Pricing for the Surface Laptop 7 starts at $999.99 for the 13-inch model or $1,299.9 for the 15-inch version. However, it can ...

Both the Intel-based and Qualcomm-based Surface Laptop 7 machines are great picks, but there are a few key differences worth ...

The manufacturer promises up to 22 hours of battery life for the 15-inch model when playing videos and 12 hours of active Internet use. The Surface Laptop 7 with 13" display has two hours less.

The price disparity isn't as wide as that sounds, though, as the 13.8-inch Surface has a lower spec floor. That also hints at the biggest Surface Laptop 7 issue: Microsoft charges a lot for upgrades.

The updated Surface Laptop 7 will be available with Intel Core Ultra 5 or Ultra 7 chips, up to 32GB of RAM, and as much as 1TB of storage. Like the Arm variant, it will come in 13.8 and 15-inch sizes.

The Surface Laptop 7 starts $1499, for example, which is about $500 more than the Snapdragon version. There will be two screen sizes — 13.8-inch and a larger 15-inch model. The displays are the ...