After skipping 2022, Microsoft could have plans for the Surface Laptop Studio as soon as once more.

Windows Central believes that the Surface Laptop 2, code-named “Ersa” (not “Ursa,” or Latin for “bear,” oddly) might be launched this fall. What we known as the “wave of the future” in our Surface Laptop Studio review might be up to date with the most recent {hardware} from Intel and Nvidia, the positioning stories, citing confidential sources.

Pulling from a few leaked Geekbench benchmarks, the positioning believes Microsoft will skip a Core i5 mannequin and go straight to the Thirteenth-Gen Core i7-13700H and Core i7-13800H. In graphics, Microsoft goes to stay to its tried-and-true mannequin, providing an entry-level RTX 4060 GPU within it. These entry-level GPUs have sometimes appeared in “creator” variations of standard laptops just like the Surface Laptop Studio, aimed extra at picture and video seize and modifying than hardcore gaming. (The latter is attainable, although not a precedence.)

Windows Central says that it believes that in any other case the Surface Laptop Studio 2 will stay unchanged, which is solely believable. Microsoft hardly ever redesigns its {hardware}, with the newest, substantive modifications arriving on the Surface Duo 2 (with an extra digital camera) and revamps to the Surface Pro lineup including a Thunderbolt connector. Instead, it typically updates the inner elements as a substitute.

Originally, the Geekbench benchmarks appeared to indicate that the Surface Laptop Studio 2 would ship within the spring, however now a fall refresh (hey, Windows 11 23H2!) appears the seemingly window. With the Surface Laptop Studio, Microsoft re-engineered the Surface in an aggressive, pleasant method. It appears seemingly that the Surface Laptop 2 will proceed its legacy.