Surface Laptop 3 – 13.5" Touch-Screen – Intel Core i5 - 8GB Memory - 128GB Solid State Drive (Latest Model) – Platinum with Alcantara

I am a university professor, and I really need to have a laptop that I can carry around with me apart from my everyday desktop computer. I was looking for something small but light with a touch screen. I had a Yoga 2-in-1 prior to buying a Surface 3 laptop, and experienced the benefits of using the touch screen for scrolling and selecting when it was impractical to carry a mouse. The Surface 3 laptop is definitely a premium product for productivity. I was considering it, a MacBook Air, or a MSFT Surface Laptop Go. I just happened to find the Surface Laptop 3 that was price competitive with all of these with better specifications and bought one. It was a difficult decision to make because there are so many portable, easy to use laptops to choose from. I don't regret my decision one bit. Here are the features that I really like about the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3. (1) The 13 inch model has just the right size screen for me to have two documents pulled up side by side. (2) Connecting to wifi is very fast and dropped connections have not happened in my months of use. (3) The screen is sensitive to touch. (4) The touchpad rivals Apple's and is quite responsive. (5) The keyboard is backlit, and the the screen's brightness is easy to adjust when plugged in or not. (6) The charging cable is magnetic in its attachment and easily lets go when there is tension so that your device isn't jostled. (7) The USB port options allow me to plug in my portable USB hub for many USBs if desired, as well as a LAN cable that bypasses wifi. [In other words, this device is backward compatible for cheapskates like me.] (8). The battery life is great. I can work all day on it before needing to charge it, which is dramatically better than my 2015 Yoga. (9) I can use this computer to code and run stats software as it has better specs than the Go and comparable or better than the Macbook Air. (10) Graphics are pretty decent for a laptop for productivity. (11) Speaker volume is fairly loud and clear. (12) Keyboard is flawless. Typing easy, fast, and without sticking at all. (12) Keyboard includes Home, End, Page up, and Page down keys. (13) Power on with simple keyboard keypress, and secure access via face recognition. (14) With a stylus, I can write on the screen, and I have used this when creating videos that require me to work through stats equations for students or that require that I make marks on lecture slides to point out key info. I suspect that when this laptop becomes obsolete, I will again consider a Microsoft Laptop if they are around. The device has a sturdy build, with an aluminum cover and base. It doesn't overheat, but you can hear the fan kick in with extended use for videos or computer games with graphics.

This is my second surface laptop after I lost my last one and I love it! It’s compact, lightweight, clean, sleek. Keyboard not the most functional, I make errors a lot, I feel like the placement makes typing naturally a little difficult. Build quality is good although I will say, Best Buy cannot fix these guys so I recommend an extended warranty. I had a surface-go before and the way the hardware is built, it cannot be opened up by third party to fix. I’m sure if it broke or something stopped working, they would just have to send you a new one but definitely why I’d recommend the warranty. So far it has been scratch resistant.

I bought this computer for online college courses.. I have had it for almost 2 years and overall it has been a great computer and is still going strong! It’s still as fast as it was the day I took it out of the package and handles every workload I’ve thrown at it with ease. Surprisingly durable.. I can’t count how many times it got dropped or something along those lines & I thought for sure it was broken, but so far it has held up well to all of the accidental abuse over the last couple of years. The only complaint I have is that one of the shift buttons sticks and the screenshot function does not always work properly. Thankfully there are 2 shift buttons and I just use the snipping tool, so those are just minor inconveniences. Overall, I love this computer and would recommend it to anyone.

It is quite clear that is laptop is not a budget laptop. There are features here that are worth your money, and some that you can find done much better in other laptops for cheaper. The laptop I got had no issues upon arrival. What justifies the Surface Laptop 3's price: 1. Windows Hello & one-finger-lift-to-open (super convenient and fast) 2. Aluminum Body and/or Alcantara keyboard (feels premium and professional) 3. Keyboard Switches (satisfying typing experience) 4. Touchpad (insanely accurate and smooth -- the best I've ever used) 5. Screen Resolution (2256 x 1504) 6. Screen Brightness (348 nits, good for outdoor use) 7. Screen Color Accuracy (98% sRGB, 74% AdobeRGB) 8. Portability (2.75lbs or 1.249kg) 9. Touchscreen (surface pen compatible) What DOESN'T justify the Surface Laptop 3's price: 1. Needs more RAM storage (Windows 10 OS takes ~4GB RAM on idle) 2. Needs more SSD storage (Windows 10 OS takes ~40GB from updated default apps) 3. Needs a better camera (only 720p) 4. Needs a faster CPU (AMD's Ryzen 4000 series is out and it's cheaper & faster than Intel's 10th gen. CPU) 5. Needs a bigger battery (only got 8.33 hours of battery life with 40% brightness and light use) P.S. You can disable adaptive screen brightness in the settings.

Had the computer for a few months now it wont turn on. Tried every trick there was online and no luck. It took me an hour of repeating the same hard start process over and over till it worked then my little brother showed me how to do disk clean and defrag and hopefully this weekly maintenance will prevent that issue.

Battery charger heats up like fireball, no gst input credit as the seller did not upload it on the system. Frustrating!!!

Compared to Mac book , the item is inferior

Very satisfied so far. One disappointment is that the charger has an extra USB A port instead of a USB C port for fast charging. The choice of charger possibly belonged to the reseller and was not in the specs. It was the last one left, and I needed the laptop asap. The price was comparable to the Microsoft store. I purposely chose the Intel chip because of the Snapdragon chip had poor reviews. I had a surface pro, and the screen became dislodged. When I looked at the Microsoft repair website, I found out this is a known problem for the Surface Pro and the Laptop. In my Surface Pro happened after several years of use. I hope this will not happen to my laptop. It is fast; the touch screen is excellent and, the battery life performs very well. So far, I am pleased. It has been several weeks of full-time daily use.

Over the years I have owned many computers, PC and Mac. This one is as good as it gets. It happily delivers on every claim made about it. Mac have always had the edge on quality but after using this machine for a few days I feel that edge has gone. Windows 10 and Surface were made for one another and it shows. Watch out Apple, I think there's a maggot on the way.

I’ve owned a dozen or more laptops and I keep coming back to the Surface laptops. I appreciate the screen format and brightness and find the size of the 13” perfect for my needs. Fan noise is higher on the 3rd gen than the 2nd but it is still less than the Dells and Lenovo’s I’ve had.