In terms of changes, besides the new, high-test plastic casing (built in the same fashion as the aluminum MacBook Pros) the 13-incher boasts a LED-backlit display, new glass multitouch trackpad, and a built-in, "7 hour" battery.

ENGADGET: MacBook goes unibody, available today

Now the outfit's back, this time with a game: Contre Jour is coming to the web, and while it runs in any modern browser, you'll need IE 10 and a Windows 8 machine to play a third of the levels (it shouldn't make a difference if you have a touchscreen or a multitouch trackpad).

ENGADGET: 'Contre Jour' is now playable in the browser, one third of the levels require IE 10

At 0.98 inches thick, with a multitouch glass trackpad, up eight gigs of memory and an available 2.93 Mhz Intel Core Duo processor, it's a must have for spendy Mac fans who need a widescreen machine.

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The Surface also features a USB port, a full keyboard, and a multitouch keyboard and trackpad.

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There's even a laptop-style trackpad supporting multitouch gestures -- a rarity on products like this.

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It performs admirably as a regular trackpad as well, and executes multitouch gestures more reliably than most inlaid pointers.

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And the enormous trackpad, with support for "multitouch" gestures, is easy to pick up, even for a fat-fingered reporter who likes his mouse.

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