The Micro .ft Surface laptop includes 4 AMD and Intel models

For a while, the MicroSt. Surface Laptop 3 was one of the best laptops you could buy. MicroSFT is now planning its successor, the Surface Laptop 4, and it appears Winfuture Got details about this upcoming device. According to the report, the laptop will arrive sometime in April.

The biggest news is that the new Surface laptop will come with both Intel and AMD options. AMD models will include the Raizen 4000 mobile series chips, including the Raizen 5 4680U and Raizen 7 4980U. These are not AMD’s top guns; This year’s RJ5000 mobile series was announced earlier this year. Intel models will have Intel’s latest 11th General CPU, although it includes Core 15-1145G7 and Core i7-1185G7.

Aside from the chips, there seems to be very little change between Laptop 3 and Laptop 4. Here are some other tidbits we have learned. WinfutureReport:

• There will be 13.5- and 15-inch models available. These are the face deals that Surface Laptop 3 offers.
• All models have a 3: 2 aspect ratio. The 13.5-inch device will have a resolution of 2256 x 1504, and the 15-inch will have 2496 x 1664. These are the same resolutions that are offered by the Surface Laptop 3. The 3: 2 aspect ratio has been a major part of MicroSFT’s Surface products for some years now.
• RAM exceeds a maximum of 32GB. But it seems that if you want a lot of memory, you will need to take the Intel model. AMD configurations only go up to 16GB.
• Storage is complete at 1TB. Similarly, it seems that only Intel models offer as much storage. The AMD laptop will come at a maximum of 512GB.

If this leak is true, I expect Microsoft to take the same approach as the Surface Laptop 4, as it did with the Surface Book 3 last spring – i.e. bind the chips with minimal changes to the chassis.

Photo by Amelia Holloway Creles / The Verge

That doesn’t mean, of course, that there’s nothing to be excited about. Chip upgrades are still a big deal. One of our primary complaints about both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch Surface Book 3 models was that their battery life is not the best compared to the competition. The 15-inch model Dell also came up with some performance issues in our test. It had significant difficulty playing 4K 60fps videos and completing media exports. It would be great if the new chips would be able to overcome some of these drawbacks.

I will not blame Microsoft for not overdoing the design; People like it, and why fix something that isn’t broken? But as I noted in my review of the Surface Book 3, the appearance of the surface line is as long as it can be consistent. In the market, laptop bezels are shrinking, chassis is getting lighter, and consumers are expecting sleek and more sophisticated vibes from both high-end and midrange products. The design of the Surface laptop has never been ugly, but as the preferences of the Dell XPS and HP Specter continue to evolve, I’m concerned that the appearance of the Surface line won’t last long before it’s left behind.

Everything that is said: these are still rumors at this stage, so treat them with a grain of salt. Hopefully sooner rather than later when we get more concrete information about this upcoming device.