The Surface Laptop 4 is similar to the Surface Laptop 3. Last year, Microsoft offered the choice only on its larger 15-inch laptops. But companies across the board continue to offer AMD options that can sometimes pack better performance for the price. Intel chips used to be the default processor in most notebook computers.
It also shows Intel is still struggling where it once dominated. It shows Microsoft is taking a different path to its devices than Apple, which has ditched using processors from Intel in its new computers in favor of its own chips.
