There’s probably going to be a Surface Laptop refresh this year

Intel revealed that their 10nm process is delayed yet again, maybe until even the 2nd half of 2019. Microsoft can’t leave dual core Surface Laptops in the market until the 2nd half of 2019 so surely we will see a quad core ‘refresh’ of the Surface Laptop, I assume this year. They might even refresh the Surface Pro with a quad core option too.

Conversation 14 comments

  • rob_segal

    Premium Member
    10 May, 2018 - 4:06 pm

    <p>The Surface Pro and Surface Laptop should have been updated with 8th gen Intel CPU's already. Microsoft cannot wait too much longer. The jump in cores is too important to keep both devices stale on older Intel chips.</p>

    • Bdsrev

      10 May, 2018 - 4:36 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#274322"><em>In reply to rob_segal:</em></a></blockquote><p>If Microsoft updates the Surface Laptop to quad core now, there will be no battery penalty because Intel has been optimizing their chips so much, you basically get 2 extra cores for free</p>

      • Chris_Kez

        Premium Member
        10 May, 2018 - 5:50 pm

        <blockquote><a href="#274350"><em>In reply to Bdsrev:</em></a></blockquote><p>Any idea if Microsoft could just drop the the 8th gen i5 into Surface Pro and keep it fanless? </p>

        • Bdsrev

          10 May, 2018 - 7:36 pm

          <blockquote><a href="#274400"><em>In reply to Chris_Kez:</em></a></blockquote><p>I really wouldn't know but it would have to be more difficult with the Surface Pro compared to the Surface Laptop because it's a smaller device, there's less 'thermal headroom'. The Surface Laptop, on the other hand, is larger and even has a fan, so you can assume quite comfortably that there will be a quad core option coming </p>

  • Jules Wombat

    10 May, 2018 - 4:19 pm

    <p>Dunno, but who really cares about Microsoft Laptops ?</p><p>Its just a laptop, plenty of better choices out there already. </p>

    • hrlngrv

      Premium Member
      10 May, 2018 - 4:28 pm

      <p><a href="#274334"><em>In reply to Jules_Wombat:</em></a></p><blockquote><em>. . . </em>plenty of better choices . . .</blockquote><p>Not if one's top spec requirement is the 3:2 screen.</p>

    • Bdsrev

      10 May, 2018 - 4:34 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#274334"><em>In reply to Jules_Wombat:</em></a></blockquote><p>It's basically MacBook vs Surface, and I guess HP if you get a Signature Edition from the Microsoft Store</p>

      • hrlngrv

        Premium Member
        10 May, 2018 - 5:24 pm

        <p><a href="#274349"><em>In reply to Bdsrev:</em></a></p><p>No love for Lenovo X1 Carbons or Yogas in you, eh?</p>

        • Bdsrev

          10 May, 2018 - 6:49 pm

          <blockquote><a href="#274383"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>ThinkPad used to be the best but sadly that is no longer the case</p>

          • hrlngrv

            Premium Member
            10 May, 2018 - 7:33 pm

            <p><a href="#274408"><em>In reply to Bdsrev:</em></a></p><p>To some extent subjective. HP laptop keyboards without dedicated [PgUp] and [PgDn] keys are one huge negative for me. Then there's Lenovo's joystick pointer. For what I do, the quality of the screen is secondary to the capabilities of the keyboard and mouse substitute. For me, on that basis, HP laptops all suck.</p>

  • Chris_Kez

    Premium Member
    10 May, 2018 - 5:44 pm

    <p>Sure, the dream scenario is a huge event in October where Panos gets up there and announces not only Project Andromeda but also a completely refreshed Surface lineup (Laptop, Pro, Book, Studio, Hub) with the latest Intel chips and TB3 support.</p><p>I do not expect this. The Surface team seems very small and unable (or unwilling) to work on too many things at once. Between Project Andromeda and the new Hub, I can't imagine they have a lot of bandwidth to tinker with the Laptop.</p>

  • rameshthanikodi

    10 May, 2018 - 11:16 pm

    <p>They had better, because it's already an outdated product.</p>

  • Paul Thurrott

    Premium Member
    11 May, 2018 - 4:33 pm

    <p>(Almost) the whole lineup needs to be updated for sure.</p>

    • Bdsrev

      11 May, 2018 - 4:55 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#274640"><em>In reply to paul-thurrott:</em></a></blockquote><p>Paul have you heard anything about a Surface Laptop refresh/update? Aside from the resolution they chose for the display, it's an amazing laptop </p>

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