Microsoft also updated the Surface Go 2, the smallest of the Surface family. The 13.5-inch model now starts at $1,600, while the 15-inch starts at $2,300. The 2-in-1 still does not support Thunderbolt 3, a connection common in laptops at this price. The Surface Book 3 comes with the same selection of ports: Two USB-A 3.1 Gen 2, a USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, a full-size SD card slot, and a Surface Connect dock.
Thanks to the extra battery cells in the tablet itself, the Surface Book has historically been the longest-lasting laptop you can buy. Microsoft is touting a whopping 17.5 hours of battery life on the 15-inch model, and 15.5 hours on the 13.5-inch model. On the larger model, you can now add up to 2TB of storage. The new model also comes with what Microsoft calls “the fastest SSD” it’s ever shipped. Other changes include options for adding up to 32GB of faster 3,733MHz LPDDR4X RAM that’s twice the speed and capacity of the Surface Book 2. It’s a comfortable screen shape for when you detach the screen for tablet mode. Like all Surface products, these keep the 3:2 aspect ratio of the screen. The 13.5-inch model has a 3,000 x 2,000 resolution screen, while the 15-inch model is 3,240 x 2,160. The weight and size of the chassis hasn’t changed, and neither has the display. Both devices are the exact same thickness, though the 15-inch is significantly heavier at 4.2 pounds. Thanks to the “fulcrum hinge,” it ends up being 0.90 inches thick when closed, but the actual base itself is quite small. Our testing on both the 13.5-inch and 15-inch Surface Book 2 showed some performance limitations, likely because of how thin the base of the chassis is. That doesn’t mean the Surface Book 3 is a gaming laptop. Clearly, Microsoft must have realized that most people interested in a 15-inch device want something with some extra oomph for gaming or content creation. Memory at this size also now starts at 16GB. The 15-inch model has just one option for graphics: The beefier Nvidia GTX 1660 Ti. The Intel G7 Iris Plus graphics on the Intel Core i5 make for a nice upgrade over the Intel UHD 630 integrated graphics in the previous base model. The 13.5-inch model now has an option of integrated Intel Iris Plus graphics or the discrete Nvidia GTX 1650. In the graphics department, the Surface Book 3 is more promising. Many of the best laptops include options for H-series processors, which include up to six or eight cores. Microsoft calls the Surface Book the device made with “workstation” performance, but the shortage of cores and threads will still hamper its content creation capabilities. This tiny 2-in-1 was my most surprising laptop of 2021 Surface Laptop Go 2 brings improved webcam, performance
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