Surface Laptop Studio is a newly introduced product line by

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at their Surface Event on September 22, 2021. It was announced by the company alongside the Surface Go 3 and Surface Pro 8, Surface Duo 2 and several Surface accessories. The device is a new form factor featuring a dual-pivoting screen that flips into tablet mode. The laptop is powered by

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operating system. On 4 Feb, 2022, Microsoft announced the general availability for organisations across industries in the

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of its Surface Laptop Studio and Surface Pro 8.

Features

operating system * Intel

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11th Gen Core i5 or Core i7 processor * Intel

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graphics, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Consumer), or NVIDIA RTX A2000 (Enterprise) GPU with 4 GB of GDDR6 RAM * 120 Hz refresh rate and Dolby Vision support * 16 or 32 GB of

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RAM * 256 GB to 2 TB

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SSD A solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently, typically using flash memory, and functioning as secondary storage in the hierarchy of computer storage. It is ...

storage * 2

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USB-C ports

Configurations

Hardware

* A new three-position display with a complete overhaul. * 14.4-inch touch display with 2400 x 1600 pixels (201 ppi) and a 3:2 aspect ratio * The first Surface Laptop to contain 2

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ports with

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4. * It comes with a removable SSD. * Precision Haptic touchpad

Software

The Surface Laptop Studio will be powered by the new

operating system with a 30-day trial of

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. Consumer models will get the Home edition and the business models will get the Pro edition of the operating system. The device also supports

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facial recognition.

Timeline

References

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2-in-1 PCs Computer-related introductions in 2021