The Surface Book 3 is a strange machine. It is unlike any other laptop, hybrid or tablet PC, essentially being a combination of all three: a proper articulated laptop with the screen docked and a full tablet when the screen is undocked.

Pros: excellent keyboard, great trackpad, brilliant screen, great stylus, good performance and battery life, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 discrete GPU, SD card slot, good cameras and mics, Windows Hello, screen comes off.

Cons: expensive, no 6 or 8-core processor options, relatively big and heavy, no Thunderbolt 3, only one USB-C.

Only a minor upgrade on the Surface Book 2, but this unique form factor might just be perfect for your needs

A true hybrid, Lovely screen, Respectable battery life (with keyboard), Performance is good enough for most

Heavy, Not quite as good as a pure tablet/laptop, On the expensive side

The Microsoft Surface Book 3 13.5 offers a lot of qualities for the smaller convertible model. The workmanship is excellent and the hinge is also unique in connection with the holding mechanism of the display.

high quality, stable docking mechanism, good SD card reader, a lot of hardware in the tablet part, quiet under load

short battery life, moderate CPU performance, high price, no maintenance options

Microsoft's Surface Book 3 upgrades the CPU and GPU options, while leaving the rest of this convertible 2-in-1 largely unchanged.

Solid performance, Surprisingly quiet most of the time, Very good battery life, Detachable tablet is still unique in the industry

Extremely pricey, A history of hardware bugs

The Surface Book 3 is a productivity workhorse that performs surprisingly well as an after-hours gaming machine.

If you need the power and detachable display, the Surface Book 3 is an excellent option

Excellent keyboard and trackpad, 3:2 aspect ratio continues to be the best, Powerful hardware on offer

Design needs a refresh, Quality issues like squeaky hinge and keys, Sporadic battery life

In the recent past, I've written about attempting to eek out 5 hours of battery life from laptops that are more or less in the same class as the Microsoft Surface Book 3.

Proper battery life, Hefty components, 3:2 display

Distinctive hinge is more aesthetic than useful, Heavy, Expensive

Microsoft's New Intel Powered Surface Book 3 And Surface Go 2 Microsoft announced two new Surface devices, the Surface Go 2 and the Surface Book 3, the former...

Responsive touchscreen keyboard, sound system, crisp display

Price for specs, no stylist pen, screen ratio can distort games

This double-duty 256 GB tablet and laptop impressed our analysts with its performance capabilities — notably its graphics processing, which can handle gaming and video editing . It’s powered by a 10th Gen Intel Core i5 Processor and Intel Iris Plus Graphics (or you can spend more for an i7 processor...

Tablet-to-laptop flexibility, Strong graphics processing capabilities

Pricey