If you've ever tried to, for example, create or work with a complex, multilayer document in an Adobe app on the iPad and found it wanting, you're one of the people most likely to enjoy the Surface Laptop Studio. At 4 pounds, you aren't going to use this the way you'd use an iPad or a Surface Go, but that might be OK, because you have significantly more processing power at your disposal. This is a powerhouse laptop that happens to fold down to a completely flat, tablet-like screen. The comparison to the MacBook Pro is also apt in the sense that this is not a svelte, lightweight Surface that doubles as a tablet. The rounded corners also feel fitting with the more rounded interface in Windows 11.

The silver magnesium/aluminum shell reminds me of the Macbook Pro, but the Surface has a slightly chunkier feel to it. It looks somewhat bizarre when you first pull it out of the box, but it's not all that noticeable when the Studio is sitting on a flat table.Ĭarrying it around does feel very different than any laptop I've ever used, but despite the odd design, this is a very good-looking machine. Two grills sit on either side of the recessed base. The extended upper surface-the same level as the keyboard-is where all the Studio's ports live. The first thing you notice about the Laptop Studio is that the keyboard hangs about a quarter inch over a recessed base.

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