For years, the Apple MacBook Air has been one of the most desirable computers in homes and on school campuses. The the 13-inch version hasn't been updated since 2015, and that has incoming students and their parents looking at alternatives like the Microsoft Surface Laptop.

数年以来，苹果公司的MacBook Air一直是最受欢迎的笔记本电脑之一，无论居家使用还是在学校使用都很方便。自2015年以来，这款笔记本13英寸的版本就没有更新过了，这就促使一波一波新学子和家属开始寻找其他的替代品，比如微软公司的Surface Laptop笔记本电脑。

Earlier this month, it was rumored¹ that the Surface Laptop would be a Chromebook killer, going after the education market with low-priced units. What we actually got was a third-party Windows 10 S laptop from traditional PC manufacturers like Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Samsung, and Toshiba. Priced around $299 with the centrally administered Windows 10 S operating system, these are obviously the systems aimed at supplanting² Chromebooks in schools.

本月前日，有业内人士透露，Surface Laptop笔记本会成为秒杀Chromebook的新机型。事实上这是一款第三方制造商生产的微软10 S系统笔记本。制造商是宏碁，华硕，戴尔，HP，三星，东芝等传统的笔记本电脑制造商。Surface Laptop的预装系统是面向学生的版本Windows 10 S,显然意在排挤Chromebook在学生市场里的份额。

The Surface Laptop starts at $999, and comes with more robust³ components⁴ like an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor, up to 16GB RAM⁶, up to 512GB SSD storage, and an option to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro⁵ for free. Along with its 13.5-inch screen and comfortable keyboard, these specs line up closer to the Apple MacBook Air 13-inch than any Chromebook.

Surface Laptop最初售价为999美元，配置了第七代Intel i5、i7处理器，内存为科可拓展到16G，容量可拓展到512G，可谓配置高端。屏幕尺寸为13.5英寸，键盘操作舒适，这些配置比其他任何版本的Chromebook都更能接近苹果MacBook Air 13英寸版的水准。