Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15 review

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15 (2022) — the balanced mid-cycler with the small battery

The Surface Laptop 5 15 at $840 is a 2022 premium ultrabook with a Core i7 1255U and 32 GB of RAM. No strength is flagged. Battery capacity is the flagged weakness at 47.4 Wh — 25% under the class median of 63 — with graphics and memory both sitting exactly at their class medians (3.84 and 32 GB).

Where it holds up

Office productivity at 73.59 leads the sheet while the battery stops at 47.4 Wh — the card's whole story. Overall performance posts 40.18 (mid) on the U-series refresh, photo design reads 36 (mid), and portability holds 58.8 (mid) for the 15-inch body. The 32 GB ceiling matches the class norm exactly; nothing overreaches, nothing collapses.

Where it falls short

The 47.4 Wh cell is the flagged limit — the same small battery the Laptop 4 carried, a generation later — and gaming 23 (low), modeling 21 (low) and CAD 25 (low) mark the integrated floor. Value reads 40.05 (mid). No depreciation anchor is recorded (base $0); the 2022 cohort rate is 10% per year, gentle and mid-curve.

Price and depreciation

No curve or projection applies without an anchor; the 10% class rate is among the flatter bands here. At $840 the ask prices the build and the brand over the battery and the compute.

Alternatives to consider

The Surface Laptop 5 13.5 at the same $840 in this list is the same platform with portability lifted to 79.4 high; the Surface Laptop 6 15 at $1,084 is the two-step refresh with 64 GB; and the Yoga 7i 15 (2020) at $566 undercuts it with a 71 Wh battery.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. A balanced, median-true ultrabook: office 73.59 high on 32 GB with every spec at its class line — against a 47.4 Wh battery and integrated-graphics floors at 21-25. Buy the chassis; carry the charger.