). A MicroSD card slot and the Surface power connect port are on the right side. The power supply cord quickly recharges the battery and conveniently attaches itself effortlessly with the magnetic snap-in. The cord is slender with a small power brick. The bezel (the border around the screen) is minimal, enhancing the sleek design of the laptop. The keyboard and touchpad (trackpad) design is terrific. The keys are evenly and comfortably spaced out and are well-lit. The touchpad (trackpad) is not small or big like other devices. It allows clicking anywhere inside, and it feels nice to click. The device looks slim and clean (no logo stickers), making it an impressive addition to your tech collection. This device is Wi-Fi7, so you will get better speed if your location has that. The screen is a visual treat, with a high refresh rate of 120 hertz, richer blacks, vibrant colors, and crisper whites that bring images to life. The responsive touchscreen makes swiping and tapping feel natural and intuitive. The Snapdragon processor performs very well and is quiet. It is plenty fast for daily usage. Battery life lasts long, which is acceptable for this premium device. While this laptop can do light gaming, I wouldn't recommend it for some heavy games. The speaker's sound at total volume is excellent and loud without distortion. The keyboard's Copilot button allows quick and direct access to a chatbot. You can use Copilot to make things (images), answer questions, or show you how to do something with full instructions and sometimes videos. Conclusion: It has an immaculate ergonomic design and is fast and enjoyable.