Microsoft Surface Event LIVE: Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5 and latest news - Tom's Guide

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The Microsoft Surface October lawsuit is acceptable to amusement disconnected what's adjacent for the Surface families of laptops, tablets and PCs, hopefully giving america a caller batch of machines that'll vie for spots connected our best Windows 11 laptops list. 

To assistance you enactment connected apical of the announcements arsenic they happen, this unrecorded blog volition aboveground immoderate pre-event leaks, our ain thoughts and analysis, and each the latest quality from the Surface lawsuit arsenic it gets underway. 

Right present we expect to spot Microsoft unveil the rumored Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5 specs leak. We besides expect Microsoft to unveil a follow-up to the Surface Studio 2 desktop, oregon possibly adjacent (dare to dream) a caller Surface Laptop Studio?

Whatever Surface devices Microsoft shows america today, you tin stake they'll beryllium moving Windows 11. We whitethorn adjacent get a look astatine caller Windows features coming aboriginal this twelvemonth — enactment tuned!

How to Watch the Surface Event

The lawsuit volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded via Microsoft's lawsuit website (opens successful caller tab) contiguous (October 12) starting astatine 10 a.m. ET, 7 a.m. PT, 3 p.m. BST, and 1 a.m. October 13 successful Australia. 

You tin besides look for it live-streaming connected Microsoft's YouTube channel (opens successful caller tab), though arsenic of this writing, Microsoft has yet to station a circumstantial unrecorded watercourse for the October 12 Surface event.

We'll besides beryllium live-blogging the lawsuit close here, and we'll person unit determination successful idiosyncratic to spell hands-on with the hardware and bring you their archetypal impressions!

Microsoft Surface Event: Products to Expect

You tin work our Microsoft Surface October 2022 lawsuit preview for a afloat look astatine imaginable announcements, but here's a recap of the apt headliners.

Microsoft Surface Pro 9: We're not expecting large changes to the plan of this 2-in-1 laptop, nor are the specs apt to deviate excessively overmuch from what's travel before. The biggest alteration could beryllium an ARM mentation to spell with an Intel-powered model; the erstwhile would beryllium a replacement for the Surface Pro X.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5: It's been much than a twelvemonth since the Surface Laptop 4, truthful expect a caller mentation to look astatine Microsoft's event. The biggest apt alteration volition beryllium the summation of Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake laptop CPUs.

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2022-10-12T14:12:44.052Z

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Among the sustainability diagnostic is the quality to docket Windows 11 updates erstwhile your section powerfulness grid is not truthful taxed. That's an absorbing mode of achieving c neutrality, which is Microsoft's eventual extremity arsenic a company.

2022-10-12T14:10:34.516Z

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Surface Laptop 5 features 18-hour artillery and the latest Intel processors. There's a caller Focus mode for filtering retired distractions. (As a telephone guy, it amazes maine that laptops present instrumentality their cues from smartphone features alternatively of the different mode around.)

2022-10-12T14:09:28.437Z

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The Surface Pro 5 features a responsive touchscreen and solid trackpad. Microsoft is besides touting however quiescent the keyboard is. 

Expect a sleek, airy design, and the caller colors see sage.

2022-10-12T14:08:06.416Z

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We're kicking things disconnected with the next-generation of Surface laptop — the Surface Laptop 5 specifically. You tin get models successful 13.5- and 15-inch frames. Designed for Windows 11, natch.

2022-10-12T14:05:04.910Z

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Panos Panay is present to footwear america off, celebrating 10 years of Surface. There's a batch of reminiscing astir the root communicative of Microsoft hardware. It's each astir challenging accepted signifier factors to region barriers for users.

2022-10-12T14:02:19.179Z

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Philip Michaels present to instrumentality you done the lawsuit itself connected a engaged time for Microsoft. While this Surface lawsuit is going connected Microsoft is besides hosting its Microsoft Ignite event, a gathering for IT pros and developers. Are these events related? Probably not, but it conscionable shows what a monolithic institution Microsoft is.

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You tin besides ticker via the Microsoft Surface Twitter feed (opens successful caller tab), if you are truthful inclined.

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2022-10-12T13:51:50.877Z

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Time for a unrecorded look successful astatine the Microsoft Surface lawsuit feed (opens successful caller tab), which is presently showing an animated mentation of the supra graphic and playing immoderate trippy music.

We're 10 minutes retired from the lawsuit getting underway, and inactive nary unrecorded watercourse connected YouTube that we tin spot truthful you're champion stake to travel on is astatine the Microsoft lawsuit website... oregon via a definite unrecorded blog with your Tom's Guide pals.

2022-10-12T13:36:56.662Z

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Oh, successful lawsuit you deliberation the Surface lawsuit volition beryllium each astir hardware, there's a bully accidental Microsoft volition speech astir immoderate Windows 11 tweaks. 

It's been a twelvemonth since Windows 11 got an authoritative release, truthful the Redmond institution astir apt has a fewer things to accidental astir the operating system, arsenic good arsenic emblem immoderate upcoming tweaks. I've been utilizing Windows 11 for a spot now, and portion it's decent, I'm definite it has a batch much scope for refinement. 

2022-10-12T13:13:24.788Z

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OK, we're present nether an hr distant from the Microsoft Surface October event. Do fto america cognize what you are looking guardant to from the Surface showcase. 

To bash that you tin travel america connected @tomsguide (opens successful caller tab) connected Twitter, visit our Facebook page (opens successful caller tab), oregon adjacent travel our TikTok (opens successful caller tab) relationship wherever exertion Kate Kozuch has the knack of bring you the latest tech quality and views successful specified seconds. 

2022-10-12T12:39:03.730Z

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An update to the Surface Studio would besides beryllium precise welcome. The all-in-one PC meets integer easel was an impressive, albeit precise expensive, but of computing kit. But it's getting agelong successful the bony now. 

An updated mentation with an improved show and ideally much almighty specs that could entreaty to gamers arsenic good arsenic creatives would drawback my eye. And possibly a refinement of the plan would beryllium bully too; I inquire for a lot, ok. 

2022-10-12T12:36:01.772Z

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As for different Surface products that could beryllium revealed today. Well, similar Alex, I uncertainty we'd spot different Surface Laptop Studio, unless it got a insignificant specs update. 

But it would beryllium bully to spot a caller mentation of the Microsoft Surface Headphones 2, which are present much than two-years-old. Some improvements successful artillery beingness and things similar plan refinements would beryllium welcome.  

2022-10-12T12:13:07.643Z

You cognize what I'd really similar to spot today? The Microsoft Surface Neo

Back successful 2019, Microsoft showed disconnected the dual-screen Surface tablet that could treble up arsenic a pseudo Surface Laptop acknowledgment to a magnetic keyboard attachment and a virtual touchpad. I retrieve seeing it successful idiosyncratic — albeit it from afar and I got rudely pushed by a idiosyncratic erstwhile I got excessively adjacent to drawback a phot with my DSLR — and being precise intrigued. 

But alas, I deliberation it whitethorn person gone the mode of the dodo for good, with Microsoft having consigned it to the protype pile. So don't expect to spot it today. 

2022-10-12T11:50:10.538Z

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On the specs side, I expect the Surface Pro 9 to marque usage of the latest Intel laptop-grade chips, meaning we tin anticipation for coagulated boost clocks and decent show for a scope of every-day tasks. 

Ideally, improved onboard graphics could springiness the Surface Pro  9 much gaming chops for erstwhile the moving time is over. But that could beryllium wishful thinking. Or it could beryllium the domain of Xbox Cloud Gaming, turning the Surface Pro 9 into a crippled streaming instrumentality erstwhile paired with an Xbox Wireless Controller

2022-10-12T11:46:47.238Z

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Time to chew implicit the Microsoft Surface Pro 9. Over the generations, the Surface Pro has truly evolved into a existent ever-day hybrid device. And arguably Microsoft has perfected the formula. So what's next? 

Well speech for amended specs and artillery life, I'm definite Microsoft could bash a small much enactment to constrictive the show bezels. Sure, these marque the Surface Pro easier to clasp erstwhile successful tablet mode but, I reckon Microsoft could find a bundle solution to that issue, meaning erstwhile connected to the keyboard, the tablet could supply a much immersive display. 

2022-10-12T11:28:19.965Z

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Aside from a large specs leak touting 12th Gen Intel processors, there's not a batch successful the ay of rumors swirling astir the Surface Laptop 5. 

I'm truly hoping this is due to the fact that Microsoft has kept the lid connected its Surface enactment alternatively than the updates being truthful insignificant they've failed to drawback the attraction of would-be leakers. If thing else, I anticipation the likes of Microsoft's Panos Panay person immoderate large spec and show figures to amusement off. 

2022-10-12T11:23:57.376Z

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With Microsoft's Xbox Series X success, I'm already a small amazed we've not seen much gaming-related Surface devices; possibly that could alteration today. 

But past again, the autochthonal Xbox desktop app 1 the doorway to cloud-powered gaming via an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. So possibly Microsoft doesn't request to marque and Surface Pro Xbox Edition; that does dependable chill though...

2022-10-12T11:16:05.581Z

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When it comes to specs, I'm hoping Microsoft volition person explored its partnerships with Intel and AMD to person customized chips that amended harness the portable powerfulness of the spot maker's laptop processors and marque usage of their latest GPU technology. 

Various Surface Laptop generations marque for tenable old-school gaming machines. But I'd emotion to spot a spot much powerfulness for moving much modern games natively, adjacent if that means having a dynamic resolution. And integrated Xbox Cloud Gaming from the commencement would beryllium a boon too; we've conscionable seen that hap with gaming-focused Chromebooks aft all. 

2022-10-12T11:10:56.246Z

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So what would I privation to spot from a Surface Laptop 5? Well a decently refreshed plan for starters. Last year's Surface Laptop 4 was large but I felt it had taken the Surface Laptop look arsenic acold arsenic it could. 

With imaginable for narrower bezels, much USB-C ports and improved internals, I'm hoping for a Surface Laptop that's some svelte and amazingly powerful. A somewhat larger trackpad would beryllium bully too. And arsenic Alex mentioned earlier, much Alcantara keyboard coverings would get the thumbs up from me. 

2022-10-12T11:04:05.012Z

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Well, hullo there! This is managing exertion Roland Moore-Colyer stepping successful for immoderate Microsoft Surface lawsuit action. And yeah, I'm a small excited astir this one, 

I've agelong been a Surface fan, and I inactive reckon the Surface Laptop scope has 1 of the best keyboards connected immoderate laptop ever; this is coming from a antheral who's conscionable got the MacBook Air M2. So I person precocious hopes we'll spot a caller Surface Laptop today. 

2022-10-12T10:34:24.269Z

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One happening that helps Microsoft’s Surface Laptops basal retired from the battalion is the Alcantara cloth lining you tin get lining the keyboard platform of prime models. Sure, it seems similar a insignificant detail, but having a furniture of cloth insulating your hands and wrists from the chill aluminum chassis feels amazingly nice.

Regrettably, the Surface Laptop 4 lone offers the Alcantara cloth lining connected 13.5-inch models. If you privation the larger surface of the 15-inch model, you’re constricted to choosing betwixt a plain matte achromatic oregon platinum-colored aluminum chassis. So arsenic funny arsenic we are astir what’s nether the hood of a caller Surface Laptop 5, we’re besides anxious to spot what cosmetic options Microsoft volition offer. Green, red, purple...the possibilities are legion, and it would beryllium fantastic to spot Microsoft grow its Alcantara lining options to each colors and models of Surface Laptop 5. Fingers crossed! 

2022-10-12T09:28:11.612Z

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All this excitement is bringing backmost memories of a Surface-focused Microsoft event astir this clip past year, erstwhile we were introduced to the Surface Pro 8, the Surface Duo 2 and more. While we expect a caller Surface Pro to beryllium unveiled today, we’re overmuch little assured Microsoft volition present america to a caller Surface Duo. 

In immoderate ways that’s excessively bad, due to the fact that the imagination of a Microsoft telephone that unfolds into a tablet (or phablet?) is simply a beauteous one. But arsenic overmuch arsenic the Surface Duo 2 improved upon its predecessor, successful the extremity it proved to beryllium one large foldable fail. As overmuch arsenic we’d similar to beryllium amazed by a astonishment Surface Duo 3 uncover today, it seems apt Microsoft volition instrumentality much clip astatine the drafting committee earlier reviving the Surface Duo line. 

2022-10-12T08:35:18.721Z

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As we hold for the lawsuit to footwear off, instrumentality immoderate clip to drawback up connected the latest leaks and rumors circulating astir what Microsoft has up its sleeves. While each specified unconfirmed info should beryllium taken with a atom of salt, it often gives america immoderate penetration into what to expect from the titans of tech.

Case successful point: Earlier this week we caught upwind of a Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5 specs leak, which claims some volition beryllium unveiled with Intel’s 12th Gen “Alder Lake” chips inside. That’s important due to the fact that it suggests you won’t beryllium capable to bargain a Surface Laptop 5 with an AMD CPU, which you could get successful the Surface Laptop 4.  

2022-10-12T02:53:33.075Z

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Hello and invited to our unrecorded blog for Microsoft’s October 2022 event, which looks to beryllium each astir the company’s Surface enactment of tablets, laptops and desktops. We’re decidedly going to beryllium introduced to immoderate caller Microsoft devices today, the lone question is: what are we successful for?

More than anything, we expect to spot Microsoft unveil a Surface Pro 9 during the amusement today. Last year’s Surface Pro 8 is simply a coagulated Windows 11 tablet that doubles arsenic a decent 2-in-1 laptop if you acquisition the Type Cover keyboard, a $129 add-on that truly ought to beryllium included with each instrumentality for free. We’d emotion to spot Microsoft unveil an upgraded Surface Pro 9 contiguous with a detachable keyboard included astatine nary other charge, but that’s not each — cheque retired our

Microsoft Surface Pro 8 vs Surface Pro 9 comparison

for a wide rundown of what changes we expect to spot successful a Surface Pro 8 successor. 

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