Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio Review: Interesting concept with slow Intel CPU

[Redaktion]

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Studio was finally launched in Germany. The foldable display is an interesting concept, but the device is held back by the slow Tiger Lake quad-core processor from Intel.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-Surface-Laptop-Studio-Review-Interesting-concept-with-slow-Intel-CPU.607094.0.html

[lapnerd]

A device like this would be almost perfect with a Ryzen-HS or Ryzen-U, or another semi-custom chip like MS has ordered from AMD before. Delete the dGPU entirely, delete the second cooling fan, increase the battery and the port selection.

I am very concerned with over 90W consumption in gaming when the power brick is only rated for 100W. Speaking from experience with the G14 in Silent mode, 100W is no longer enough if you need to connect any accessories to the laptop while running under load. The power brick should have supplied margin input of at least 20W over gaming load....