It handled general computing with no slowdown at all and with the fans barely audible, even with 10 applications open with lots of tabs in Chrome and several large images open and being worked on in Affinity Photo. The Surface Laptop 3 is therefore a top performer in the premium laptop market, offering a good balance of power and portability. The 13.5in Surface Laptop 3 ships with one of Intel’s latest 10th-generation Core i5 or Core i7 processors, which are faster on paper and support improved RAM and the next generation of wifi 6. Processor: quad-core Intel Core i5 or i7 (10th generation)Ĭonnectivity: wifi 6 (ax), Bluetooth 5, USB-A, USB-C, headphones, Surface Connect TPMĪlong with faster processors, the 10th-generation Intel chips bring with them support for the new wifi 6 standard and Bluetooth 5.0. The keys are solid, well spaced, have a nice silk-like texture to them, a satisfying amount of travel and are relatively quiet. There is simply not a finer typing experience to be had on any other laptop. The trackpad is large, smooth and responsive arguably one of the best fitted to any Windows laptop, but it’s still not quite as fantastic as that fitted to Apple’s MacBooks. It’s likely it won’t mark in the same way the fabric does, but it feels somewhat generic.
The aluminium deck is smooth and well finished, but isn’t as unique or characterful as the Alcantara alternative. The machine still keeps its Surface Connect port for fast charging, meaning the USB-C is free to connect to monitors or docks, but unfortunately it's not Thunderbolt compatible so you won't be able to hook the Laptop 3 up to an external GPU.The keyboard continues to offer arguably the best typing experience on a laptop. For a game of Rocket League or Fortnite, or some light video editing, the 15-inch Laptop did much better than your standard ultrabook, but wasn't on par with others in its price range sporting dedicated graphics.Īll models have one USB-A port as well as a single USB-C to replace the old Mini DisplayPort. With no dedicated graphics and limited ports, the Laptop 3 doesn't have what it takes to be a capable gaming or video editing rig, in either size. But as it happens the larger Laptop is comparable to its smaller sibling in most ways, just with a bigger screen. I had hoped that a larger Surface Laptop would make for a good replacement for my ageing Surface Book with Performance Base, or go toe-to-toe with Apple's MacBook Pro. The main disappointment is that it isn't much more than that.
In short this is a fast and quietly elegant laptop for general use. As expected on a Microsoft laptop the trackpad and keyboard are excellent, as is the battery life, and there's connectivity with the sold-separately Surface Pen.
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