They just announced it live, seconds ago. Starats at $2599, not sure the config, presumably 32GB. So not the worst.

You bought a Microsoft computer expecting a first class Linux experience?

Sir.

I have a cheaper Surface Laptop 4 that I wanted to love, even for Windows, but it just has such poor support for Windows even though its a first party device that I had to kind of move on to something else. Shame, since it could have been a good laptop at the time having a custom AMD chipset it could even pull decent frames in gaming and whatever, but it just has awful driver support for the GPU / display dimming.

The battery life is also unremarkable, and having other surfaces people have dumped on me that are older and newer (but I did not buy) I don't think I like the designs of them all around.

Can you recoup the cost somehow? I’m just flabbergasted by your first sentence.

> If MS get behind Linux

They only want you avoiding windows if you're renting a machine on Azure.

I just wanted the monitor bit of one of those. Wish you could just do that easily.

I have a Studio 2 for work and even on windows it runs like absolute garbage. Almost unbelievably slow at everything and locks up frequently. Maybe I have a dud with some sort subtle hardware fault but it's by far the worst computer I've owned. Not a good look for a premium priced laptop that is supposed to be a showcase for Microsoft.

And yeah, can't run Linux on it either to try and salvage it because of all the weird and undocumented hardware.

> It still sits in a box unused

Can I have it?

The MagSafe(-esque) USB-C charger is interesting. I have to assume the USB-C end is a little nub that doesn't actually go all the way in if it's supposed to pop out with a tug.

But at that point I'm not sure I understand the advantage of just having all your USB-C ports in addition to a dedicated magnetic charging port like Apple has on the MacBooks? With Microsoft's solution you're just covering a port that could be used for something else while charging.

if you wanna risk your laptop being broken sure, if i had the money i would buy an apple

Last time I checked, MS SQL Server still wasn't supported on windows arm, which is about when I gave up on windows arm.

> Yet Microsoft still does not get it. We don't buy Apple machines for what they look like. We buy Apple machines because they have all day battery and because they don't run Windows.

Not to be Microsoft apologist, but this doesn’t make logical sense. Should MS not make laptops because they’re not Apple laptops? Which you can get from Apple as you should if you want one?

and dont forget the touchpad.. for me, it was always about the touchpad.