The good news is that the proprietary charging cord will get you from zero to 80 percent in just over an hour in my testing. I was not able to get anywhere near that, but I got a respectable 6.25 hours on the PCMark battery test and just a hair under 8 playing a looped video with the brightness at 50 percent. Microsoft claims the battery will last 11.5 hours. The AMD chip also gets decent battery life. Technically, you can use the port to charge the Surface Laptop, but I have no idea why you'd want to sacrifice your sole USB-C port to charge the laptop when you have the Surface Connect option. You also can't use Thunderbolt 3 docking stations to expand your port options. This means you won't get Thunderbolt 3's speed boost when you plug in external drives. Kudos to Microsoft for at least ditching the MiniDisplay in favor of a USB-C port, but charging still primarily happens through the proprietary, magnetic Surface Connect port, which feels like a missed opportunity to pack in another USB-C port.Īnd it's worth noting that the USB-C port you do get does not support Thunderbolt 3. But again, the Surface Laptop 3 sticks with the same single USB-A and USB-C ports found in the 13-inch model. If better speakers aren't Microsoft's thing, then maybe take a page from the Dell XPS 15 and pack in some extra USB ports, maybe even an SD card reader. For example, the keyboard is identical to the 13-inch model, which means there's considerable extra room on either side of the keys where there could be, well … just have a gander at the 15-inch MacBook Pro and maybe add some bigger speakers.īut no, the speakers in the 15-inch Surface are still right where they are in the smaller version: on the bottom of the laptop. The most disappointing thing about the Surface Laptop 3 is that Microsoft has not really taken advantage of the added space in the 15-inch chassis. The fabric-like Alcantara coating has defined the Surface family since it was released, and its absence makes this laptop feel less, well, Surface-y. If you're at all familiar with Microsoft's Surface line, the first thing you'd notice about this laptop is the all-aluminium design. It's clear this machine is aimed at casual users who want a larger screen but don't need the power of more expensive models.
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