Surface Laptop Studio 2 - 6 Month Review

[@AlexanderHamiIton]

You are a very underrated tech KZbinr, you deserve much more man!

[@ShoAndTech]

Damn I really appreciate that thank you! 🙏🏾

[@AlexanderHamiIton]

@@ShoAndTech - You are welcome, keep up the fantastic work and I hope you get your well-deserved recognition soon!

[@flavius6497]

I love it when people actually use the hardware int their daily workflow instead of just running some benchmarks. This was a fantastic review very well done, you should have more subscribers!!!! You earned a Sub from me.

[@ShoAndTech]

Truly appreciate the support! Thank you 🙏🏾

[@coachj2024]

This is the most detailed and realistic review I’ve seen on this laptop.

[@ShoAndTech]

Thank you I really appreciate that!

[@drixxonk]

Thank you so so much for actually being truthful when going over the battery life. I was lucky enough to get a 3.5K OLED XPS 15 & a 4K Lenovo Yoga C940, and despite being phenomenal devices capable of handling most tasks, battery life on the XPS is like 2 hours max. (historically the yoga was ~90 minutes max, but recently it's been doing relatively well, like ~3 hours so idk) Regardless, good battery life on ultrabooks with great displays is near impossible in my findings, so it's nice to know what i'd be getting into, especially since the Studio 2 is "only" a 1440p display, you'd think the battery would be closer to outstanding.

[@okunamayanad]

theres something with battery life on win 11. idk what it is but my laptop's battery was getting to end of its life and I made the switch from win 11 to ubuntu and oh my god the same battery that was dying in an hour of sleep turned into lasting 2-3 days on sleep mode. its not just the sleep mode everything got improved but the sleep mode difference is incredible

[@rigbymama8436]

Thank you for this knowledge 🙏, Ig ima set up a dual boot

[@okunamayanad]

@@rigbymama8436 I hope you'll get the same boost in linux! It's been a lot since I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and since then I've been so happy about my decision that I even went one step forward and set up dualboot for my desktop too.

[@eevvxx80]

Thanks for Review. The issue I think with battery is using Intel Chips. Both Intel and Microsoft are hanger for data collected.

[@Shadow456376]

I was so ready to get this, even in spite of the price, but the battery life really deters me

[@pernellcelestine4829]

This review is exactly what I was looking for. I've never seen your videos before, and I can't believe I havent (I watch all the tech channels)... anyway I'm definitely going to subscribe!

[@ShoAndTech]

Appreciate you taking the time bro! Hoping the algorithm blesses me one of these days haha

[@Betancourtdm]

I've got a RTX 4050 model. Overall I love it but for gaming, the screen response time is very low. Playing a game like Destiny 2 looks like a blurry mess at times as the screen can't keep up with the video card. No issue when hooked up to an external monitor. I was surprised by the poor response time paired with a 120hz refresh rate.

[@Raytech7r]

Fire review specially for 6 months! Thanks for letting me know you can you a ps5 controller as well

[@ShoAndTech]

Glad I could help!

[@fashopimpin]

Good review bruh I was thinking about switching from MacBook and iPad combo to this for photo editing.

[@ShoAndTech]

Having the all in one setup with the performance is definitely nice and more portable. But the battery life though

[@fashopimpin]

@@ShoAndTech Bruh!!!! iPad Pro battery sucks like a vampire…. My MacBook is a beast

[@justinbrower6802]

Decided between this and the G14 2024 4070 for a while. If you want a productivity device, better battery life, and don't care about tent mode / the touch screen, the G14 2024 is significantly better bang for the buck.

[@A_Pi]

about standby battery it's same thing with all surfaces I've touched. its been the same on my first surface pro4 and every other model since . if you make it to go to hibernate instead of sleep it's a bit better.

[@VincentGrillo-n4p]

Awesome review. On the fence about making the plunge and getting this or sticking to the surface laptop 7

[@bio_logic6328]

Nice mic and great review

[@ShoAndTech]

Thanks! Appreciate you checking it out.

[@DrLFV]

2 hearts....thanks for the review

[@ShoAndTech]

Appreciate the love! 🙏🏾

[@KINGHD4K]

Excellent Video! Surfacé has come far, for compatibility they may need a app like DS4 windows and DSX for Warzone and fortnight! Other than that it’s decent laptop!

[@4everTagMe]

I have the i7 1T model and it only lasts MAX 2-2.5 hrs from only using OneNote, whiteboard, and little Google searching. Should I send it for exchange and repair (keeping in note that they will likely send me a refurbished device)

[@ShoAndTech]

I feel like there’s definitely something off there

[@131sid]

@shotech - great review. Does it overheat ? I’m planning this for work related stuff. Figma. Excel. PowerPoint etc.

[@ShoAndTech]

Appreciate it! I found the fans to work their hardest during heavy video exports but during regular use it is cool and quiet!

[@aftabahmed8479]

Great review! What do you think compared to other 2 in 1 laptops like Dell or HP? Is this a better alternative?

[@NacimZahouani]

Thank you for the review. I have the same needs as you : Davinci, PS, LR, TOPAZ....GAME PASS.... The batterie is as bad ??? I found my self edtiting in airplanes sometimes, PICTURES, OR GAMING... coming from an xps 13 ....2018 .

[@tytianatucker7600]

❤❤ desperately needed this! Thanks!

[@ShoAndTech]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@anivmusic]

Great review! Didn’t hear about the ports much. But how’s the Thunderbolt 4 ports? Have you tried to use them with external tech? Interfaces, hard drives, etc? Do they do a goodjob? Thanks!

[@JSevillejo_ph]

Loved this. Have you tried reporting the battery life to Windows? I'm curious to know if they have recommendations or instructions for that.

[@karahanbedel336]

Thanks for video bro! Can you create this subject: Surface laptop studio 1 vs 2. I have first version and I bought last mounth. But I don't know what is the diffrent from second version of performance, screen or battery life. Btw I can use 3-4 hours without being plugged in.

[@ashutoshjha9147]

Thanks man but i believe , this form factor and this model will shine with newer intel Processors combined with Nvidia 4000 series GPU's. However i so wish Microsoft bring back the Surface book series, newer chips (CPU and GPU) will shine in that form factor.

[@ShoAndTech]

I agree with you!

[@althaqafa9697]

Amazing review, well done keep up the great work

[@angelozito9175]

Great review. Do you know how it will do running architecture software like revit and other 3d modeling applications.

[@tjcarlover6701]

I’m going to college in a year and started looking into laptops, and want something multi-role with high power with the ability to run moderate performance games. Would you recommend this?

[@ChosenOne1967]

Very nice review, thank you.

[@ShoAndTech]

🙏🏾 appreciate you taking the time

[@thomasthurzo8792]

Very good review. I have the exact same device and I am also very happy with it.

[@ShoAndTech]

Do you find you use the tablet mode at all?

[@kittyscreativecorner]

@@ShoAndTechI don’t have the Surface, I have a Lenovo Yoga with a touchscreen and tablet mode, and I used to use the tablet mode a lot for Photoshop when I was studying art, and for digital notetaking. My high school had mandatory Fujitsu laptops we had to purchase that had a swivel hinge to put it in tablet mode, and after four years with that I can never go back to a laptop that doesn’t have a touchscreen and a tablet mode 😂 I will say I used it less when I finally got an iPad because it was less clunky and writing with the Apple Pencil is so much smoother than the Bamboo pencil I got with my laptop, but I think tablet mode in general can be super helpful for students and really anyone who likes to hand write notes, but also wants the convenience of having everything stored digitally on the cloud without having to worry about papers getting lost or taking up a lot of space. I’m very much an annotator, if I’m reading something dense I have to be able to highlight and hand-write stuff on the physical text to absorb what I’m reading, and as an English major, I get a lot of really long and dense readings. I tried printing out the readings, but after the first three weeks I had an entire two inch binder full of readings and notes for just one class. Downloading the readings to OneNote or Adobe Acrobat and using the pen to highlight and annotate while also being able to key word search was a total game changer for me. I was considering upgrading my iPad from the 9th generation just for the bigger screen and new Apple Pencil, but my iPad still works fine, and my Lenovo seems to be on its last legs, so if Best Buy can’t repair my laptop, this might kill two birds in one stone for me.

[@agermangoose4797]

If battery life is the most important thing for you you should look at the Surface X lineup. They use ARM based CPUs (like the modern Apple M processors) instead of x86 (like Intel and AMD) which is so much more efficent that it's almost crazy. Just be aware that (at least for now) nearly everything is still written for x86 architecture chips which means that most, granted not all, programs will run through an emulation layer (which means degraded performance) and some programs might not work at all if you're unlucky

[@حيدرالبابلي-غ9ح]

We are may be stick to th 86 at least 1 year until some cmpatiblites issues being solved for the hardware and the software lot of prgramss dose not support arm

[@OldCityBob]

Nice video. Thanks for posting. Was thinking of saving some cash and getting the Studio gen 1. Any thoughts on how they compare.

[@ShoAndTech]

I liked my Gen 1 a lot - especially the keyboard. My spec wasn’t as high as this one though.

[@AlessandraSobral]

❤❤ thank you for this review! exactly what I needed to make up my mind!

[@ShoAndTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@iu1191]

💙💙Excellent review!!

[@christianmccall]

surface pro 9 or surface laptop studio 2

[@ShoAndTech]

Depends on your use case I think

[@ack_ack_jack]

Excellent review. Thank you so much

[@parsakhoshbin]

Hey bro… It’s not just ur problem, SLS2 battery really sucks I read it on reddit too Very disappointing for a 2-3000 device😔

[@ShoAndTech]

Well I’m glad to know it isn’t just me at least

[@NickChurick]

Thanks so much for the review! I'm considering this laptop for myself. Could you clarify one question for me, please? Does it heat up heavily? And does it blow so much hot air from the grill that it's uncomfortable to operate a mouse next to it? @ShoAndTech

[@ShoAndTech]

I’ve never experienced either of these issues

[@anyajonathann]

Is this a good choice for 3D design? Zbrush to be precise...

[@DK-ox7ze]

I am also a MacBook user but my new employer is offering me Surface Studio 2 laptop. My main concern is the display resolution. This one is only 200 ppi, vs 227 on my MacBook. Do you see individual pixels when reading text on this device? How different is it when compared to Macbook?

[@ZenWisdomToday777]

Hi mate, I see you had Soundcore Spirit x2 and Sport x10, how do you compare them? I loved the Spirit x2, good bass while keeping a balanced and crisp sound, and thinking of geting the sport x10 now

[@ShoAndTech]

Huge fan of the x10! I like them much more than the spirits

[@ZenWisdomToday777]

@@ShoAndTech thanks a lot!! I will give them a try and see haha ✌️

[@slidecode6318]

Ngl good video but also things lose battery over time usually battery thing they tell you Is right out the box so

[@miscipsakitsune4667]

Exactly why i left the surfaces to macbook, what's about those battery life and battery drains ?

[@ShoAndTech]

Yeah the battery life comparisons are pretty insane but I still love the versatility of the surface

[@denicandra9782]

I saw 2-6 month review title, then I subs 😂

[@zenlotus8696]

Best review i found ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ShoAndTech]

🙏🏾🙏🏾 appreciate that big time

[@samayakjain1631]

Hey, would you suggest this laptop for a student who is going to pursue engineering in college?

[@ShoAndTech]

It’s very capable. Just depends how much time you intend to spend unplugged

[@weltenleser]

Great device, but the battery life is trash. Considering the size, this should have a 90+ wh battery.

[@Sarah-zv6nd]

Thank you

[@PragadeeVS]

❤️❤️

[@ShoAndTech]

The support means a lot! 🙏🏾

[@MRwilsondraws]

When it comes to these kinds of windows products....The battery Life is a LIE. I've had 2 surface books(2 and 3)....and my experience is the same as yours. never leave home without your charger.

[@ShoAndTech]

Really hope it addressed whenever the Studio 3 drops

[@boyle_seo]

❤❤

[@ShoAndTech]

Appreciate you taking the time to watch it through!

[@nnnnnn3647]

sorry, but laptop=MacBook.

[@VincentGrillo-n4p]

Awesome review. On the fence about making the plunge and getting this or sticking to the surface laptop 7

[@RobertoSavulescu]

❤❤

[@ShoAndTech]

Unreal! Thank you so much for the support