https://quasarzone.com/bbs/qc_bench/views/97478

Testing device: Asus Proart P16(N1X 20C)

Although this was a test of ASUS’s ProArt product, since it is based on the same hardware, we can make a rough assessment of the performance of the Surface Laptop Ultra, which will be released tomorrow. And the performance is so abysmally low that I'll spare any further comment.

Is it worth getting the Surface Pro 9 in this configuration in 2026?

Looking for something for university and basic browsing, watching videos and stuff like that.

I already have a pretty good gaming PC so i wouldn’t use the laptop for heavier stuff.

Price is 480$ and the laptop has 89% percent battery health. Thanks in advance.

Anyone know when it ends? These things come out Friday. So far YT has unboxing vids, but nobody is allowed to turn the devices on yet...

Hey everyone, I recently bought a Surface Pro 12, and I’m having a weird issue with the pen while the device is charging.

Whenever I try to write or draw while it's plugged in, it either creates crazy ghost strokes (weird artifacts) or just doesn't register my writing at all.

You can see exactly what I mean in the video I attached.

Is anyone else experiencing this with their Surface Pro 12?

If you had this issue and managed to fix it, please let me know how you did it!

My MX Master 3 is falling apart...

I’ve been using Epic Pen, but the palm rejection is practically non-existent. I also tried gInk as an alternative, but it has the exact same issue where palm rejection barely works.

Everything worked totally fine back when I was using a Surface Pro 7+. But ever since upgrading to the Surface Pro 12, these apps just don't work like they used to.

Is there any other overlay drawing app that has proper palm rejection on the Surface Pro 12?

Can we PLEASE have a Surface Go 5 with ARM?

It's not only adorable, but it would actually be my perfect work device.

12" is too big. I don't want it.

See title. I dont currently see a way to leverage student discount on the new Laptop Ultra. anyone have any word or news on whether this will eventually be offered?

Is it OK to use Anker 160 watt charger with Surafce pro 8 and surface book 2. One of my MS Chargering Brick has died( as usual!) and I do not want to buy another MS charger any more. They are not reliable at all.

I want to use a USB C charger with a USB C to Surface connect cable. I have two questions:

Is it safe to use a 160 or 120 Watt Anker charger that is capable to giving current at 20V ( in addition to 15V)

2- Can I use thie TECHGEAR USB-C to Surface Connect Charging Cable with it?

Thank you

To keep it short, a few years ago my mother's laptop started dying as soon as the charger was unplugged. She sent it to some technician and he said the batteries had died. I (a layman) thought that sounded wrong, because she didnt report the battery slowly lowering in capacity over time. No swelling or anything.

I also found out that this laptop has two batteries, and both of them dying at the same time is weird. So perhaps something else is amiss?

Any hints would be appreciated. It seems kinda unacceptable to me that this relatively new (at the time) laptop seemingly randomly encountered an issue of this magnitude.

Battery report:

https://imgur.com/a/hS0iVvd

Hello All,

Anyone else seeing this on Surface Laptop 7 Intel running Windows 11 25H2 builds?

We're having an intermittent issue, mostly on devices where users regularly use Bluetooth headsets.

When it happens, though, it's not just Bluetooth that stops working. The Surface basically loses its internal audio interfaces completely, including the built-in speakers.

USB audio devices/headsets using their own dongle continue to work.

Device Manager shows:

Intel Smart Sound Technology OED

Status: Problem

Code 10 - CM_PROB_FAILED_START

Problem Status: 0xC0000485

Driver: intcoed.inf

Version: 20.42.12134.0

The parent Intel Smart Sound Technology BUS remains started normally.

I’ve tried restarting the audio services, restarting/disabling/enabling the OED and SST BUS, and even removing the OED + PnP rescan. Nothing recovers it.

A normal Windows reboot, however, immediately fixes everything without changing the driver.

This makes me suspect an Intel SST/OED or DSP/firmware initialisation issue.

Has anyone seen this before? We're currently investigating the Intel SST/OED and DSP/firmware stack and wondering whether rolling back to a different OED driver version could resolve the issue.

Surface Laptop 5 in storage six months and now will not turn on or show any lights except the white led on the power supply cable. Can this be fixed?

I purchased a brand new surface laptop 8 with the new snapdragon 2 elite. It lasted 2 days, there is nothing installed on it but Microsoft office, chrome, and that's it. I went to sleep last night closed it down and today when I opened it up it wouldn't go beyond the windows logo.

I tried pressing the power button down for 20 seconds. Also tried the f4 + power, and the graphics reset with windows + ctrl + shift + B. Nothing works I've tried to connect different power supplies, and even a power bank shows that its only drawing 4 watts.

Is there another key combination to force a complete shutdown? I can return it to best buy but I want to recover some files that O have in there and no where else.

I recently came across this deal for a Microsoft surface laptop for £80 it Boots up and is advertising as "great condition".

It has an Intel i5, 8gb ram and a 128gb ssd. I know these specs are not much I was thinking picking it up for a beater laptop (one you don't care about much) while I save for something better. It does have some missing feet on the bottom but its no big deal.

Note: I am not the guy in the last picture.

I have never really owned surface except from a surface pro 6 with a faulty screen.

It is getting a lot of traction on the listing I have no idea if it would be worth it.

Any answer helps, thank you.