It's Microsoft, so you'll have to spring $130 for the Pen 2 or $100 for the old model.īut the new stylus adds haptics that Microsoft claims better simulates the feel of a drawing or writing surface, as opposed to using a nib with more or less friction on the slick display surface, and to provide feedback when you select interface items. The display still supports 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity, but Microsoft has also unveiled a new stylus to go with it, the Surface Slim Pen 2. It does support up to a 120Hz refresh rate for gaming, though. For instance, you can flip them away from the keyboard for presentations.
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It's not the first Windows laptop to incorporate this sort of semi-articulated display, but it's a lot smaller than, say, Acer Concept D Ezel models. 201 ppi is still pretty high, but it's not as good as Apple's Retina for any of its iPads. We're missing some important specs for the 14.4-inch, 3:2 aspect ratio PixelSense screen, including the color gamut, calibration and brightness, but we do know it has a lower pixel density than the Book: 201 ppi vs. Microsoft splits the difference between the previous 13- and 15-inch models, settling on a single 14-inch - in keeping with current laptop trends. The Surface Laptop Studio is a different beast than the Surface Book 3 it replaces, sharing more with the Surface Laptop line it joins, but it's still targeted at content creators and gamers. Surface Laptop Studios will begin shipping in the US on Oct. It's coming to the UK and Australia in 2022, where the US price converts to about £1,170 or AU$2,200. You can preorder it now, with prices starting at $1,600.
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It can go as far down as roughly flat so you can use it as a pressure-sensitive tablet, similar to its big brother the Surface Studio 2 or the iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard. In addition to changing the name, it ditches the detachable base and replaces it with a hinged display that can tilt at various angles above the keyboard. Now Microsoft has thrown off the shackles of the 2015 Surface Book design - which I was never a big fan of - and modernized it for 2021 as the Surface Laptop Studio. It awkwardly straddled the two-in-one (with displays that rotate around 360 degrees, like the HP Spectre x360) and detachable (where the keyboard snaps onto the tablet, as with the Surface Pro 8) categories. Laptop designs have changed significantly since Microsoft debuted its Surface Book, a laptop with a tablet that detached from a keyboard base with discrete graphics for more power.