 This video is a recap of our in-depth review on our website. Click the link in the upper right corner to see Microsoft Surface 5's current price, some comparisons and more cool stuff. Or if you're short on time, just stick around here. There's a MacBook 13 that runs Windows. Well, not exactly, but we've got something pretty close. The Surface Laptop 5 has a 13.5 inch model, which is very portable and comes with what Microsoft hopes to be enough uniqueness to stand out against the ruthless competition. The Surface Laptop is definitely well built, utilizing metal for its entire construction. You do get to have some say in the appearance, as there are four color variants, along with an option for an Alcantara base, which feels very much like suede. Here we've got the Platinum model, however, you do have Sage, Black, and Sandstone. Despite the thin profile of the machine, at 14.5 millimeters, we'd say that durability is good, overall. Weight isn't a problem too at 1.28 kilograms and the device isn't a burden to carry around at all. Its lid opens easily with one hand, showing off the Alcantara base, the keyboard, and the touchpad. The material feels good and doesn't get plastered with fingerprints, which is great. The keyboard could have done with some more key travel, however, it's still plenty clicky, which is a total savior. The touchpad is smooth and snappy as well. Going to the sides, we don't have the widest input output coverage, however, you have to subdue your expectations with a smaller machine. You get one Thunderbolt 4 port, a full-sized 5 gigabit USB port, and an audio jack. Everything is done through the magnetic surface connect port, which minimizes the risk of damage if the device is yanked with force while being quicker to plug in and out. Hiding behind the Gorilla Glass 3 cover and some chunky bezels is a 13.5-inch pixel-sense display with a resolution of 2256x1504 pixels, which comes to an aspect ratio of 3 to 2. The panel gets up to 409 nits of brightness and has a decent contrast ratio of 1290 to 1. It covers 90% of the sRGB gamut, which makes is good enough to be used for design and color-grading. The color accuracy is close to being excellent, but even with our design and gaming profile, we got the Delta E value down to 2.3, close enough to the 2.0 standard. There's also some screen flickering below 104 nits of brightness, however, the pulsations are at a high enough frequency to not be tiring to your eyes. Our healthguard profile eliminates it while keeping the colors accurate. We'll leave links to our profiles in the description below. The Surface Laptop 5 doesn't have room on the base for the speakers, so they're mounted on the bottom. Nevertheless, they do deliver quality audio with high enough volume and no frequency deviations across the range. Only 2 per 100 people watching this video are subscribers. If you decide to just start following us, we'll be able to reinvest more in our laboratory thus making even more helpful videos for you. Thank you, you're awesome! With a higher resolution screen, battery life's always a bit of a concern, as more pixels require more power. The laptop manages to squeeze out 8 hours and 25 minutes of web browsing, or 8 hours and 56 minutes of video playback from its 47.4 Wh unit, which is alright, considering the capacity. The CPU options include the Core i5-1235U and Core i7-1255U, which are pretty well known at this point. Compared to the previous Surface Laptop 4 with Tiger Lake processors, this one is a massive upgrade, with a lot more power, while having similar if not better efficiency. However, having the hardware is one thing, keeping it well running is another, which is where the cooling comes in. With that said, we're pretty impressed with how the laptop is handling the Core i5-1235U, boosting to 3.35 GHz and going as high as 44 Wh in the stress test. The high speeds and wattage last for about a minute, after which the CPU comfortably runs at 2.24 GHz with a TDP of 22 Wh. It's also reflected on the outside, as the base has a hotspot of 46°C, which is a bit on the high side. The RAM is soldered onto the motherboard, so you get only 1 M.2 slot for storage expansion, but accessing it isn't an easy task at all. The Surface Laptop 5 is an exquisite machine with a great design. It's portable enough and has uncharacteristically good performance for its size, which is definitely great. The display and battery life are good too, however, you do sacrifice upgradeability for all of the aforementioned. If that's enough for you, go ahead and order it, but not before going over to our website, where we have the most in-depth review possible, with all kinds of tests and benchmarks. You can check it out down below.