Our quick take
Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 initial
Design, build and connectivity
- 15: 340 x 244 x 14.7mm, 1560g 13.5: 308 x 223 x 14.5mm, 1272g Aluminium construction
Display
- 15: 2496 x 1664 pixels, 201ppi, 3:2 13:5: 2256 x 1504, 201ppi, 3:2
Hardware and performance
- 15: 12-gen Intel Core i7-1255U, 8-32GB, 256GB-1TB, 17 hours 13.5: 12-gen Intel Core i5-1235U or i7-1255U, 8-16GB, 256-512GB, 18 hours
To recap
The Surface Laptop 5 doesn’t really move things along a great deal, with only a couple to tweaks to support the new hardware. That’s a shame, because this is a great-looking laptop and there are easy gains that could be made.
