
It is considerably more portable than the Dell XPS 15 (13.6 x 9.1 x 0.7 inches, 4.5 pounds) and the 16-inch MacBook Pro (14.1 x 9.7 x 0.6 inches, 4.3 pounds), and about as sleek as the HP Spectre x360 14 (14 x 9 x 0.6 inches, 3.5 pounds). On the topic of portability, the Surface Laptop 4 is among the thinnest 15-inch laptops you can buy, measuring 13.4 x 9.6 x 0.6 inches and weighing 3.4 pounds. The Alcantara fabric that helped the Surface Laptop series differentiate itself is missing on the 15-inch model, which is only available with an all-metal chassis in your choice of matte black or platinum (silver). It isn't an especially exciting look, but there is a certain refinement to its simplicity and the build quality, as always, is top-notch. It has the same refined elegance with an anodized aluminum lid flaunting a mirrored Windows logo in the center. The embodiment of minimalism, the Surface Laptop 4's design remains unchanged. Only the Intel version is available with 32GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD but that will run you (shield your eyes!) $2,399. The cheapest Core i7 model has 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD and costs $1,799.


The Intel models are slightly more expensive. The cheapest model costs $1,299 and drops the storage to a 256GB SSD (sadly, it is not available in matte black). For $1,499, you can get the same Ryzen 7 CPU and 512GB of storage but with only 8GB of RAM. Our AMD Ryzen 7 review unit in Matte Black costs $1,699 and comes with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD.
