Surface laptop is $400 off

Are you looking? For a new Windows laptop to get some work done from your local coffee shop? You can shoot 15 inches Microsoft Surface Laptop from Best Buy, $1,110which is a break of $400 from the usual price of $1,500. It’s our favorite Windows laptop for non-gamers, with smooth performance and great battery life.

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Surface Laptop (7th Edition, 2024)

There are major improvements to the screen for this generation, with thinner bezels that give you more space without expanding the footprint. Even if you won’t be playing a lot of games, the 120Hz refresh rate will help make everyday tasks look very smooth, and it’s bright enough to get some work done, even while you’re sitting outside. It’s a touchscreen, too, although Windows isn’t the most touch-friendly operating system.

It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon After using the laptop for most of the workday with 50 percent brightness, we had… References Brenda Stolyar There is still more than 20 percent of battery left. The discounted model has 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage, which is a typical configuration for laptops at this price. It also has the ports you’d expect for a mid-level laptop, including two USB-C/Thunderbolt 4 ports, plus just one USB-A port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a Surface Connect magnetic charging port.

Although the Surface Laptop comes with Copilot technology, we didn’t find the AI ​​toolset compelling or useful. There’s a dedicated key to access the Copilot chatbot, as well as live captions for videos, and CoCreator lets you draw in Paint and then have it create an AI image. The most useful feature is the Recall feature, which takes regular screenshots to serve as a verifiable record of your activity, however The privacy implications there are not very attractive.

If you’re interested in jumping on this deal, you can find the 15-inch Surface Laptop for $1,100 at Best Buy either black or Platinum. We also reserve A list of our favorite laptops It’s updated with the latest and greatest Windows and MacOS laptops, and even gaming options if that’s more your speed.