

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio review: What you need to knowĪs with Apple's Pro-branded laptops, this is a machine targeted firmly at professional creative workers: photographers, videographers, engineers and 3D artists – the sort of people who need plenty of power and creative flexibility.

Instead of simply using a 360-degree hinge along the spine as so many other 2-in-1 laptops do, the Microsoft Laptop Studio has its hinge running along a line across the centre of the lid, allowing users to flip the display and reposition it without having to pick up the laptop or move it around. READ NEXT: Our guide to the best laptops to buy today

Instead of sticking with the tried and tested, it breaks new ground, taking the concept of the 2-in-1 convertible and flipping it, so to speak, completely on its head. The Surface Laptop Studio is as striking an example of laptop design as I’ve seen in recent years and an undeniably brave move from Microsoft.
