Microsoft - Surface Laptop 3 - 13.5" Touch-Screen - Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 256GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) - Matte Black

I've only had the Surface Laptop 3 for a couple weeks now, so I don't know how it'll hold up in the long term. However, right now, it seems to be a pretty good laptop with an EXCELLENT keyboard (for a laptop anyway). It has a few bugs like any new release. On mine, the brightness likes to change depending on what's on the screen, even with adaptive brightness turned off. The battery life is okay. I get roughly eight hours of Youtube playback (using Edge Beta) on battery saver mode without anything else running. One thing I LOVE about this laptop is that it runs so quietly. The only times the fans have even made noise is when I was installing updates for the first time and when I drained the battery to basically empty, then recharged it while using it. It does get pretty warm while doing that. The fans made a quiet whooshing noise instead of a high pitched whine like my old laptop did. The screen gets pretty bright and is nice and sharp. It does take a bit of getting used to having a taller screen though. I've only ever had the widescreen versions of laptops before. I've really come to like having the taller screen. I do a lot of reading on the computer and it's nice to have more screen real estate without going too large. I like the sleek minimal design of the chassis; however, the corners are sharp and can leave marks on your legs if using the laptop in your lap.

I bought this on a whim because my old laptop was dying on me. The guy told me it wouldn't overheat, it had more than enough memory for what I needed to do (aka write papers and assignments) and it's super light. I was sold! The only thing that I don't know if some of you might need is that it doesnt have a number pad on the side of the letters. It has the numbers on top in a straight line but if you're looking for a laptop with the number pad kind of like how it is on a calculator to do math assignments, you might want to keep looking. But other than that, this is perfect :D you could also buy one of those number pad things on the side, just saying '\'.'/`

I am starting school after having never been in school since graduating high school a few decades ago and I found myself needing a new laptop. As a capper to all this, I find myself in two school programs, one for a BS in Business Administration and another for a certificate in theology. I have worked in IT, mostly desktop support for small businesses, for over 20 years and am pretty familiar with SOHO-type business needs and usually buy my gear accordingly. I have been using a 17.5" laptop for a few years now and have been very happy with it, but it is not terribly portable and takes up a lot of room on cramped desks and tables. I am also something of a "Horsepower snob" and hate waiting for a device. As a result, I was rather skeptical of the Surface products due to screen size on the Pro's and processor/RAM combinations in an affordable price range in the laptops. Let's just say that I have been pleasantly surprised at my Surface Laptop 13.5. The screen size is in fact adequate for writing papers and the keyboard is well laid out. The i5 quad-core is adequate to the task of Office apps (Word etc.) and while I wouldn't want to have to massage a large database on it, it will handle day-to-day needs quite well. I also use a beast of a program called Logos for theological studies that indexes thousands of resources. While it does slow a tad when indexing it is entirely acceptable and once the indexing completes, work is seamless. The screen resolution is razor sharp and highly readable, adding a USB external monitor gives me all the screen real estate I need for bigger projects and the combined package is easily portable. Even without the external monitor I can easily research and write papers, I was pleasantly surprised at how workable the screen size is, even after using a 17+" screen for years. I don't use the touchscreen feature much, being the "Old-school" guy that I am, but it does work and is accurate. Battery life is outstanding, I can work all day and not worry about being tied to a power outlet. The quad-core, dual-threaded i5 is sufficiently adequate for processing needs and Windows 10 plays nicely in 8 GB of RAM. While the 16 GB model would be nice (More is always better right?) the cost differential is a bit much for me to justify as a student and as I mentioned, 8GB is sufficient. The 256 GB of storage is adequate for the OS as well as a full installation of Office. two accounts for OneDrive with hundreds of documents each, Kindle with a couple hundred books, Logos 8 Silver with about 600 books and Google Drive with plenty of room left over. The Alcantara keyboard is pleasant to type on and the touchpad is sufficiently sensitive without being obnoxiously sensitive. I don't even know if this has a fan in it, it stays cool under load and is dead quiet, so I never cared to check. The finish is high quality and looks great, although it can show a fingerprint or two now and again; nothing a quick wipe with a microfiber cloth can't take care of. While it does come with the standard games etc. from Microsoft, there is not a lot of bloatware and the games and so forth can be easily dealt with via a right click and "Uninstall". My only quibble is that I wish it came with Windows 10 Pro, but that is easily addressed with a quick trip to the Microsoft App Store. I would not hesitate to recommend a Surface Laptop 3 13.5 to any student or the vast majority of business users. For home use it is more than adequate.

At first, I was really skeptical about it. One reason being that it was so simplistic about this surface laptop. But all in all, for what the price was, it's great. This laptop has more memory than others do and they cost more too. Its sleek, and the new metal body is so sick. In all black looks great. I'm liking it so far. I realized when I originally had the spectre x360, I didnt really need the 2 in 1 feature, which is why I exchanged it for the surface 3. So far its looming good to me.

No real problems to be found and the device runs smoothly. Great investment for those who want more bulk and power than the Surface Pro but not as much weight as the Surface Book. One minor detail is that the facial recognition did not recognize me the first time I wore glasses or headphones, but that does not occur anymore (I assume the system has learned to recognize me better).

I had purchased a surface laptop 2 early this year and I loved it, so when I saw this new generation i had to get it for my gf. It's a beautiful color and i like how fast it can be for most of the simple inputs, unlike the hp spectre that I had to return since it was not responding as fast as this laptop.

What an upgrade over my old Surface Pro 4. This thing is beautiful, so thin and light, easy to use anywhere. I'm getting older so the screen is a little bigger than the Pro and thus is easier to read. The Surface Laptop has been lightning fast. Overall, I could not be happier with this purchase.

Zip-zip speedy - SSD is great! Enjoying configuring this thing with the latest settings available. Looking forward to years of use.