Surface Laptop 13-inch review: a little less for a little less
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Summary
Microsoft’s new 13-inch Surface Laptop retains the premium build quality and excellent battery life of last year’s 13.8-inch model while cutting a few corners to hit a lower price.
It has a lower-resolution screen, a processor with two fewer cores, no face unlock, and no magnetic charging port.
The 13-inch laptop includes a sharp 1080p webcam, a very good keyboard, and one of the best mechanical trackpads I’ve used.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus processor performs well for core productivity and work tasks, though it did slow down once during testing for me during some heavy multitasking.
While app compatibility has improved, it’s still a mixed bag and prevents the laptop from being a no-brainer for content creators, especially given the inconsistent state of game support.