Microsoft – Surface Laptop – Copilot+ PC – 13.8″ Touch-Screen – Snapdragon X Plus – 16GB Memory – 512GB SSD (7th Edition) – Dune

So this Microsoft surface “copilot+” laptop with snapdragon x Plus has been my dedicated work / travel companion for the past week and I have to admit that I am quite impressed with this machine. It is super thin, and lightweight while having a rigid and premium machined aluminum build. The screen is beautiful, doesn’t have the best contrast ratio on the market but colors are punchy and the screen gets quite bright. It has the usual washed out blacks of an IPS screen. Most people won’t mind , but just a heads up. It’s not terrible, my unit doesn’t seem to suffer from any backlight bleeding which is great. The screen is also touch capable, and I believe it will support the Microsoft surface pen, (I’ve yet to buy one) I have to confirm it’s compatibility but I’m pretty certain you can buy one for it. The speakers are quite loud, but they lack bass. At higher volumes they don’t sound very pleasing to my ears, so I leave them below 50% volume, but even at 20% it is loud enough for me. I’m actually impressed with how loud they are. The keyboard has a very nice tactile feel and are backlit. The keys almost have a soft touch type of feel, reminds me of a silicone phone case. Not sure what material they are coated with but they feel very nice to type with and it’s kind of become one of my favorite keyboards to type on. The trackpad is smooth and accurate. As far as connectivity, you’ll get 2 USB C ports which also support video output and will charge the laptop. A full size USB port, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a proprietary charging port for the cable that it comes with. Speaking of.. that is probably my only complaint about this laptop. I don’t understand why it has that when you can charge it via usb c. I suppose it frees up the 2 usb c ports but it is a proprietary cable that works with nothing else. I feel like they could have used the space to include an SD card slot. As a photographer , I always appreciate being able to connect my sd card straight into the computer I am using. I’m tired of the dongle life. One other thing I have noticed about this laptop is that when I use it in a dimly lit room, the screen seems to flicker. Not sure if it’s a hardware or software issue. I turned off the auto brightness setting to mitigate the issue for now. Performance: this is where I’ve been most impressed. I didn’t run any benchmark tests but I did put the machine through my usual paces and it handled everything nicely. I was able to edit and upload the photos I took with my mirrorless camera. I was able to do some light gaming. I was able to run rocket league and lineage 2. Older games, but they ran quite good considering. I wouldn’t use this as a dedicated gaming laptop, but it’s nice to be able to play a game on here also, even if at low / medium settings and around 60fps. I love gaming so it’s nice to have the ability to do some light gaming with it. I made it a point to use “copilot” to assist me in my daily tasks. I tried to use it to help me edit photos, create some templates and book a trip online. I’m going to say that for now, it seems kind of trivial and gimmicky. I feel like it has a long way to go before anyone can fully rely on it to be a reliable assistant. When asking for information, it seems like it just gathers information for you from the web, which you can already do on your own. Asking it to create a photo or painting is the coolest thing about it but I could see it losing its fun after a while. I totally think copilot has potential though and I am excited to see how it evolves over time. For now, it kind of feels like a glorified search engine when trying to ask it to help you do things. You can tweak the settings for the way it responds and interacts with you. Battery life. Excellent! I have not been able to get the 20 hours of use it claims, but this is definitely the best battery life I’ve ever experienced from a windows laptop. I run it at “recommended” power settings and I would say I’m averaging about 10 hours of use before needing to plug in. Fantastic! I can finally highly recommend a windows laptop for reliable all day use. All in all, I have to say that I really really like this laptop, and I plan on carrying it with me wherever I need it.