Whether you’re considering an upgrade or buying your first Surface Laptop, we’ve scoured the details to figure out exactly what has changed.
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(Pocket-lint) – The Surface Laptop 4 is one of our favourite Windows laptops, offering sublime build quality, long battery life, snappy performance and a lightweight, slim chassis.
Now, Microsoft has announced its successor, the Surface Laptop 5, and on the surface (excuse the pun) it doesn’t look all that different.
So, whether you’re considering an upgrade or buying your first Surface Laptop, we’ve scoured the details to figure out exactly what has changed.
For the sake of simplicity, we’re going to be focusing on the 13.5-inch models, but the majority of the details carry over to the larger 15-inch model, too.
squirrel_widget_4534369 Design and weight
Both: 308 x 223 x 14.5 mm
Surface Laptop 5: 1272g with Alcantara finish, 1297g in metal
Surface Laptop 4: 1265g with Alcantara finish, 1288g in metal
The Ice Blue colourway has been replaced by Sage for the Surface Laptop 5
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As we said up top, not much has changed aesthetically. Both laptops are the exact same size and are offered with either a soft-touch Alcantara keyboard surround or an all-metal chassis.
Microsoft
Microsoft has introduced a new colourway for the Surface Laptop 5, a light greenish colour called Sage. It’s an Alcantara option and it replaces the Ice Blue colour offered on the Surface Laptop 4.
Otherwise, the styling remains exactly the same. It’s no huge surprise, though, Microsoft clearly takes a lot of inspiration from Apple with its Surface lineup and those designs are typically carried through multiple generations, too.
The weight has increased very slightly with the newer generation, but it’s so marginal that we doubt you’d be able to tell the difference in the real world. Both options are very portable and lightweight.
Display, speakers and webcam
Both: 13.5-inch, 2256 x 1504, 10-point multi-touch
Both: 720p webcam with Windows Hello, Omnisonic Speakers with Dolby Atmos
Surface Laptop 5: Dolby Vision IQ support
The story is the same with the display, speakers and webcam.
