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Microsoft has just unveiled the latest additions to its family of Surface laptops, and while there are some hardware improvements worth taking note of, it’s hard not to focus on the fact that they cost considerably more than their predecessors.
This isn’t wholly surprising – rising RAM and ROM costs have resulted in price increases across the tech industry – but it’s still a shame to see.
The 13.8in Microsoft Surface Laptop starts at the ludicrously high mark of £1,449, which is a jump of £500 from last year’s 13in Microsoft Surface (2025). The 15in version, meanwhile, is £100 more, at £1,549.
Both versions offer Snapdragon X2 performance (either the ten-core X2 Plus or 12-core X2 Elite, depending on your chosen configuration), which Microsoft claims will deliver up to 58% more powerful graphics performance than the previous generation. It’s also stated that you can expect battery life of up to 20 hours on the 13.8in model and 19 hours on the 15in version.
The laptops look much the same as they did before, but there’s a new addition to the lineup of colours. You can nab a Microsoft Surface in Platinum, Black or Dune colourways, but the most appealing of the bunch is the new Jade shade, which is gorgeous.
Unfortunately, the Microsoft Surface Pro doesn’t come in the Jade colourway, with just the other three options on the table. The price is astronomical here, too, with the £1,399 starting point £600 more than the previous version.
Again, we’ve got Snapdragon X2 under the hood, promising graphic performance gains of up to 53% over the previous generation, and battery life somewhere in the region of 15.5hrs.
Perhaps the most galling part of all this is that the Surface Pro still doesn’t come with the keyboard attachment – if you want to use this 2-in-1 as a laptop replacement, you’ll need to factor in a further £140 for the keyboard.
Both the Surface Laptop and the Surface Pro are available now. We’ll have full reviews coming soon, but it’s going to take some fancy footwork from the Snapdragon X2 to justify the enormous price bump.
