Friday, May 16th 2025
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio Product Line Could be in Jeopardy
The Surface Laptop Studio 2 could be the last of its kind; according to Tom Warren's latest theories. Yesterday, The Verge's senior editor envisioned a streamlined future lineup of Microsoft's portable PC devices. According to inside track information, the tech giant is expected to announce the end-of-life (EOL) status for this relatively young branch of Surface products (debuted back in 2021). The Surface Laptop Studio 2 is advertised as being "a laptop like no other"—courtesy of a unique/versatile setup that features a "dynamic woven hinge." Three hybrid configurations are officially outlined as: "laptop mode for productivity, stage mode for streaming, and studio mode for creativity." Current generation models are powered by Intel's 13th Gen Core i7-13700H processor (aka the "Evo" platform), and can be configured with discrete NVIDIA mobile graphics solutions (GeForce RTX 4060, RTX 4050, or RTX 2000 Ada Generation). Under normal circumstances, a baseline build—reliant on an iGPU—starts at about $2400.
At the time of writing, Microsoft has not acknowledged The Verge's insider report. So far, resellers have shared top secret info—indicating an upcoming official announcement; possibly due by next month. Another group of unnamed sources claim that Surface Laptop Studio 2 manufacturing activities have already ended, as of early May (2025). The megacorporation has culled other Surface products in the past; sometimes coinciding with the departure of key executive team members and mass layoffs. A few days ago, mainstream news outlets covered Microsoft's latest batch of staff reductions—affecting roughly 6000 workers. Warren's article dashes all hopes of a potential third-gen design: "there doesn't appear to be a Surface Laptop Studio 3 on the horizon."
Sources:
The Verge, Tom's Hardware, Ars Technica, Windows Central
At the time of writing, Microsoft has not acknowledged The Verge's insider report. So far, resellers have shared top secret info—indicating an upcoming official announcement; possibly due by next month. Another group of unnamed sources claim that Surface Laptop Studio 2 manufacturing activities have already ended, as of early May (2025). The megacorporation has culled other Surface products in the past; sometimes coinciding with the departure of key executive team members and mass layoffs. A few days ago, mainstream news outlets covered Microsoft's latest batch of staff reductions—affecting roughly 6000 workers. Warren's article dashes all hopes of a potential third-gen design: "there doesn't appear to be a Surface Laptop Studio 3 on the horizon."
40 Comments on Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio Product Line Could be in Jeopardy
What would have been awesome was if MS would have made the Studio’s display a standalone monitor with touch support. It might actually have become something.
I still lament the catastrophic mishandling of Windows Phone. I really liked my Lumia 920.
What’s the alternative in laptop land? HP or Dell corporate machines maybe. Potentially unreliable if they’re readily bricked by poor quality OTA BIOS updates.
Classic, just like Valve they can’t stick it out to 3.
They did the UI right in windows phone and I hate iOS and android
As for the surface line. Too bad really. I liked them they had promise. I had the first gen notebook and it was sweet. I have a surface 7 in the garage I use to tune ECUs. the problem imo is they kept making convertibles. Terrible. I hate convertibles, I dont want my shit to bend 360d I dont want to use some fuck shit keyboard made of suade.
Literally just make a laptop; please.
What about HP laptops?
Every hotbox laptop I’ve used has had an i7.
Would be nice for manufacturers to offer their high spec notebooks with AMD CPUs. Intel is rubbish.
I hear a tiny violin playing...Ideapads are mediocre (although they used to offer the best bang-and-quality-per-buck at the lower ends, in my region, back when I got mine).
Dunno about Yogas, and I don't wanna know. That entire formfactor is a waste of resources, imo.
Thinkpads, however, are still well built.
Other manufacturers have laptops in lower price segments which eventually gets them some brand loyalty of people looking for something more premium.
The cheaper offerings are dreadful in hardware/dollar because their budget HW does not conform to mass production.
It's frankly insane that I'd consider microsoft more expensive than Apple.
This nets you a toxic cycle of making the devices too expensive, nobody's buying them, not enough units are produced keeping prices high.
Rinse and repeat.
Reminds me of the Qualcomm devices.
I dont mind them sticking to the safe bets, but at the same time they should continue experimenting. I would still like a Surface Neo but that's dependent on an incompetent Windows team that still cant figure out how to make Windows touch-friendly on touch-first devices.
It's all such a shame. So much wasted potential.
Plastic cracks, it stresses and fails. Dell and HP use magnesium chassis for a reason.
That is not a valid explanation answer for the "Lenovo is trash." statement.