It’s probably best thought of as Microsoft’s Windows version of the MacBook Air - a thin and light laptop with decent performance and battery life.
The Surface Laptop is cheap when you compare with the the Huawei MateBook X starts at €1399, the Acer Swift 7 is £999 and the MacBook Air is £949.
None of Microsoft’s Surface devices fit in the 'budget' category and that hasn’t changed with the Surface Laptop. It originally started at £979 but now has a lower price of £799. Order it from Microsoft here.
If you opt for the highest-spec model, you can spend a whopping £2,699 - you do get free delivery and returns, though.
In the US it now starts at $799, down from $999, and goes up to $2,699. You can order it here.
There are four different versions to choose from so, to an extent, you can customise what you want in terms of the processor, memory and storage. We’ll look at these in detail in the hardware section below.
At nearly £1,000 for the cheapest model, it’s clear the Surface Laptop isn’t for the masses - and the price doesn’t include any accessories like the Surface Pen. Whether a cheaper Core m model arrives at later date remains to be seen.
The new Surface Pro is also £799 (but that's also without the keyboard or pen) and the Surface Laptop doesn’t seem so bad when you realise the Huawei MateBook X starts at €1399, the Acer Swift 7 is £999 and the MacBook Air is £949.
There are also three capacities of memory and three SDD sizes to choose from but you can’t choose any combination you want. For example, the Core i5 can’t come with 16GB of RAM.
Luckily, Microsoft offers users a free upgrade to Windows 10 Pro so this potentially huge blunder is negated. Just make sure you upgrade before 31 December 2017.
One year of Office 365 Personal is included with the Surface Laptop whether you upgrade to Pro or not.