
Clear of exposed seams and screws, it looks like a long rectangle of aluminum with tapered designs. Notably, the design looks nice and is basically one piece. More precisely, it’s a metal finish that feels great.Īnd, while matte black can show fingerprints when the light hits it right, the Laptop 3 hides them most of the time. Notably, the 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 drops the fabric (a custom alcantara blend) that the Laptop 2 made famous, and slides in matte black. Let’s discuss the 15-inch Surface Laptop 3.īefore diving into the design, performance and, most importantly, what it’s like to use in the real world: Let’s spill the beans on this model. The price of the 15-inch Laptop 3 rises to $2,099 for a Ryzen 7 3780U, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage.

It starts at $1,199 with an AMD Ryzen 5 3580U chip, 8 GBs of RAM and 128 GBs of solid-state storage. However, like the MacBook Pro, the Laptop 3 in its 15-inch variety doesn’t come cheap. There have been a few hardware bumps, but the design is sleek, and it’s lighter than a 15-inch MacBook Pro. I’ve been testing a stunning matte black 15-inch and it’s great. A 13-inch Laptop 3 that sticks with Intel processors and a 15-inch Laptop 3 that opts for an AMD Ryzen chip that was designed by both AMD and Microsoft.Īt the unveiling, Microsoft was keen on talking about performance and what the 15-inch should be able to pump out.

It’s the latest laptop from Microsoft that keeps a traditional clamshell design, and this year the company has two variants. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account
