Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 15 inch [ZHG-00009]

Is Surface back in business?

The 2024 Microsoft Surface Laptop 7 is a new refresh of Microsoft's business laptop, featuring a touchscreen, long-lasting battery, and the new Snapdragon X Elite ARM processor. The company has taken a step toward Apple by ditching Intel in favor of alternatives. And surprisingly, it's a good choice, as the Snapdragon X Elite delivers similar performance to last year's Core i7-1255U-powered Surface Laptop and the base 10-core version of Apple's M3 processor in the MacBook Pro. It also performs better in power efficiency and AI-related tasks out of the three.

Advanced AI and Copilot

At the presentation of the Microsoft laptop, special attention was paid to the capabilities of AI and the Copilot function. With their help, the owner of the laptop will be able to get help in writing texts, create summaries of the materials read and improve the image quality during video calls. An interesting new feature is the Recall function, which allows the user to navigate the virtual timeline of their workday using a special slider to quickly find the necessary text documents, tables or web pages. However, users may encounter compatibility limitations with outdated x86 applications and drivers for old equipment.

Thought out to the smallest detail

Otherwise, this is a fairly expensive and high-end business-class laptop with all that entails. It has a magnificent 13-inch display with a resolution of 2496 x 1664 pixels and support for HDR10 with Dolby Vision. The laptop is well assembled, has convenient input controls and modern communication tools, including a Full HD camera, Dolby Atmos speakers and Wi-Fi 7 support. The processor demonstrates impressive energy efficiency: on a single charge it can work from 16 to 22 hours depending on the display brightness, performance settings and usage scenario - this is significant even by the standards of modern ultrabooks with a long battery life.