Microsoft's 2026 Surface Laptop 13 Costs More, Ships With Half the RAM

The 2026 Surface Laptop 13-inch starts at $950 with 8GB of RAM — $50 more than the 2025 model, which included 16GB. Testing by The Verge found the 8GB configuration freezes temporarily multiple times daily, including during a Teams call and while editing in Google Docs. Windows 11 consumes 4.2GB at boot, leaving roughly 900MB of headroom under typical use.