Microsoft is launching a new Surface-branded device today: the Surface Laptop. While the device leaked last night, Microsoft’s Panos Panay took to the stage at the company’s New York City event to unveil it officially today. It’s a 13.5-inch laptop that’s designed to work with the company’s new Windows 10 S operating system.

Panos Panay, Microsoft’s devices chief, says Microsoft has focused this hardware on students who are just about to leave high schools. “We talk to a lot of them… they’re asking for a laptop, they’re asking for a Surface laptop,” says Panay. “So we built a laptop, and it’s beautiful.”

Microsoft’s true Surface Laptop uses a fabric alcantara keyboard just like its premium Surface Pro 4 keyboard. A teaser video for the…

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