Whether you’ve got a 13.5-inch of 15-inch version, you can expect an impressive display. It thickens the profile, but is a necessary design feature. It’s a head-turning shell, solid and shiny lid that sits noticeably doesn’t sit flush above the keyboard thanks to the definitive fulcrum hinge. There’s still that incredibly attractive grey magnesium casing that looks seamless despite the typical Windows logo. While there has been no meaningful changes to the hardware, you’ve still got a clear and admirable attempt to finesse the body towards the perfect Surface Book expression. So it worth the upgrade if you’re already a Surface Book owner, or is it aiming more for newcomers who now have a plethora of choices on the market, despite this being the only truly clamshell laptop with a detachable display? Design – Display & Layout All the devices looked and played beautifully, with minimal aesthetics and premium materials.Īside from a few internal swaps, not much has changed with the Surface Book 3. When the Surface family first began to flourish, much was said about Microsoft’s resurgence as a major competitor to the likes of Apple and Lenovo. The design team still doesn’t want to use Thunderbolt 3 (apparently because of very niche security concerns, which wouldn’t effect the average consumer), for example, and the design team hasn’t done much to try shrink the display’s sizable bezels.īut it’s hard to blame the company. Though we are in the third generation of both the Surface Laptop and Surface Book, form factor has remained largely unchanged, even while competitors have taken many more steps forward. Microsoft has been a bit stubborn with its Surface family. The experience switching between the two is more seamless than ever before with the Surface Book 3, but there have been compromises in service of such a snappy design. And it’s been a success thus far, striking a swift balance that pulls some of the best parts from each world and welds it together with a premium build. Occupying the conceptual space between a tablet and a laptop has always been Microsoft’s goal with the Surface Book series.
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