There was literally no slowdown or lag.

Similarly, editing our freshly taken selfie to place us on a beautiful beach was fast and easy.

We did the same with a stock image, placing a cloudy background behind a person at a desk.

Surface Pro and Surface on a table at the Microsoft event in Los Angeles

Surface Pro and Surface on a table at the Microsoft event in Los Angeles.Lifewire / Rob LeFebvre

We also sat down at a couple of Surface laptops to use, well, Microsoft Paint.

Again, it was fast, easy, and everyone’s gonna want to play with this.

The hardware was similarly spectacular, and this is coming from a Mac guy.

Cutting out a video background in CapCut

Cutting out a video background in CapCut.Lifewire / Rob LeFebvre

It was pretty cool looking.

A drawing and the resulting AI-generated image of a spaceship on a beach on a Surface Pro

My drawing and the resulting AI-generated image.Lifewire / Rob LeFebvre