THE SURFACE BOOK 3 SCREEN: TWO SIZES
The Surface Book 3 comes in either 13.5-inch or 15-inch display sizes and many
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has a 10th Generation Intel Core i5 processor with Iris Plus Graphics, a 256GB
solid-state drive (SSD), and 8GB of memory. The display alone weighs just 1.59
pounds, though that jumps to 3.38 pounds when you attach the keyboard base.
The entry-level version measures 0.51 by 12.3 by 9.14 inches (HWD), with the
keyboard base bringing the total height to 0.9 inches.
These specs make it comparable to dozens of ultraportable laptops, from the
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 to Microsoft’s own 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3. Value-seekers
will be disappointed to learn that most of these alternatives start around $1,000
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The version of the Surface Book 3 that we reviewed here is the larger 15-inch
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Core i7-1065G7 CPU with a 1.3GHz base clock speed, 32GB of memory, a 512GB
SSD, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GPU to handle graphics output. With
the keyboard attached, it measures 0.9 by 13.6 by 9.9 inches and weighs 4.2
pounds. The heavy weight is not out of the ordinary for a 15-inch-class laptop,
but when you detach the keyboard, the display is a much more manageable
1.8 pounds.