Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra Review: A Screen So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades - CNET

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Pros & Cons

• Very accurate display with very high peak brightness and HDR support
• Great build quality
• Good performance
• Screen is really reflective in some conditions, and suffers from motion blur and HDR blooming
• No display profiles, color management or tools for professional creatives
• Meh battery life
• No lip to grab lid for easy open

Nvidia and its partners have marketed the hell out of its Arm-based RTX Spark N1X chip, and Microsoft has taken the opportunity to highlight updates to Windows that take advantage of it, like its AI developer tools and overhauled Arm support. The company’s showcase device for all that is the new Surface Laptop Ultra, which, like the multitude of competitors launching at the same time, is leaning heavily on AI agents and creative uses to differentiate itself from less powerful or more mainstream laptops.

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