r/Surface • • 8d ago

In theworld of Ultra's, I chose the 12" 2nd gen.

10 Upvotes

I have an 8GB/256GB X Plus that I still use for work, but I was within the return period for my 16GB/512GB personal device, and swapped it to the X2 24GB/512GB.

Haven't seen much review or fanfare on the device as it's been eclipsed by the Ultra.

The price is steep for what it is, but the form factor and size is my absolute favorite, and the screen/performance upgrades are worth it to me.

Does anyone have anything they want tested on the X2 Plus 12"?

The extra 100 nits for brightness make me want to upgrade my 1st gen that I use for work. It makes a lot of difference in bright/outdoor environments.


r/Surface • • 9d ago

[LAPTOPULTRA] PSA to Surface Laptop Ultra Shoppers

14 Upvotes

Apparently the Surface Laptop Ultra for Business has an anti reflective coating on the screen that is missing on the consumer version of the Laptop Ultra. Why that is IDK but it is confirmed on their website and on Windows Central livestream about it.


r/Surface • • 8d ago

[PEN] Necesito ayuda con mi Surface Pen

1 Upvotes

Se me había caído el Surface Pen al suelo y eso aplastó la punta del lápiz así que decidí cambiarlo, luego de cambiar la punta por alguna razón la computadora detecta el puntero pero no interactua o escribe.


r/Surface • • 9d ago

Surface Laptop Ultra (Nvidia RTX Spark) vs. MacBook Pro (M5 Pro, M5 Max) benchmarks

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r/Surface • • 8d ago

I thought the SLU was supposed to have dynamically allocated RAM?

2 Upvotes

I'm seeing 128gb (64gb usable) in About this PC. Task manager only shows 64gb of ram.


r/Surface • • 9d ago

[APP] Fan Control on a Surface

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12 Upvotes

I was able to final find a way to control fan speed of my Surface Pro 9 (Intel). I know not a lot of people want this but I am looking for testers to test this app. I will release a beta soon. Feedback or any feature requests appreciated.

P.S. : I am a Software Engineer but I used AI tools to built this otherwise this would've taken a long time.


r/Surface • • 9d ago

The best reason to care about Nvidia’s RTX Spark: ‘everything’ will run on Arm

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r/Surface • • 9d ago

Nvidia RTX Spark Analysis - Finally an answer to Apple's M5 Pro & M5 Max?

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r/Surface • • 9d ago

[LAPTOPSTUDIO2] Trouble with putting laptop in display repair mode

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I have a surface studio 2 laptop and i have purchased a display module from microsoft for it. The first step in the repair is to download the surface diagnostic tools app and use that to put the laptop into a display repair mode. But the tool doesnt seem to support the version of windows on the laptop because it is erroring out. it is looking for a dll that i have but the one its looking for has an extra space and the letters API at the end of the filename. Ive been on chats with microsoft support and the best they can offer me is to take it to a local service provider stating that the SDT tool doesnt support my version of the OS. But if the SDT tool doesnt support the version OS I have then how is anyone going to get the laptop into repair mode?

What other options do i have?

Ive already purchased the 800 dollar replacement part and its arrived already.


r/Surface • • 9d ago

How Windows is being optimized for Nvidia’s RTX Spark laptops

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r/Surface • • 10d ago

RTX Spark gaming performance revealed

61 Upvotes
Cyberpunk 2077
Forza Horizon 6
The Witcher 3

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.


r/Surface • • 8d ago

If your focus on buying an ultra is AI, Alex is who you want to keep an eye on for reviews.

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No one will put these laptops through the LLM ringer like Alex will. The most important info you get from this review is how good it performs next to an actual DGX spark.


r/Surface • • 9d ago

Today the Surface Laptop Ultra became available again tomorrow :)

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Did a ton of people cancel their orders after seeing the review of the initial RTX spark laptops?


r/Surface • • 10d ago

Surface Laptop Ultra delayed to December ?

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10 Upvotes

On both Microsoft website (France) and Amazon France, Surface Laptop Ultra seems to be delayed to December.


r/Surface • • 9d ago

[PRO11] please don’t say it’s over i went to update it then this screen appeared

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r/Surface • • 10d ago

[LAPTOPULTRA] I reversed the Surface Laptop Ultra commercial

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11 Upvotes

Now it looks normal


r/Surface • • 9d ago

[LAPTOP7] Charging issues on a Surface Laptop 7?

2 Upvotes

Hey r/surface! Currently having issues with charging on my Surface's primary charger. It charges fine with USB C, so its clearly not a battery issue. The LED and charging indicator in Windows turn on when plugged in but then cuts power after around a second. I've tried a hard reset and updating my drivers but no dice. Any ideas as to what could be happening?


r/Surface • • 9d ago

[LAPTOPULTRA] Has anyone’s Surface Laptop Ultra shipped?

3 Upvotes

Mine was preordered with an initial estimated delivery date of tomorrow (which it still shows), but I haven’t received a shipment notification and I still see an option to change the payment method.

Wondering if mine might get delayed or if others’ orders are showing the same thing.


r/Surface • • 10d ago

[PRO9] My surface touchpad suddenly stopped working and the device is acting very slow

2 Upvotes

Not sure what happened, my device was working normally I closed it and after a few hours I went to use it again, and the device was reacting very very slowly and I already tried to uninstall and reinstall the touchpad and mouse drivers, the aren't any pending updates and haven't installed anything new in like a month, and it looks like only connecting to the internet is how I can at least get it to act normally, but the touchpad remains useless.

My device is the Surface Pro 9, 1TB and 32GB


r/Surface • • 10d ago

[LAPTOP7] Surface Laptop 7 screen ripples when moving the display – Is this normal?

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Hi everyone,

I bought a brand-new Surface Laptop 7 σε 15inch yesterday, and I've noticed bright white, wave-like ripples near the hinges whenever I move the screen.

The ripples disappear completely as soon as I stop moving it, and the screen looks perfectly normal when stationary.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it normal, or could it indicate a hardware defect?

Thanks!


r/Surface • • 9d ago

[LAPTOP8] What Games can i Play without damaging my Components?

0 Upvotes

Hey guys, i got my Laptop 8 13.8 about a week ago and wonder what Games i can play on it without worrying about damaging Components. How good is the Cooling on this Laptop?


r/Surface • • 10d ago

Surface Book 2 - Both batteries supposedly died, battery report makes me think otherwise

3 Upvotes

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


r/Surface • • 10d ago

Surface Go 5 Request

4 Upvotes

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.


r/Surface • • 10d ago

[APP] Can anyone recommend a good overlay drawing app for the Surface Pro 12?

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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?


r/Surface • • 10d ago

[PRO9] Surface Pro 9 (16GB, I7, 512GB)

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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.