Surface Laptop 5

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Surface Laptop 5

10 positive 0 neutral 5 negative

Based on 15 Reddit mentions

$597.00

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New Surface Prices No Longer Competitive

It's definitely pricey. When I bought my Surface Laptop 5, I actually went with the 16GB/512GB version to cut cost - then I upgraded the SSD to 1TB myself. It turned out perfect. I bought the Kioxia SSD per Microsoft's 1TB spec and it saved me $450. I have to decide if I want to want to do something

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lawsonbarnette in r/Surface

May 23, 2026 7:11 PM

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Next-gen 13.8 and 15-inch Surface Laptops should be rebranded as Surface Laptop Pro.

Frankly I can't remember last time seeing a surface laptop "in the wild" and that includes universities. Not that they have Macs, but literally any other of the popular/"regular" laptop brands. The Pro (tablets) are relatively common in mostly any class. However, with the latest years (actually quit

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dr100 in r/Surface

April 14, 2026 6:10 AM

1

Cachy os review, simple user | 4 months

I love linux but my Surface Laptop 5 decided to give up on me. Its not charging and the firmware updates using fwupd are unreliable for surface devices. I am being forced to use Windows. Fuck Microsoft. Im going to install windows again using a recovery image today. Then I’m gonna sell it and buy so

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lordjupitar in r/LinuxUsersIndia

April 4, 2026 6:13 AM

1

Should I Get the Surface Laptop 5 or the Laptop Studio?

Will any of your apps NOT RUN on ARM? SL5 (i7/16GB) owner here.. I would NOT buy a new one today if I had the chance to go back. It's a fine laptop overall, no real issues with it. Battery sucks, mine is two years old and it's getting worse by the day (5 hours maybe cranked down). Performance is dec

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Hifilistener in r/Surface

April 4, 2025 8:03 PM

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I think I know why the Surface Laptop 7 ARM Return Rate is so high

Im sorry but your complaint is that some things aren't arm compatible? Did you even read my post? I read/viewed quite a few reviews prior to buying, and I realized that there might be some bumps along the way with software and hardware, but no one could expect that virtually everything you currently

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PortlyJuan in r/Surface

May 15, 2025 6:34 PM

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