You’re encouraged to enter your Android phone’s number to set up Your Phone, to enter your Microsoft account to set up Office, and to tell Microsoft how you plan to use the laptop to customize the UI. The OOBE (out-of-the-box experience) asks for your Microsoft account to smooth the process, though you can create a local account with a little finagling. With a flick of your finger you can lift the lid. The Surface Laptop has always been Microsoft’s minimalist response to the Apple MacBook, and that’s still apparent. This is Microsoft’s last-generation Surface Laptop 3, which is visually identical to the new Surface Laptop 4.

Prices: $999 to $2,499 $1,529 (as tested) from the Microsoft Store Remove non-product link and Amazon.Colors: Matte Black (as tested), Platinum, Cobalt Blue, Sandstone.Add approximately 0.64 pound for the AC adapter. Weight: 13.5-inch: 2.79 pounds (Cobalt Blue, Platinum) to 2.84 pounds (Sandstone, Matte Black) 15-inch: 3.4 pounds (Platinum, Matte Black, as tested).Operating system: Windows 10 Home (consumer, as tested) / Windows 10 Pro (commercial).Battery: 45.8Wh (design), 46.6Wh (full charge).Ports: 1 USB Type C, 1 USB Type A, Surface Connect, 3.5mm jack.Graphics: Iris Xe/AMD Radeon Graphics (as tested).

Storage: 256GB/512GB (as tested)/1TB M.2 NVMe SSD.

Processor: Core i5-1135G7, Core i5-1145G7, Core i7-1185G7 Ryzen 5 4680U Surace Edition, Ryzen 7 4980U Surface Edition (as tested).

It’s so visually identical to the Surface Laptop 3 we reviewed previously that we were tempted to attach sticky notes to distinguish the two. We received a review unit of the 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 in a Matte Black, metallic configuration.

Surface pro 3 screen brightness