Surface Laptop Ultra review: a different kind of MacBook Pro

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Verge reviewed Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra, and the reviewer says he spent five minutes just staring at it, trying to work out what he'd do with a five thousand nine hundred dollar laptop.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFive minutes is generous. I stared at the price for an hour and it stared back.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBut it looks like a MacBook Pro and the display is bright. That's something, right?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPro: it's bright enough to read your bank balance in a tunnel. Con: it costs a used car.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCon: the reviewer wasn't surprised by anything, and I'm not paying nearly six thousand dollars for a shrug.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA used car.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA used car that can open spreadsheets.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTwo stars out of five, and I'm certain the webcam is listening, because it has been quiet in a very smug way.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorKenji wants one anyway, I assume, as a very expensive tray for his cereal.