Microsoft - Surface Book 3 13.5" Touch-Screen PixelSense - 2-in-1 Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 256GB SSD - Platinum

I use this everyday and so far not a single complaint. I use it for working from home, design and artwork. I have been running Maya and Photoshop with no issues. I picked up a surface pen also which sticks magnetically to the tablet (or anything really). The detach function is really cool. You press the button and wait for the okay and if there are programs not able to be used it will ask if you want to close before detaching. All in all a great purchase

Purchased this laptop for my daughter for college. She’s loving it, exploring all the functions. She’s excited to use it, especially in class to take notes and video. She purchased a case, screen, and keyboard protector, along with the pen.

Love it other than the fact that the Hinge is a little flimsy but that's designer flaw.

So, I will start out by saying that this machine is fantastic. DO NOT listen to the YouTube reviews saying things about the parts being outdated and whatnot. Chances are, you will never actually need any more horsepower in your PC unless you need it for hard core video games. In which case, why are you looking at laptops? Just get a desktop. The disconnect glitch that people complain about, where the dedicated graphics does not get detected, is rare. I counted... it happened to me 1 time out of the 56 times I disconnected it. It runs the two games I installed extremely smoothly. The fans are virtually inaudible as well. It is that quiet. It is not Macbook quiet, but it is fantastic. A few querks and shortcomings though... One thing is the battery life. It does not stand up to the 17 hour claim by any means. But, it is more than enough considering it can make it through 8 hours under continuous use, and you can charge it with a micro USB and a power bank. Mac fans will come out and poke fun... but guess what... quit being pretentious. Remember the time where computers could barely go 3 hours? I do. Nonetheless, I am willing to deal with it... but I would like to see that improved in future models. Overall I think it is a homerun. You cannot go wrong with this. Every device has its shortcomings. This one, because of the nature of its design, has more than a few. But, its easy to look past. I would like to see Microsoft improve the little problems that everyone has with this device. A few suggestions: It needs more battery life ESPECIALLY the tablet itself I give it an hour and half tops. It should have a tighter hinge. It is well built, and strong. It is better than the HP Pavillion I am trading up from. It could have a better placement for the audio jack One very important thing, in my opinion, is a mechanical camera kill switch. Not a lot of computers have this. I was debating between Surface Book 3 and HP Spectre x360. I was leaning much further towards the HP for that reason. If this one did not go on sale I would be writing a review for the HP right now.

I also have the Surface Book 2, as well as the Surface Pro 3 and Surface Laptop 3. While I wouldn't recommend upgrading from a Book 2 to a Book 3, there are some noticeable differences. Both of my models are the 13" with the dedicated graphics card. I'm not sure if it's the upgrade graphics card, but I feel the display is better on my Surface Book 3, even though they have the same resolution. The processing speed is obviously faster because of the new generation i7. I haven't noticed much difference in weight, or heat output, as they both get very hot, especially if running it as a tablet. My Surface Book 3 did shut off once for overheating, which has never happened to my 2. Fortunately, this only happened once, and I haven't been able to replicate it. I use my Books mainly as a desktop, by connecting to the dock and running an ultra wide monitor. I have multiple offices, all with the same setup, and the book has been my best option so far. I do have the Laptop and the Pro, and while I love them, I recommend getting the Book if you are on the fence about which to get. I absolutely love the dedicated graphics card, it gives me the ability to run Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop with ease. If you aren't able to purchase the model with the dedicated graphics card, I would honestly go with a Surface Laptop or Surface Pro, because the graphics card is really what sets this apart from the rest.

I have been using this for a while now. It is a wonderful laptop. The options for attaching the keyboard make it very versatile. The graphics card allows me to play all of my online games. I have a couple of reasons why I didn't give it 5 stars. Sometimes the Nvidia card is not recognized. When that happens I have to get out of the game, disconnect the keyboard, and then shutdown the computer. When I power back up and reconnect the keyboard the Nvidia card is found. The other issue is that the dynamic brightness for the screen doesn't work. It keeps changing while i am using the computer. So I turned that off. Other than those 2 issues it is a very good computer.

I love my surface book 3! I’m coming from a Mac Book Pro and thought I would regret moving to a Microsoft 2-in-1 but I don’t think I’ll ever look back! It’s so fast, so dynamic and I can do just about anything with it! The support is great as well - I accidentally spilled my beverage on the keyboard two weeks after I bought it and within days I had a replacement. No questions asked (of course I had the accidental coverage). You won’t regret this buy. Beautiful resolution, smooth interface. Cannot go wrong.

I love this laptop. It has quite literally everything someone could possibly need in a laptop. It's got a good screen size, the screen quality is unparalleled, no other webcam on a laptop comes close. It is a clam-shell laptop, a 2-in-1 laptop, a tablet, and a convertible laptop, all at once. It's got lots of RAM, the wireless card allows for excellent WiFi speeds, the keyboard is well-built; it types well, it has great build quality, it detaches. Writing on this with a Surface Pen puts even the iPad with an Apple Pencil to shame. It's got a big battery. It charges pretty quickly. It has a GPU (and a pretty solid mobile one at that), which is rare for ultra-books. However, that's not to say it's perfect. The i7 processor runs at a measly 1.9gHz and has a lacking four cores- it is great for light workloads, but under heavy loads, this processor manages to be pretty mediocre, especially compared to this laptop's otherwise top-of-the-line specs in other departments. The IO is also a bit mediocre, and while it does have a USB-C port, it does not support Thunderbolt 3. It's also incredibly expensive. And while this has just about anything you could ask for in a laptop, before purchasing, I would recommend you ask yourself- do I really need this laundry list of features? As a power user with niche use cases, this device was the only one for me, but for most people, if you want something powerful, consider the ridiculous features of this laptop first and really consider if you truly need everything it comes with. This is exactly why, while I love the machine, I would consider it a must-buy or recommend it to everyone looking for a laptop.