Microsoft boosts performance with trio of refreshed Surface devices

New Atlas | Oct 13, 2022 at 6:38 PM
  • Around this time last year, Microsoft unveiled the “largest update to the Surface portfolio in its history” in preparation for a new version of Windows.
  • Microsoft has gone with 12th Gen Core i5/i7 processor options for this model (with business users getting higher-spec flavors) with integrated Iris Xe graphics, though it can be optioned with a Microsoft SQ 3 processor with 5G delivered by Qualcomm Snapdragon and matched with Adreno graphics.
  • The Surface Laptop 5 is powered by 12th Gen Core i5/17 processing brains and Iris Xe graphics, with support from up to 32 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 1 TB of SSD storage, and a resident TPM 2.0 chip keeping data safe.