This is where you start to imagine the smart nerds who designed the Surface Book 3 start 3 popping their collars and putting on mirrored aviators. And as long as you don’t buy the 'entry level' £1599 version you get an Nvidia GTX 1650 Max-Q graphics card. The techy logistics of a normal laptop are a cakewalk compared to the Surface Book 3’s. Still, Microsoft has a couple of solid excuses for this extra bulk. If we were after a laptop to carry around every day, we probably wouldn’t buy a Surface Book 3. It is over 250g heavier and almost a centimetre thicker than a MacBook Pro 13, and the HP Spectre 13 is even smaller and lighter. Our 13-inch Surface Book 3 is big and kinda heavy next to other 13-inch portable laptops. And this, obviously, affects the footprint. This may sting when you’ll pay £2500 for the spec reviewed. The Surface Book 3 has, by 2020 standards, fat screen surrounds. However, there are a few little issues to consider. Microsoft’s engineers deserve and extra value bumper pack of credit for how well the Surface Book 3 fundamentals work. This works, as long as your legs are so sloped you’re barely sitting. The hinge doesn’t let you tilt the screen back too far, but it is designed to let you use the Surface Book 3 on your knees without it toppling over. The Surface Book 3 doesn’t seem wobbly or shaky when dressed up as a laptop, or bulky when the screen is used on its own.

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