The Surface Laptop SE is a

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manufactured by

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. Unveiled on November 9, 2021, it is an entry-level model in the Surface Laptop series positioned exclusively towards the education market. It was released on 9 November 2021.

Specifications

The Surface Laptop SE has a plastic body and shares some components (such as the keyboard) with the

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. Microsoft stated that it was designed to be more

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than other Surface models, with replacement parts (such as batteries, displays, keyboards, and motherboards) to be available through its service partners for on-site repairs. The device uses an

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CPU, with configurations using either a Celeron N4020 with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage, or the N4120 with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. It has two USB ports, one of which is

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. Unlike other Surface models, the Laptop SE uses a round, non-magnetic power connector. It includes a 10.1-inch screen at 1366×768 resolution, and a one-megapixel webcam. It ships with

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, a variant of the operating system with optimizations for the education market.

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