How about that! An earlier rumor suggested that Microsoft will use the latest AMD Ryzen 6000 series APUs for the Surface Laptop 5 to offer exceptional processing and graphics prowess.
But a newer one claimed the opposite.
Well, as it stands, the earlier rumor has been invalidated.
Microsoft, in announcing its new Surface Laptop 5, has confirmed that it will not be offering an AMD Ryzen option—at least not yet. Redmond may have multiple reasons for skipping this alternate choice, ranging from poor feedback to simply low supplies of these Ryzen 6000 chips.
These shiny new devices currently only offer the 12th-generation Intel Alder Lake U option.
Sadly, the forgoing of AMD Ryzen means that with the Surface Laptop 5, Microsoft is not implementing its very own Pluton security processor that is currently only available on these Rembrandt CPUs in this space.
The company, nevertheless, claims that this new machine has over 50% the horsepower compared to its predecessor, which is, all said and done, a massive increase.
Available in two sizes, 13.5” and 15”, the Surface Laptop will come in both Windows 11 and Windows 10 flavors, the latter as business models. The reason for this is the fact that not all businesses are ready to make a move to the latest operating system just yet.
All these Surface Laptop 5 SKUs are built on the Intel Evo platform, and you get a choice of either the Core i5 1235U or the more powerful Core i7 1255U processor for the consumer variant, and either the Core i5 1245U or the faster Core i7 1265U processor for the commercial one.
Intel Iris Xe Graphic handles graphics duties.
You also get a choice of either 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM, while storage options include capacities of 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB.
Color choices range from Platinum with Alcantara, Sage, Matte Black, and Sandstone,
