Very interesting laptop. The webcam is only 720p, which is a disappointment, but compared to 720p cameras on other brands, it actually had better quality. The microphones also sounded pretty good as well. It'll be interesting to see how that alcantara surface holds up over time to heat and oils from the hands.
1:06 He says it right here that he paid for this laptop with his own money. The bigger channels like Linus and Dave2D are probably waiting for free laptops from companies like they usually always get 🤷♂️
@@FigWidIt they do tend to buy them on their own too, the issue is that Microsoft launched it out of the blue in the middle of the day. I imagine Linus atleast has a review scheduled but it will probably come in the coming weeks
YES! FInally Microsoft has figured it out as well!. DIsappointed that its last gen but Manufacturers have finally realized the blessing that we have recieved with AMD. Cheers!
Thank you! So glad to see a review of the Ryzen SKU. I really do wish integrated webcams would just go to 1080p with the option to downgrade video quality for limited bandwidth. So many meetings now need the webcam to see a room of folks or a whiteboard. Audio was decent.
I'm really curious about the gaming performance on the customized Ryzen 5! Hopefully you can show some FPS and temperature of the laptop while playing some casual games in the next video. Awesome review as always, thank you!
Intel versions are $300 more expensive than AMD's equivalences. Intel is out of their mind. I'll take a 6-core AMD over a 4-core Intel, and keep $300 in my pocket anytime.
Another great unboxing video. My employer purchased thousands of Surface 3s last year at the start of the pandemic when they had to create a work-from-home strategy from scratch. The units have performed admirably with little retraining other than how to install Cisco VPN software to dial in and WebEx software. The webcam does look a little better from last year's version to me. Also, a point with last year's Ryzen chip....those will likely a) be available and b) keep the price down for corporate/government purchasers who buy in bulk.
Nice PC. Camera is okay but a 1080p would be better. Noticed some wobbling on the screen when you put the pen to it. Would be nice to include an SD card slot. Great "First Looks"review.
In the full review please cover the performance on battery power as well. Windows laptop are notorious for dropping performance significantly when not plugged in.
Andrew, I would like to see your review of the new Asus Zenbook 13 OLED. The intel version has deals already for about 1089 euros with 512GB SSD and 16GB RAM, and the screen seems awesome with 100% DCI-P3. And the AMD 5000 series versions are launching or about to launch now. Could be an amazing small and light laptop for media consumption and videogame streaming services like Stadia, xCloud, etc with that OLED screen and huge battery. It's just a shame it doesn't have 16:10 aspect ratio for non-media related tasks.
Ordered my Surface 13.5 on Friday. AMD version with 16Gb of ram. It's sad that Microsoft limits the chassis options.... would have loved to get the black or sandstone version with AMD...
Mic and web cam looks and sounded fine. Clarity was pretty good but seemed a little darker but that could just be where you were at moment vs other parts where you were on good light. I would assume with usp c port it would support a hub to get to HDMI out?
Good review. But what is beyond my understanding is why surface AMD only comes with max 8gb ram while intels goes up to 32gb. This is beyond my frustration with how brands are treating AMD. So much wasted potential
A problem with my Surface Laptop is that there seems to be no large format screens to match the pixel resolution of the 3:2 aspect ratio to be able to replicate it fully and efficiently on a large screen. If only a monitor manufacturers would release 2256 x 1504 or 4512 x 3008 resolution monitors.
Yuk! I tried it and it's painful. When running the large monitor as a secondary monitor at its optimum resolution it looks great until the surface dock is disconnected (or hiccups), all of the windows that were on the secondary display move to the laptop's primary display making a total shambles.
envy x360 15" with amd 5000 or surface laptop 4 15" with amd ! Im a student and want a thin and light (with amd of course, TEAM RED!) and can't decide! any recommendations? great video as usual, you earned yourself a new subscriber!
Andrew , yours is the 8gb model ? I wanna know if is only 6 gb ram available (in my surface 3 had this problem ) , because amd reserve ram for the graphics... please answer! 🙏
Looking to buy this computer for my daughter. Will be mainly for school therefore Office applications e.g Word, Power Point etc...however she wants to get into photo and video editing e.g. Vegas Pro or equivalent. Which of the new Surface Laptop 4 versions would you recommend? Do I absolutely need to go to an i7? Thanks so much!!
Hi Andrew, Thanks for sharing the new Surface Laptop 4. Can you make a comparison Surface Laptop 4 Intel i7 / 16Gb vs HP ENVY 14 i7 / 16Gb with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti
I have the surface laptop 3 and the ryzen 5 8gb ram model only have 6 gb of ram available because of the AMD .... does this have the same issue???? Please answer 🙏
Sorry if this has already been answered. But I am assuming that this processor and laptop is Windows 11 compatible? I cannot seem to get a straight answer anywhere.
Does anyone know if in the new Surface laptop 4 Microsoft fixed the issue that the Surface laptop 3 had which is when the screen would “lag/ black-out?”
I hope you will tested with gamping app with high/super/ultra performance, and editing 4K hevc/h.265 10 bit video file from camera with 4K timline with/without proxies, thanks
Mr. David, Good Review as always. Wil you do a Comparison of the Surface Laptop 4's two Processors AMD & Intel??? I would like to know which Processor you Prefer.
For me the Surface Laptop is the most beautiful laptop ever created. Clean AF. It's a shame that they didn't go for the AMD 5000 series instead, mainly for the single thread performance improvement, efficiency and extra cache for some specific tasks. The Surface Laptop Go intruduced smaller bezels and less reflective screen, I thought they would include both on the Surface Laptop 4 but it seems like they didn't. They haven't added USB 4.0 either. The screen has amazing aspect ratio and resolution (not FullHD no 4K), but it's too reflective, and colour accuracy and brightness are behind MB, XPS and quite a few other Windows laptops now. Upgrades are too expensive, equal or more expensive than upgrading a MacBook Aire/Pro M1. I feel like Microsoft is putting half effort into this.
IMO this is just the same first gen surface laptop with just last gen cpu. Surface laptop will be truly competent when the display gets above 500 nits, bezels become less than half it's current size, webcam becomes 1080p, audio is on par with macbooks and battery becomes around 85kwh. Untill then it looks okay but there are better options... Until then if it's surface laptop you want, it's better to buy a surface laptop 3 on clearance sale. It's almost the same...
Just want to clear up some false info in here. You cannot get this particular machine in all metal. You have to step up to the 15" version to do all metal, unfortunately. Microsoft keeps dropping the ball by ignoring the smaller details and only offering this device in very specific combinations instead of the combinations people want. Hoping Samsung comes through with a compelling Galaxy Book Pro in a couple of weeks.
@@Manuel-rl6um That's what I'm saying, his particular device (Platinum 13.5") cannot be had in all metal. I think most people would want the Platinum, so it's weird that only black and sandstone are available in metal in that size.
Too bad that the battery is so tiny on these models, especially on the 15". Doesn't help that Microsoft "loves" Linux but doesn't properly support it leaving the coding of the touchpad & keyboard drivers to the community...
Why are there non-USB4 or Thunderbolt 3 or 4 equipped USB-C ports in mid 2021? Meh on USB-A. This chicken and egg issue will forever be a thing until all new devices dump USB-A like how past old ports were dumped. That proprietary port is more a waste than useful for the 99% of the time. It's a less convenient than USB-C. Could have been two USB-C ports on the right. At least we have the XPS line to move things forward.
i just bought the surface laptop 4 with ryzen 5, to be honest the display is really sucks. if you install chrome then browsing using it. the white color is really strong and make the font is not clearly readable and that's make me annoyed
Is that the upgrade? Why they are not improve the screen quality Increase the Ports atleast thunderbolt Charging speed, design They just upgrade processor They are making fool
Do not buy this crap if you want to use a 2nd screen the display output signal is not reliable. The great suggestion from MS was to try a wireless display.
Very interesting laptop. The webcam is only 720p, which is a disappointment, but compared to 720p cameras on other brands, it actually had better quality. The microphones also sounded pretty good as well. It'll be interesting to see how that alcantara surface holds up over time to heat and oils from the hands.
Im wondering why major youtubers like Linus or Dave2d havent at least posted an unboxing yet. This is a really good major step for microsoft
1:06 He says it right here that he paid for this laptop with his own money. The bigger channels like Linus and Dave2D are probably waiting for free laptops from companies like they usually always get 🤷♂️
@@FigWidIt This is a big oof situation. But there is no use to get angry about it.
@@FigWidIt normally they would get them early that way though.
@@FigWidIt they do tend to buy them on their own too, the issue is that Microsoft launched it out of the blue in the middle of the day. I imagine Linus atleast has a review scheduled but it will probably come in the coming weeks
Dave already posted a vid and said this laptop is a good competitor for the M1 air.
YES! FInally Microsoft has figured it out as well!. DIsappointed that its last gen but Manufacturers have finally realized the blessing that we have recieved with AMD. Cheers!
Ms loves to clear out last gen stuff from the manufacturers. The first surface studio, surface book 2 i5, etc
Was waiting for Andrew to release this after watching the release vid from Microsoft YES!!!
Thanks really appreciate it 🙌
This video is doing really well, hopefully the numbers continue to go up.
Yes so far so good. Fingers crossed 🤞
The improvements you have made over the last few years have been nothing short of amazing! Definitely deserve more subs.
Thanks really appreciate it
Thank you! So glad to see a review of the Ryzen SKU. I really do wish integrated webcams would just go to 1080p with the option to downgrade video quality for limited bandwidth. So many meetings now need the webcam to see a room of folks or a whiteboard. Audio was decent.
thats what i am looking for my man!!!!. thanks a ton for the review..
I'm really curious about the gaming performance on the customized Ryzen 5! Hopefully you can show some FPS and temperature of the laptop while playing some casual games in the next video. Awesome review as always, thank you!
In full review
@@andrewmarcdavid Will look forward to!
webcam looks great and the microphone sounds great
Intel versions are $300 more expensive than AMD's equivalences. Intel is out of their mind. I'll take a 6-core AMD over a 4-core Intel, and keep $300 in my pocket anytime.
I am thinking of getting one for business school. Would you recommend AMD over i5 for such uses?
Another great unboxing video. My employer purchased thousands of Surface 3s last year at the start of the pandemic when they had to create a work-from-home strategy from scratch. The units have performed admirably with little retraining other than how to install Cisco VPN software to dial in and WebEx software.
The webcam does look a little better from last year's version to me.
Also, a point with last year's Ryzen chip....those will likely a) be available and b) keep the price down for corporate/government purchasers who buy in bulk.
If I hadn't been seduced by the M1 Mac, the SL4 would have been my next purchase.
Something are just well deserved to be in the second place.
Been waiting for this since the release
Awesome reviews as always
Nice PC. Camera is okay but a 1080p would be better. Noticed some wobbling on the screen when you put the pen to it. Would be nice to include an SD card slot. Great "First Looks"review.
i like it when you pronounce the ratio correctly
POV: been watching every surface laptop 4 unbox videos, even without $ to afford. lol!!!
In the full review please cover the performance on battery power as well. Windows laptop are notorious for dropping performance significantly when not plugged in.
Thin down those bezels and it would be on my shortlist
Andrew, I would like to see your review of the new Asus Zenbook 13 OLED. The intel version has deals already for about 1089 euros with 512GB SSD and 16GB RAM, and the screen seems awesome with 100% DCI-P3. And the AMD 5000 series versions are launching or about to launch now.
Could be an amazing small and light laptop for media consumption and videogame streaming services like Stadia, xCloud, etc with that OLED screen and huge battery.
It's just a shame it doesn't have 16:10 aspect ratio for non-media related tasks.
Ordered my Surface 13.5 on Friday. AMD version with 16Gb of ram. It's sad that Microsoft limits the chassis options.... would have loved to get the black or sandstone version with AMD...
Great review bro! Great job
Except for the bezels its looks like a very premium lapotp.I hope Microsoft redesigns the screen with thin bezels.
Great overview, thank you,
Video and sound is good. I might have bought this if it offered LTE.
8GB ram.... That's what killed it for me. None the less, great video!
You can get it with up to 32gb of ram
@@winterspeck6433 with AMD?
@@APaulO96 16 gb with AMD
@@miyagiryota9238 send link, didn’t see it
Great video as always
Nice, I'm curious of the thermal solution and its performance on temperature.
Thanks for the video!
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
what a channel ! Subbed
Mic and web cam looks and sounded fine. Clarity was pretty good but seemed a little darker but that could just be where you were at moment vs other parts where you were on good light. I would assume with usp c port it would support a hub to get to HDMI out?
Yes and display port.
Your videos are really great.
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
Good review. But what is beyond my understanding is why surface AMD only comes with max 8gb ram while intels goes up to 32gb. This is beyond my frustration with how brands are treating AMD. So much wasted potential
You can get the amd version with 16gb ram
That dame bezzel killed the deal
Andrew, thanks for the review. Without factoring price, would you go with this or the Carbon X1 Gen9 for a productivity user?
I really like both. But I am partial to the Gen 9
@@andrewmarcdavid 👍 Yeah, the additional ports is a big deal. Any plans for a comparison vid between the two?
@@JtotheRizzo possibly
@@andrewmarcdavid 🙏
Wait, is that cpu last gen or one of the weird in-betweens?
Andrew. Which keyboard do you prefer the most: Microsoft Surface Laptop or Dell XPS 15 /17?
A problem with my Surface Laptop is that there seems to be no large format screens to match the pixel resolution of the 3:2 aspect ratio to be able to replicate it fully and efficiently on a large screen. If only a monitor manufacturers would release 2256 x 1504 or 4512 x 3008 resolution monitors.
Why do you need to match it? Just use the resolution of the 2nd screen?
Yuk! I tried it and it's painful. When running the large monitor as a secondary monitor at its optimum resolution it looks great until the surface dock is disconnected (or hiccups), all of the windows that were on the secondary display move to the laptop's primary display making a total shambles.
@@PebblesChan I run a usb c to hdmi cable to an external 34 inch ultrawide with no issues at all. I expect its your cables that are the issue.
When you pull out your cable out, what happens to the apps that were only appearing on the external monitor?
@@PebblesChan the same as happens on any external when you do that. Are you using extended mode or duplicate?
envy x360 15" with amd 5000 or surface laptop 4 15" with amd ! Im a student and want a thin and light (with amd of course, TEAM RED!) and can't decide! any recommendations?
great video as usual, you earned yourself a new subscriber!
Hey Andrew, would you recommend this laptop over M1 MacBook Air for a student who is a casual user? I’m talking a about the 999$ one.
Great review!! I have the same question =)
Damn what a surprise.
Nice! But that glossy display disqualifies from working outdoors. Or does anyone have a different experience?
Thank u sooo much
So for a teacher would you recommend the 3 or 4? Thanks for the review!
Either one would be fine
@@andrewmarcdavid Thanks! I got the 3 but battery life is sucky. Might switch to the 4. Just cheap and don't want to spend the extra $. Thanks again
@@vanessabrown183 great trade in offer on UK microsoft site.
Andrew , yours is the 8gb model ? I wanna know if is only 6 gb ram available (in my surface 3 had this problem ) , because amd reserve ram for the graphics... please answer! 🙏
Mine is showing 7.5gb memory in task manager
What model you have? I am talking about the surface laptop 3 15” with ryzen5 8gb ram
@@AaronZero I know what you were talking about. I was telling you I have 7.5 available in my Surface Laptop 4 AMD Ryzen 13 inch.
@@Fozzee.1970 that’s awesome 👏.... thanks for the answer. I’m going to buy it right now!!!
Looking to buy this computer for my daughter. Will be mainly for school therefore Office applications e.g Word, Power Point etc...however she wants to get into photo and video editing e.g. Vegas Pro or equivalent. Which of the new Surface Laptop 4 versions would you recommend? Do I absolutely need to go to an i7? Thanks so much!!
Ideal alternative to an M1 MacBook Air. I hope the SLG has AMD power too
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for sharing the new Surface Laptop 4.
Can you make a comparison Surface Laptop 4 Intel i7 / 16Gb vs HP ENVY 14 i7 / 16Gb with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 Ti
I have the surface laptop 3 and the ryzen 5 8gb ram model only have 6 gb of ram available because of the AMD .... does this have the same issue???? Please answer 🙏
Sorry if this has already been answered. But I am assuming that this processor and laptop is Windows 11 compatible? I cannot seem to get a straight answer anywhere.
Yes, you can upgrade to Windows 11.
Is this a 2 in 1, or is that a different model?
I see Microsoft is very generous with ports.
I have this laptop and MacBook m2. I use the surface a lot more.
Did you realize that the name of the processor in geekbench 5 is, 3580 U. Do you bave an explanation for that ?
Not sure why that is showing in GeekBench
@@andrewmarcdavid i just got mine today and was shocked and confused.... well, maybe I just have to accept.
@@zentiremusic123 I think that has tk to with GeekBench not so much Microsoft
Go in to your system settings and check which processor you have. It will be correct there.
I'm not so sure. I never saw the number 4680 u. it just says amd ryzen 5 microsoft surface R Edition.
How is the Keyboard compared to a Thinkpad ?
They still don't give us the choice to upgrade and replace things you need
Unfortunately, you cant get all-metal version with AMD Ryzen CPU :( as well as 32Gb of ram, only 16Gb and only alcantara
Thank you so much😍😍
surface laptop 4 con ryzen 5 y 16gb de ram en 2024 lo recomiendan? saludos y exito
Does anyone know if in the new Surface laptop 4 Microsoft fixed the issue that the Surface laptop 3 had which is when the screen would “lag/ black-out?”
$700 on sale or the lenovo yoga 7i intel i5?
So.....what is the big difference between 3 and 4?
How are manufacturers still putting out 720p webcams in 2021????
My Surface Go 2 has a crispy 1080p with Hello
Madness
wish this had a full folding screen so you could flip to tablet mode.
I hope you will tested with gamping app with high/super/ultra performance, and editing 4K hevc/h.265 10 bit video file from camera with 4K timline with/without proxies, thanks
Would it run any 3d software like SOLIDWORKS.
I don't expect the software to run smoothly ,but would it run?
High time for a premium laptop to have 1080p webcam. Since video communication is very common nowadays.
Mr. David, Good Review as always. Wil you do a Comparison of the Surface Laptop 4's two Processors AMD & Intel??? I would like to know which Processor you Prefer.
Yes stay tuned
Waiting for hp envy x360 Review
Up next
this type can run autocad 2020 and solidworks ?
For me the Surface Laptop is the most beautiful laptop ever created. Clean AF. It's a shame that they didn't go for the AMD 5000 series instead, mainly for the single thread performance improvement, efficiency and extra cache for some specific tasks.
The Surface Laptop Go intruduced smaller bezels and less reflective screen, I thought they would include both on the Surface Laptop 4 but it seems like they didn't. They haven't added USB 4.0 either.
The screen has amazing aspect ratio and resolution (not FullHD no 4K), but it's too reflective, and colour accuracy and brightness are behind MB, XPS and quite a few other Windows laptops now.
Upgrades are too expensive, equal or more expensive than upgrading a MacBook Aire/Pro M1.
I feel like Microsoft is putting half effort into this.
Surface Laptop or Macbook Pro? I can not decide 😵😵
By going AMD Microsoft chose to evade the thunderbolt port issue, yet again.
IMO this is just the same first gen surface laptop with just last gen cpu. Surface laptop will be truly competent when the display gets above 500 nits, bezels become less than half it's current size, webcam becomes 1080p, audio is on par with macbooks and battery becomes around 85kwh. Untill then it looks okay but there are better options...
Until then if it's surface laptop you want, it's better to buy a surface laptop 3 on clearance sale. It's almost the same...
Wait, what about Intel version?
How will it hold its own against apple m1 devices?
It wont
I’m disappointed the AMD version doesn’t come with 16gb of ram unlike the intel version.
Just want to clear up some false info in here. You cannot get this particular machine in all metal. You have to step up to the 15" version to do all metal, unfortunately. Microsoft keeps dropping the ball by ignoring the smaller details and only offering this device in very specific combinations instead of the combinations people want. Hoping Samsung comes through with a compelling Galaxy Book Pro in a couple of weeks.
You can get the 13.5" in metal, these are the black and sand colours. The platinum and new blue ones are with alcantara. 15" is only metal.
@@Manuel-rl6um That's what I'm saying, his particular device (Platinum 13.5") cannot be had in all metal. I think most people would want the Platinum, so it's weird that only black and sandstone are available in metal in that size.
Too bad that the battery is so tiny on these models, especially on the 15". Doesn't help that Microsoft "loves" Linux but doesn't properly support it leaving the coding of the touchpad & keyboard drivers to the community...
I'll just wait for the new Samsung laptop April 28th event. I'll decide which one to get
no knife? bummer. but seriously, this machine would have been awesome with 5000 series but as is it's doa.
Why are there non-USB4 or Thunderbolt 3 or 4 equipped USB-C ports in mid 2021? Meh on USB-A. This chicken and egg issue will forever be a thing until all new devices dump USB-A like how past old ports were dumped. That proprietary port is more a waste than useful for the 99% of the time. It's a less convenient than USB-C. Could have been two USB-C ports on the right. At least we have the XPS line to move things forward.
LETS GOOOOOO
i just bought the surface laptop 4 with ryzen 5, to be honest the display is really sucks. if you install chrome then browsing using it. the white color is really strong and make the font is not clearly readable and that's make me annoyed
Will it play League of Legends?
Should be good
Webcam audio is pretty good. Picture quality ehhh. Paasable
I don't get why they using Ryzen 4000
the trackpad is pretty small
So not as good as my HP envy from last year! Wtf.
μου αρέσει πολύ το laptop surface
μου αρέσει πολύ το laptop sorface 4
ryzen 4000??? 5000 is out for some time already....
Need bezels, get a grip my best man
Its a clamshell laptop not a convertible.
Is that the upgrade? Why they are not improve the
screen quality
Increase the Ports atleast thunderbolt
Charging speed, design
They just upgrade processor
They are making fool
👍 5
Do not buy this crap if you want to use a 2nd screen the display output signal is not reliable. The great suggestion from MS was to try a wireless display.
Those bezels look gross.
Camera testing is waste part of videos , all laptops have shit camera
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stp Mft surface...