This looks and feels like the Surface Pro 4 Type Cover on a and feels, as Microsoft puts it, luxurious. The stand-out feature in design has to be the Alcantara fabric cover which surrounds the keyboard. It feels well constructed and like it will last a long time. Somehow, the Surface Laptop looks both professional and fashionable at the same time. The aluminium casing is similar to rivals like the Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air but the mirrored Windows logo on the lid provides its identity. The Surface Laptop, like previous products in the range, is recognisable and we’re taken by the stylish design. Microsoft has also made sure it’s lightweight at 1.25kg so it’s a great candidate for carrying around with you without it turning into a workout. Like the MacBook Air the device has a tapered design so is 14.5mm at the thicker end and is around 7mm by our measurement at the thinner end when shut. It’s what you might consider to be a ‘normal’ laptop, which for a lot of people will be a good thing. The Surface Laptop opts for the traditional clamshell design with a fixed hinge. The Surface Book looked like a normal laptop, but the screen contained all the processing power and detached from the keyboard with a clever mechanism. The Surface Laptop is cheap when you compare with the the Huawei MateBook X starts at €1399, the Acer Swift 7 is £999 and the MacBook Air is £949. Read our best laptops chart. Otherwise, jumping to a Core i5 with 8GB of RAM is still a very affordable £799/$999. If you’re ok with the basic entry-level model with its Core m3 processor. You can now buy it starting from just £649/$799 which is a great price for a laptop that’s only a year old and will still make a great device for many users. Now the Surface Laptop has been replaced with a new 2018 model, the Surface Laptop 2, it’s had another price drop rather than being discontinued. It’s probably best thought of as Microsoft’s Windows version of the MacBook Air – a thin and light laptop with decent performance and battery life. Also see: Best Laptop Deals. Who should buy the Surface Laptop though? Microsoft launched it as its education conference and says it’s perfect for students, but it’s certainly not a Chromebook or cheap laptop rival, despite a discount for those eligible.
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