Microsoft has launched an update to its clamshell Surface line, the Surface Laptop 4. The primary change you'll notice on the exterior is a new color option, the "Ice Blue" finish. I spent a few hours admiring the new color, which has a unique light blue hue that I haven't seen on many other laptops and is an addition to the wide range of color options previously available, including black, silver, and sandstone.
But the real star of the show in this update is the new AMD Ryzen processor featured inside both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch models.
Ryzen CPUs first debuted on Surface hardware in last year's Surface Laptop 3 15-inch, but it used the older Ryzen 3000 processors. They were still limited to just four cores, meaning they didn't provide a meaningful update over the alternate Intel option. For a 15-inch laptop, that left it fairly underpowered. More importantly, it was also exclusive to the 15-inch model.
The Surface Laptop 4 bumps things up to 8-core Ryzen 4000 chips. Microsoft continues to tout these as "Surface Edition" Ryzen processors, highlighting the closer partnership between AMD and Microsoft on the implementation. It's also available on the 13.5-inch model this time around.
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