That said, considering the Book 3 maxes out at the quad-core i7-1065G7, some professionals will no doubt find the laptop lacking in some scenarios. This is a laptop that Microsoft is aiming directly at professionals, whether that means editing video or doing 3D rendering. To be fair, even on my busiest days I likely wasn’t pushing the Surface Book 3 to its limits. In that time, I seldom encountered any serious slowdowns.

I used it primarily for work while I had the review unit, which meant lots of web browsing often with more than seven tabs open, Photoshop, Slack and more running. Microsoft provided a 15-inch Surface Book 3 with the 10th Gen Intel Core i7, 512GB of storage, 32GB of RAM and the GTX 1660 Ti. The internals are just as impressive in use as they are on paper. If you’re looking to get the Book 3 for business, you can push even higher with up to Quadro RTX 3000 graphics. As it should - this laptop can be kitted out with up to a 10th Gen Intel Core i7-1065G7 processor as well as up to Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q graphics. Graphics: 13-inch: i5: Intel Iris Plus Graphics, i7: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q design / 15-inch: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q designĬoming off reviewing the Surface Go 2, the Book 3 feels incredibly snappy.Ports: 2 x USB-A 3.1 Gen 2, 1 x USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 with Power Delivery 3.0, 3.5mm headphone jack, 2 x Surface Connect ports, Full-size SDXC card reader.

Sensors: Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer.Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, Xbox Wireless built-in (15-inch only).Battery: Up to 17.5 hours of typical device usage when connected to keyboard.Camera: Windows Hello authentication camera (front facing), 5-megapixel front-facing 1080p video camera, 8-megapixel rear-facing autofocus 1080p video camera.Storage: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB (15-inch only) PCIe SSD options.Memory: 8GB (13.5-inch only), 16GB or 32GB LPDDR4x 3733Mhz options.Display: 13.5-inch, 3000 x 2000 pixel or 15-inch 3240 x 2160 pixel resolution PixelSense display, 3:2 aspect ratio.

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