Microsoft Surface 2023 range update – more of the best

23/09/2023
By Ray Shaw
In Announcements Featured

The Microsoft Surface 2023 range update is simply more of the unique Surface range, including Surface Laptop Studio 2, Surface Laptop Go 3, and Surface Go 4 for Business. It is hard to improve on Surface perfection.

Segue: I have been a Surface Pro, Go and Laptop Studio user since the first Surface RT in 2012. My original Surface Go (2018) and Go 2 (2020) are constantly used by the grandchildren. The original Surface Book (2015) has just had an inexpensive battery replacement and is excellent. I now use a Surface Laptop Studio (2021) with 32GB of RAM as my production machine and a Surface Pro Go 3 for travel. Let’s not forget the Surface Pro (2013) and various Pros since (now with my kidaults) are still working well.

Yes, Microsoft has made a lot of money from the Shaw family (and we are just as reluctant to part with it as anyone) with excellent reason. Surface is beautifully built from mag alloy, excellent 3:2 ratio DCI-P3 screens, long battery life, early updates, and superb design, especially the Laptop Studio and Surface Pro with its kickstand. Price is what you pay – value is what you get!

Microsoft does not care if they are not the biggest, with a 2% market share compared to Lenovo (24%), HP (20%), Dell (17.5%), ASUS (7.2%), and Acer (6.5%). Even if Microsoft were chasing the mass market, it could not do it with the Surface range.

Microsoft Surface 2023 range update

Surface Laptop Studio 2

The most powerful Surface has

A unique hinged screen that allows use as a clamshell to a tablet.
Intel Core i7013700H Evo an Intel Gen 3 Movidius 3700VC VPU AI Accelerator
Choice of 16/32/64GB LPDDR5x RAM
Choice of 512GB or 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD (removable)
Intel Iris Xe and a choice of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 (6GB GDDR6) or 4060 (8GB GDDR6)
14.1” 2400 x 1600, 3:2. 1500:1, 120Hz PixelSense with VESA DisplayHDR400, Dolby Vision IQ (downscaled), 10-point touch and Gorilla Glass 5
323 (L) x 230 (W) x 22mm (H) x 1.89 to 1.98kg
1080p camera with blazingly fast Windows Hello 2.0 sign-in
Quad Omnisonic Dolby Atmos speakers
2 x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C backwards compatible and have Alt DP audio/video/data/charging)
USB-A 3.1, microSD, 3.5mm 4-pole headphone/mic, Surface Ribbon connector
Wi-Fi 6E AXE, BT 5.2
Optional Surface Slim Pen 2 supporting Microsoft Pen Protocol
58Wh battery with 102W (Iris Xe) or 120W power supply (100W TB4/USB-C upstream chargeable).
Mechanical keyboard (superb for typists) and precision haptic trackpad
1-year warranty and self-repair options.
Window 11
Anodised Platinum aluminium case
Base model $3519 and top mode $5279 (Special price for eligible students, teachers, and parents) with free delivery, 60-day return and price protection
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Business Models available with NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada GPU (8GB GDDR6) and 2TB SSD.
Pre-order now for early October delivery

Surface Laptop Go 3

Lightest and most portable Surface clamshell-style laptop. It features.

Intel Core i5-1235U and Iris Xe GPU
8/16 GB
256GB removable SSD
12.4” 1536 x 1024, 3:2, 1000:1, sRGB colour calibrated, 10-point touch PixelSense with Gorilla Glass 3
278 x 206 x 15.7mm x 1.13kg
Anodised aluminium polycarbonate composite resin glass fibre in Ice Blue, Sage, Sandstone, Platinum
USB-C 3.2 with Alt DP audio/video/data and upstream charge
Wi-FiI 6 AX, BT 5.1
USB-A 3.1m, 3.5mm 4-pole headphone/mic, Surface Connect port
41Wh battery and 39W power supply for 15 hours of typical use
720p camera and Windows Hello sign-in.
Fingerprint Power Button
1-year warranty
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Pride 8/256GB $1429 and 16/256GB $1729 with special pricing for eligible students, parents and teachers.

Surface Go 4 for Business

It is a 10.5” mini-Pro with a detachable keyboard and kickstand. It features:

Intel Processor N200
8GB LPDDR5
64/128/256GB UFS SSD
Wi-Fi 6 AX and BT 5.1
10.5” 1920 x 1280, 3:2, 1500:1, 350 nits (max), sRGB calibrated, 10-point touch, Gorilla Glass 3
USB-C 3.1 with Alt DP audio/video/data/charge
245 x 175 x 8.3 x 512g plus keyboard
Up to 12.5 hours battery life, 24W power supply
10MP 1080p front and 8MP 1080p rear camera and Windows Hello sign-in
Stereo 2.0 2W speakers and dual far-field mics
MPP Stylus support
Secure Core with hardware and firmware-level remote management with a Microsoft open-source DCFI
1-year warranty and a high level of replaceable components
Magnesium case, Platinum colour, 16544° kickstand
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