Too reflective, even at maximum brightness.3:2 aspect ratio really shines on the 15-inch screen, great for productivity.Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 (15-inch, AMD) review: Display It’s disappointing to see Microsoft unable or unwilling to find room for more ports in the Surface Laptop 4, especially on the larger 15-inch chassis we said the same thing about the Surface Laptop 3, making Microsoft’s continued, almost Apple-like refusal to afford customers more options even more frustrating. Like its predecessor and its smaller sibling, the 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 only sports four ports: 1 USB-C, 1 USB-A, a headphone jack and a Surface Connector port for charging. Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 (15-inch, AMD) review: Ports The Microsoft logo is embossed in reflective silver on the back of the screen, and when you look down into it you can see yourself staring back. From a distance it looks like a normal laptop, but when you get up close and see it next the gray and silver casings of most computers there’s a real richness and depth to the black that I didn’t expect. The matte black paint job makes the 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 somehow both subtle and imposing. That also means it's lighter and thinner than a lot of laptops of comparable size, including the Dell XPS 15 (2020) and the 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019). The 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 clocks in at 13.4 x 9.6 x 0.58 inches and weighs 3.4 pounds, meaning it's effectively identical to (okay, it’s 0.02 inches thinner than) the 15-inch Surface Laptop 3. Perhaps we’ve been spoiled by the thin, nearly nonexistent bezels on contemporary notebooks of similar size like the Dell XPS 15 (2020) and 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019), but given that this is a flagship laptop from one of the biggest computing companies on the planet, it’d be nice to see Microsoft catch up to the competition. On the matte black model we reviewed, the thick black bezels on all sides are nigh-invisible when the display is off, but once you power it on, it can be hard not to notice the black bars framing your screen. I’d also have loved to see a little less bezel framing my screen whenever I looked at it.
Personally I would’ve liked to see Microsoft attempt something a little more interesting with this new model, but what’s here is svelte and professional. Microsoft’s latest Surface Laptop has a sleek, simple design that’s right in line with the minimalist design of earlier Surface devices.
Our review unit came in matte black, but you can also get the 15-inch in platinum if you choose. Our 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 review unit arrived packing an AMD Ryzen 7 4980U CPU, 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD, a configuration which retails for $1,699.
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