Microsoft quietly dropped the 'Smurface,' a Smurfs-themed laptop. Why?
Do you need a new laptop? Do you also really, really love tiny blue creatures that wear white Phrygian caps, live in mushroom houses, and stand three apples high? Well, it's your lucky day.
Microsoft has quietly launched the Surface Laptop Smurface Edition, a limited-edition variant of its 13-inch laptop that has four Smurfs laser-etched into its lid. It's a collaboration with the new Smurfs movie, which hit theaters on July 18 — and a puzzling one, to say the least.
The lore implications of the Smurface are certainly interesting. Does the concept of a Copilot+ PC exist in the Smurf universe? Since when do Smurfs prefer Windows? Do Smurfs email? Does the Smurf Village even have WiFi? Mashable has reached out to a Microsoft rep for more details about how the device came to be.
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Microsoft initially announced the Smurface through its @surface Instagram account on July 7, then put it up for sale on Amazon the day Smurfs premiered. It's a retailer exclusive, according to some fine print, and only 100 of them are available for purchase. I was able to add 87 to my cart at the time of writing on July 29, so evidently it's already had some takers.
You can also enter to win a Smurface (sorry, I actually can't believe they named it that) through the Microsoft Rewards program, which doles out points for playing games, making Microsoft Store purchases, and searching on Bing. That sweepstakes ends August 14.
The lid design is all that differentiates the Smurface from the standard 13-inch Surface Laptop, which debuted in May. It has an eight-core Snapdragon X Plus processor and a 60Hz touchscreen display with a resolution of 1920 x 1280. Those are slightly worse specs compared to Microsoft's flagship 13.8-inch Surface Laptop 7, our favorite Windows laptop, but the smaller version's battery life is rated at a slightly longer 23 hours per charge.
The Smurface comes with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of UFS storage, and it's priced at $999.99 — the same as its non-Smurfy counterpart. Smurftastic!
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Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.
