

It retains the same design as the last couple of generations but the internals have been updated including Intel's 12th-generation Core processors. The Surface Pro 9 is a Windows 11 2-in-1 PC with a detachable keyboard, but it's definitely not for people who want a conventional laptop.This leaves the Surface Laptop Studio the new go-to Surface device for creatives and power users in need of a versatile device that can keep up with their work.Just so you know, this lineup doesn't include the business-orientated Surface Hub interactive whiteboard, or the Android-based Surface Duo 2. The result is a product that adapts to how you want to work, watch, create, or play.” With the performance advancements made across our other 2-in-1s and laptops, the team stepped back to reimagine what a performance laptop could be. “Providing new levels of versatility and performance, Surface Laptop Studio will assume the place previously occupied by Surface Book. “Surface Laptop Studio is inspired by what our customers love most about Surface Book – a powerful and beautiful laptop that adapts to you – and takes those things to a new level,” the spokesperson told Trusted Reviews. We asked Microsoft whether it will be retiring the Surface Book range, and a spokesperson confirmed that the new Surface Laptop Studio is designed to replace the Surface Book in Microsoft’s 2021 line-up. So, what has happened to the Surface Book 4?

We expected to see the successor to the high-end convertible Surface Book 3, the Surface Book 4, unveiled at the event on Wednesday but instead Microsoft took the opportunity to showcase the all-new Surface Laptop Studio.

However, one device was surprisingly absent and Microsoft has just confirmed why.

Microsoft held a launch event on September 22 to announce all the big updates coming to its Surface line of laptops, tablets and phones.
