A button on the right side of the keyboard disconnects the screen, which allows the Surface Book 3 to be used as a tablet. Techzine decided to tackle the 13.5-inch Surface Book 3 and find out if the Surface Book 3 is worth its hefty price tag.Īt first glance, the Microsoft Surface Book 3 looks like a standard laptop, but appearances can be deceiving. What’s unique about the Surface Book 3 is that it’s not only a powerful business laptop, but it can also function as a tablet.

If you don't need a laptop/tablet hybrid, look elsewhere (perhaps at the Surface Laptop 3) because the design is what makes the Surface Book 3 so expensive.The Microsoft Surface Book 3 is the most powerful and versatile laptop in the Surface range. The Surface Book 3's flexibility enabled by its unique form factor is what makes it stand out from the pack. The XPS 15 is a traditional clamshell laptop whereas the Surface Book 3 is a detachable 2-in-1 with a lid that turns into a tablet. On the high end, there is a $3,399 version with a Core i7 CPU, 32GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD.Īnd if you want to go for broke (literally), you can get a similar config with a 1TB SSD and Nvidia Quadro RTX 3000 GPU with Max-Q for $3,699. Our $2,799 review unit upped the ante with 32GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. The $2,299 base model Surface Book 3 with a 15-inch display comes with an Intel Core i7-1065G7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q GPU. The Dell can be configured with up to an Intel Core i9-10885H processor, 64GB of RAM and a 2TB PCIe SSD, but it will cost you more than $3,000.

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