Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 REVIEW - Better than MacBook Pro!?

Can the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 compete with the MacBook Pro - and who should buy it?
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[Thetechchap]

Hey Chaps! Would you take a Surface Studio or a MacBook Pro?

[xali]

Microsoft is doing the same pricing as Apple but I think they forgot one tiny thing; the reason Apple can skin its customers is there is no alternative MacOS laptop.
but in Windows World, there are plenty of options at different prices.

[carlwheezer]

£2469 for a 4050 laptop is insane, especially if you're a 3D Artist, might as well save money and get last gen 3080ti laptop (i got one with an oled screen for £1700)

[rebeccaw]

Why are you comparing it with a Mac book pro, when the market for this device is those looking for a two-in-one? There are other two-in-one devices to compare this with. MacBook Pro users would need an additional iPad Pro to get comparison pen use…

[OliverMay]

As much as I love Surface devices (I have a Surface Pro8 and love it!) they are silly money for what you get and are now on the verge of making Apple look like a bargain in comparison. As a photographer who uses Windows I'll be sticking with XPS for my main workhorse laptop (I know these aren't cheap either, but you get much more for your money compared to Surface, and the screen is absolutely stunning!)

[damienlobb]

It absolutely blows my mind that they didn't offer an AMD model. Much better battery life and better integrated graphics making the base model more appealing.

[danilocorreia]

I bought one of those last month, and God, I love it! I don’t know why people are complaining about battery life. It lasts me a whole day of web browsing and coding. The only thing that truly kills the battery life is doing a lot of online meetings (Google Meets, Teams, and Zoom).

[arjunsuresh]

I think with the Surface studio you're paying not just for the specs but also for the unique form factor it has to offer. In that dept. there isn't any product that could compare to the studio.

[francuteu]

got microsoft surface and early this year i've upgraded to macbook pro max. prices are similar but one thing that i dont like about surface is the battery life. the reason why i get portable is the battery life and surface pro lasts only for 2-4 hours (advertised upto 15 hours) while my macbook pro lasts around 10-18 hours (advertised 22 hours).

[damienlobb]

I think its worth pointing out how much better this could be in the areas you talked about its cons if it had an AMD variant. Recently the AMD and Intel framework laptops were compared, alongside an M2 Macbook, and the AMD laptop was not only able to keep up with the Mac, while having similar battery, it also didn't lose performance unplugged, unlike the Intel based laptop. Food for thought?

[nmartins]

I love surface products. I have Two surface laptops (4 and 5), and my daughter has the surface pro 8 wich she uses to take notes in college. Amazing devices. Macbooks are powerful laptops but they are limited in productivity because not all the software is compatible and not having touchscreen its a drawback for me.

[CowenGittens]

Everyone is complaining about the price. But the price is kinda justified. There's no other laptop like that with those specs

[AndreiKovalev]

When windows becomes a premium priced OS. Because I don't see how you can make those prices seem reasonable with that hardware - especially the battery life.

[jessel.]

You are partially incorrect about the SLS2 upgradability. The SSD in the SLS2 is actually user upgradable and it is fairly easy to do so. The only catch is that you must purchase a kit from Microsoft to replace the cosmetic bottom bezel ring and rubber feet in order to return your laptop to its original cosmetic state.

[aaryan_wagh]

I've had such great time with the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 1 as a uni student

[miles_tails]

I played touchscreen rhythm games on the laptop studio 2, it feels like an iPad!

I also edit videos, photos, some AAA gaming. My favorite setup is a large external monitor + laptop on a stand in tent mode. The smaller but closer laptop monitor really feels more immersive as a secondary screen

[jimkorovessis]

Excellent and thorough review. I really appreciate your review objectivity, having used both surface and Mac machines - this feature of your reviews primarily keeps me coming back to them. A small correction @ 4:43, the SSD is fairly easily upgraded, based on what I've seen on YouTube, though I haven't done the upgrade myself. Everything else seems to be solidly soldered in. Totally agree with your points on the superior competitiveness of Apple's latest offerings. Again, high quality, helpful review. Thank you.

[obvinpro]

Y'all praise MagSafe but hate surface connect. Life is wonderful, isn't it?

If I'm looking to buy surface laptop studio, I wouldn't cross buying it with MacBook. I need the pen, the form factor and NVIDIA GPU for actual WORK. Surface Laptop Studio is like MacBook and iPad in one unibody.

[EnochGitongaKimathi]

My favorite Surface from Microsoft is still the Surface Book. I'm hoping that one day we will get a SOC that is both highly performant and efficient as a standalone tablet and ridiculously when docked to the keyboard using Thunderbolt 5 instead of the proprietary Surface Connect Port. I would love to see what Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite can do in a Surface.

[bryans]

Before I made the move to Apple land my laptops were Surface brand (the original Surface Book and Surface Pro). They were very well built, and if I were in the market for another Windows laptop the Studio would be on my short list.