Microsoft Surface

Microsoft scratches Surface device policy – some get extensions of up to 6 years

See? It's not just Chromebooks. Now how about some flexibility around Win 10?

Personal Tech06 Nov 2023 | 3

Microsoft enlists iFixit to extend Surface spare parts program

Appears to have expanded coverage to at least 30 nations

Personal Tech27 Oct 2023 | 9

Microsoft Surface chief Panos Panay abruptly announces departure

Rumors point to Panay headed to Amazon to take over for outgoing Alexa and Echo chief David Limp

Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 3

Microsoft dabbles in self-repair with Surface devices now DIY-friendlier

Replacement components available in US, Canada, France only for now

Personal Tech15 Jun 2023 | 14

All Microsoft Surface Pro X cameras just stopped working

Facial authentication, video meetings may have to wait, dead security cert blamed

Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 38

The end of Microsoft-brand peripherals is only Surface deep

Redmond ditches own line of mice, keyboards, webcams

Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 59

Microsoft arms Surface Pro 9 with Qualcomm SQ3, 12th-gen Intel chips

Ignite Plus, the Surface Laptop drops AMD, Studio arrives with an even higher price, and more

Personal Tech12 Oct 2022 | 8

Foldable smartphones crawl to one percent of global market share

They’re on track for a whopping three percent in 2026 – well out of the mainstream, but growing faster

Personal Tech04 Oct 2022 | 39

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio: Too edgy for comfort?

Desktop Tourism And perhaps too heavy, which is a weighty issue for a machine that turns into a tablet

Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 29

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go 2: $599 for 11th gen Intel CPU

Want a Surface badge, but don't have Surface Laptop money? Step this way

Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 19

Engineer gets Windows 11 working on a Surface Duo

So those hardware requirements for Microsoft's OS really are arbitrary

Offbeat04 May 2022 | 41

Microsoft exposes glue-free guts of the Surface Laptop Studio

Broken your headphone jack? No problem. Want some more RAM? Er, about that...

Personal Tech25 Apr 2022 | 62

Microsoft gives tablets some love in latest Windows 11 build

Not quite touch-first, but a bit more fondle-friendly

OSes25 Feb 2022 | 15

Back to school for Microsoft as it prises apart the repairable Surface Laptop SE

Repairability – check. Upgrades? Must try harder

Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 | 19

Fancy some Surface kit but wary of new Windows? Microsoft lets commercial customers pick 10 or 11

Change is scary

Personal Tech07 Oct 2021 | 15

Microsoft wants you to know it hasn't forgotten about Surface

Laptops added or refreshed, and another go at making dual-screen phones a thing

Personal Tech23 Sep 2021 | 9

Price of Microsoft's Surface Duo plummets to better represent middling hardware ... but only if you're in the US

The Special Relationship in the form of Android foldables

Personal Tech23 Jun 2021 | 11

Microsoft's Surface Laptop 4 now includes AMD options for biz customers, boasts up to 19 hours of battery life

Surface Headphones 2+ also available and a range of 'Modern' kit coming in the next few months

Personal Tech13 Apr 2021 | 25

Fear the Walking Edge: Desktop support pulled, but legacy browser lingers on in Surface Hub, Xbox, HoloLens

Say goodbye to icon on Windows 10

Software10 Mar 2021 | 7

Redditor thinks they have a solution to Surface Laptop 3's overheating issues: Elastic bands and USB fans

Paging Mr Heath Robinson

Personal Tech08 Mar 2021 | 17

Microsoft unveils swappable SSDs for Surface Pro 7+ but 'strongly discourages' users from upping their capacity

Opted for 128GB? Better hope that software bloat doesn't bite you

Storage24 Feb 2021 | 55

Microsoft's underwhelming, underpowered dual-screen Surface Duo phone arrives in the UK this month for £1,349

'Teams and Skype video conferencing up to 1080p at 30fps' – sign us up!

Personal Tech11 Feb 2021 | 73

Got Surface Hubs? Better get cracking: Windows 10 for Whiteboards to resume rolling out in February

Windows 10 Team Creators Update due for support axe in March - yes, two months from now

OSes26 Jan 2021 | 3

Microsoft updates Dev Channel Windows 10, breaks Arm x64 emulation

In brief Also: Departures from Redmond, going big with Surface Hub, and celebrating third place

Software18 Jan 2021 | 1

Better battery, LTE and a removable SSD in Microsoft's Surface Pro 7+

More RAM also on offer for those with deep pockets

Personal Tech11 Jan 2021 | 9

Surface Laptop Go: Premium feel for a mid-range price, but Microsoft's Apple-like range once meant more than this

Svelte, yet ordinary

Personal Tech30 Dec 2020 | 43

SHRT hits the fan for first-gen Surface Hub users: Jumped-up whiteboard can now be updated via dedicated tool

In brief Also: Santa drops a final Windows Insider release, new PowerShell, Skype Together Mode

Software22 Dec 2020 | 3

Microsoft touts its Surface Laptop Go as 'cheap' option – but that price quickly goes up for useful RAM and storage

You may need to look elsewhere if you want more bang for your buck

Personal Tech01 Oct 2020 | 26

Microsoft takes another shot at the Windows-on-Arm thing with a revamped Surface Pro X powered by new SQ2 silicon

Upgrade will soon come up against Apple's take on the post-Intel world

Personal Tech01 Oct 2020 | 6

Microsoft releases kernel for unique (but critically panned) Surface Duo phone

Special source poured into GitHub

Personal Tech11 Sep 2020 | 16

Surface Hub 2S unshackled from bespoke Windows 10 to install what you want – just wash your hands first, yeah?

Enterprise, Pro versions of OS coming to Microsoft's jumped-up whiteboard

Personal Tech02 Sep 2020 | 2

Microsoft's own operating system should finally start working on its own hardware ... 'in the coming weeks'

You've just splashed the cash on a new Surface. Haven't you suffered enough?

Software10 Jun 2020 | 32

Microsoft's carefully crafted Surfaces are having trouble with its carefully crafted Windows 10 May 2020 Update

Compatibility hold slapped on affected kit with fixes in 'upcoming release'

Software02 Jun 2020 | 33

Broken your new Surface Go 2 already? Looks like it's a bit more repairable this time

Less glue, but the silicon remains firmly soldered in place

Personal Tech18 May 2020 | 10

Microsoft has speedy portable treats for locked-down princes and paupers alike with Surface Book 3 and Surface Go 2

£399 for entry-level lappy, £1,599 for high-end pro kit

Personal Tech06 May 2020 | 5

Chromium Edge shored up against unwanted apps, peekable notifications in Surface Duo, and a Power Apps T-shirt contest

Roundup Also, a new data centre region beneath Spain's Azure skies

Software03 Mar 2020 | 2

Microsoft's Windows OEM, Surface sales looking a bit peaky as coronavirus takes toll on China supply chain

Redmond no longer expects to meet quarter guidance for personal computing unit

Software27 Feb 2020 | 10

Microsoft crack habit reports: User claims Surface Laptop 3 screen fractured again after repair

Split me once, shame on you. Split me twice, shame on, er, you again?

On-Prem19 Feb 2020 | 20

Microsoft brings the pane: You'll be looking at Xamarin and React Native to design apps for dual-screen gizmos

Surface Neo is the most interesting new Windows device in years, but will weary devs support it?

Software13 Feb 2020 | 35

Microsoft reorg places Surface evangelist Panos Panay as boss of Windows too – report

Hardware and software under one roof: is Redmond embracing Apple's model?

OSes06 Feb 2020 | 21

Swivel on this: Spinning Surface Hub 2X module may not be happening after all

Partner webinar pours cold water on compute cartridge for boardroom behemoth

Science03 Feb 2020 | 3

Microsoft has made a Surface slab that mere mortals can dismantle

A swappable battery would be icing on the cake, though

Personal Tech07 Nov 2019 | 21

Repairability fiends crack open a Surface Laptop 3: Nice SSD, but shame about the battery

Microsoft's new baby takes big step forward in servicing stakes

Personal Tech24 Oct 2019 | 16

Microsoft Surface Pro X: Windows on Arm usable at long last – but, boy, are you gonna pay for it

Hands On Up to £1,700 for something that won't outperform its cheaper Pro 7 stablemate

Personal Tech18 Oct 2019 | 39

The OS is 'no longer' important to Microsoft, and yet new Surface kit has 3 Windows flavours

And an Android device – confusing or what?

Software03 Oct 2019 | 40

Microsoft has made an Android phone. Repeat, Microsoft has made an Android phone. A dual-screen foldable mobe not due until late 2020

If at first you don't succeed, there's always Linux, eh?

Personal Tech02 Oct 2019 | 127

Microsoft Surface users baffled after investing in kit that throttles itself to the point of passing out

400MHz ought to be enough for anyone?

Personal Tech16 Aug 2019 | 78

Side-splitting bulging batts, borked Wi-Fi... So, how's that Surface slab working out for you?

Reg reader finds a use for the new London store while others struggle with fubar wireless

Personal Tech07 Aug 2019 | 58

Surface Studio 2: The Vulture rakes a talon over Microsoft's latest box of desktop delight

Hands On Lovely screen, shame about the price

Personal Tech15 Feb 2019 | 51

Almost £5k for a deskslab: Microsoft's Surface Studio 2 hits UK

Eye-pleasing graphics to match eye-watering pricing

Personal Tech07 Feb 2019 | 30

Surface: Tested to withstand the NFL. Microsoft firmware updates? Not so much

Windows is updating your play-by-play, this may take a while

Personal Tech22 Jan 2019 | 19

Incoming! Microsoft unleashes more fixes for Windows 10 October 2018 Update

Got a Surface Book 2 on 1803? You should probably uninstall last week's update

OSes06 Dec 2018 | 33

Surface Book 2 afflicted by mystery Blue Screen Of Death errors

Not so mysterious, say users, it was the update wot dunnit

OSes03 Dec 2018 | 33

Microsoft Surface kicks dust in face of Apple iPad Pro in Q3

Hold on Redmond, don't light those fireworks yet, the dominance will be shortlived

On-Prem16 Nov 2018 | 21

'Frontline workers' of the world, unite! And grab yourselves a Surface Go White Van Man edition

4G version of Microsoft's budget fondleslab road-ready

Personal Tech12 Nov 2018 | 12

Got a new Surface? Have some firmware. Old Surface? La la la la la, we can't hear you

New models get first updates as wailing of Pro 4 users continues

Personal Tech26 Oct 2018 | 22