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Oct 22, 2019 · Announced at Microsoft’s Surface event on October 2, 2019, the Surface Laptop 3 also aims to outshine its two predecessors with beefier specs and more versatile features as well as a choice of a...
Apr 27, 2020 · Whichever you choose, the Surface Laptop looks as swish as ever, and is just as portable as its predecessor, with functionally identical dimensions and weight. At 1.3kg, it’s not the lightest laptop we’ve ever tested, but it’s not at all burdensome to carry around all day.
Oct 21, 2019 · The Surface Laptop 3 doesn’t have ray-tracing graphics like a Razer Blade or an Acer Predator so don’t expect any fancy-ass real-time texture reflections. But for Fortnite, PUBG, Rocket...
Oct 28, 2019 · Microsoft cast a spell that stretched the Surface Laptop 3 into a 15-inch machine without making it any thicker than its 13.5-inch predecessors. The result of this magic trick is an...
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The Surface Laptop family is expanding. Originally comprising a lone 13.5-inch model with a unique soft gray "Alcantara fabric" covering its palm rest, the line now includes multiple sizes, color options, configurations, and material choices. The model I'm reviewing here is the Sandstone metal version with a 13.5-inch touch screen and an Intel Core...
Many people who once dashed off emails at their office desktop PC now do so from the corner coffee shop or an airplane tray table, which is why laptop keyboard quality is so important. The Surface Laptop 3 does not disappoint typists, with its sturdy, well-spaced keys that travel a generous 1.3mm before fully depressing with a rich, satisfying thud...
The touch screen itself is one of Microsoft's PixelSense displays, with a resolution of 2,256 by 1,504 pixels that results in a rather unusual 3:2 aspect ratio. Most laptops have wider 16:9 screen ratios, which makes them excellent movie-watching platforms but decreases the amount of vertical space available to scroll through a web page, spreadshee...
The input/output port selection has always been one of the Surface Laptop's key weaknesses, and while the situation has slightly improved with the third generation, it's still far from ideal. The Surface Laptop 3 has a USB Type-C port, unlike its predecessors, which makes connecting to the latest external drives and phone charging cables more conve...
The Surface Laptop 3 configuration reviewed here comes with 16GB of memory and a 256GB solid-state drive, in addition to the 10th Generation "Ice Lake" Intel Core i7-1065G7 processor with four cores and Hyper-Threading support. The base model comes with a Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, and the same SSD storage capacity. All configurations offer Int...
I benchmarked this version of the Surface Laptop 3 against a few competing ultraportable laptops, whose basic specs appear in the chart below. The Surface Laptop 3 performed slightly worse on most tasks than a similarly configured 15-inch model, which is to be expected since the larger laptop has more room for heat to dissipate and can therefore op...
The 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3 is a modest improvement on a well-designed ultraportable that gets the basics right. People who need to type all day will appreciate the comfortable keyboard and touchpad, and the expanded range of color and material options will help pretty much everyone find a match. The laptop offers decent computing performance an...
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Jan 18, 2020 · Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop 3 is a big leap from its predecessors, while the second-generation was a mere spec bump.
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Nov 21, 2019 · MSRP $1,199.00. Score Details. “The 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 is a beautiful laptop, but its mediocre performance limits its potential.” Pros. Large 3:2 display. Build quality is rock...
