First look: Microsofts 13.5-inch Surface Book 3

Microsoft’s new 13.5-inch Surface Book 3 looks exactly like the 2017 model — all the changes are on the inside. The big updates include 10th Gen Intel processors and new graphics options. Both are welcome updates, but they don’t fundamentally change the value proposition of the Surface Book.

That proposition is potentially a good one: for a higher-than-usual price for a pro-specced laptop, you get a device with a detachable screen you can carry around as a tablet. For many, it’s more than an impressive trick — when we recently joked on The Vergecast that there are only a handful of cool architects who actually need this feature, I was inundated with replies letting me know that yes, in fact, many real humans want a detachable tablet /...

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