You need a special tool and heavy-duty suction cups, putting the operation out of the grasp of all but the most committed DIY-ers. Still, the speakers deliver reasonable quality and surprisingly loud sound, even below maximum volume. For the extra 300 bucks, you'll also get 256GB of storage instead of 128GB.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 is the third generation of Surface Laptop lineup, introduced by Microsoft on October 2, 2019.
Don't expect to play any blockbuster games on here, but I was able to play Overwatch on medium graphics settings at 1080p with only occasional dips below 30 frames per second. The laptop is also available in a larger 15-inch version, which only comes in the first two color optionslike Touch Bars, powerful GPUs, or extra-thin screen bezels The 2,256-by-1,504-pixel, 3:2-aspect ratio touchscreen is the same first-class display as its predecessor.

For that price you'll get a machine powered by a The newer metal options -- black or gold, introduced last year -- start at $1,299 (£1,269, AU$1,999), as does the Cobalt Blue Alcantara option.

Ian Knighton/CNET That peripheral adds a gigabit Ethernet port, four USB 3.0 ports, and an audio output to the mix. That results in a rather unusual 3:2 aspect ratio. So let's talk Surface Laptop 3. I also tested the laptop's gaming performance, since Intel's new Iris graphics are claimed to be an improvement over previous integrated graphics. Microsoft claims the 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3 is three times more powerful than the 2019 MacBook Air; that's not difficult given how underpowered the Air is, with its old dual-core processor compared to the quad-core in the Laptop 3. Most laptops have wider 16:9 screen ratios, which makes them excellent movie-watching platforms but decreases the amount of vertical space available to scroll through a web page, spreadsheet, or text document. English There's also a Obviously, what model of laptop you go for depends on what your storage needs are. The results are proprietary scores.Like 3DMark, the Superposition test renders and pans through a detailed 3D scene and measures how the system copes. If you don't need to have a marathon machine, the Surface Laptop 3 gives you a lot to love.

The black aluminum version we tested is striking and, despite its susceptibility to thumb prints, never stops being satisfying to use. It feels super-smooth and has just the right amount of grip, and the extra, ahem, surface area is welcome.

CNET may get a commission from these offers. In it, we put a stopwatch on test systems as they transcode a standard 12-minute clip of 4K video (the open-source Blender demo movie We also run a custom Adobe Photoshop image-editing benchmark. First, the bump up to Intel's 10th-gen processor is significant. Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 Specs – Full Technical Specifications.

The dock's video output is in the form of two mini DisplayPort connectors, which means you will still need an adapter or special cable to connect to most external monitors.A Thunderbolt 3 port is conspicuously absent from both the laptop and the optional dock.