Microsoft’s rumored Surface Laptop Studio 2 could be a portable powerhouse

After skipping 2022, Microsoft might have plans for the Surface Laptop Studio as soon as once more.

Windows Central believes that the Surface Laptop 2, code-named “Ersa” (not “Ursa,” or Latin for “bear,” oddly) will be launched this fall. What we referred to as the “wave of the future” in our Surface Laptop Studio evaluate will be up to date with the newest {hardware} from Intel and Nvidia, the location reviews, citing confidential sources.

Pulling from a couple of leaked Geekbench benchmarks, the location believes Microsoft will skip a Core i5 mannequin and go straight to the Thirteenth-Gen Core i7-13700H and Core i7-13800H. In graphics, Microsoft goes to stay to its tried-and-true mannequin, providing an entry-level RTX 4060 GPU within it. These entry-level GPUs have usually appeared in “creator” variations of fashionable laptops just like the Surface Laptop Studio, aimed extra at picture and video seize and enhancing than hardcore gaming. (The latter is potential, although not a precedence.)

Windows Central says that it believes that in any other case the Surface Laptop Studio 2 will stay unchanged, which is solely believable. Microsoft not often redesigns its {hardware}, with the latest, substantive modifications arriving on the Surface Duo 2 (with an extra digicam) and revamps to the Surface Pro lineup including a Thunderbolt connector. Instead, it usually updates the interior elements as a substitute.

Originally, the Geekbench benchmarks appeared to indicate that the Surface Laptop Studio 2 would ship within the spring, however now a fall refresh (good day, Windows 11 23H2!) appears the seemingly window. With the Surface Laptop Studio, Microsoft re-engineered the Surface in an aggressive, pleasant method. It appears seemingly that the Surface Laptop 2 will proceed its legacy.

Author: Mark Hachman, Senior Editor