Microsoft continues trying to copy Apple with the Surface Laptop Ultra

Several new high-end laptops featuring Nvidia’s RTX Spark processors were unveiled last week, including Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra. Alongside its high performance, the product presentation emphasized the bright Mini-LED display and magnetic USB-C charging port, both of which show clear similarities with Apple’s MacBook Pro.

The Mini-LED panel is particularly surprising, as virtually all manufacturers apart from Apple with its MacBook Pro now use high-quality OLED displays in their multimedia laptops. Even Apple is expected to use an OLED display in the upcoming MacBook Ultra.

In our review, we also found that the implementation of the Mini-LED panel is problematic, as local dimming is not supported, which negatively…