You can get the regular Surface Laptop with Intel or AMD processors, but Microsoft equips the new high-end device Surface Laptop Studio with old Tiger Lake quad-core CPUs, which are hardly competitive anymore. The manufacturer saved money in other respects as well.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-s-new-Surface-Laptop-Studio-is-very-expensive-for-old-tech.607543.0.html
This was obsolete at launch.
Such a reflective display which is pretty much unusable without a matte screen protector. And that cpu? The 2022 model better come with a 65W PL2, 45W PL1 i7 1280P ( possibly with liquid metal ), LPDDR5x ram, nvme pciegen4x4 ssds, bigger battery, otherwise this thing won't really make any sense at such a price.
Agreed. As much I would like to love this machine, when compared to other options at this price point, it just falls way short. I think if Microsoft ever creates a fully up to date machine at a reasonable price they would truly rival Apple. But for some reason they keep pulling their punches.