

There’s a likeable straightforwardness to this design: it’s not overly flashy, but it is as handsome and portable as you’d want from a laptop this expensive. It measures a modest 339.5x244x14.7mm, so is only a hair thicker than the 13.5in model, and its 1.5kg weight is easily manageable. You can choose between a plain metal finish or with hydrophobic Alcantara fabric around the keyboard to our eyes, the former looks more grown-up, especially on the matte black version we were sent.

Outwardly, it is literally an upsized take on the 13.5in model, which means the same neatly angled shape and the same tough-but-classy magnesium alloy construction. Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 15in review: Designįirst, here’s something that the bigger Surface Laptop 3 gets right. While succeeding and even excelling on core aspects like build quality and, yes, the display, Microsoft’s decision to fit all 15in configurations with an AMD Ryzen chip (opens in new tab) instead of sticking with the 13.5in Surface Laptop 3’s Intel Ice Lake CPUs proves to be a grave error. After some time with the Surface Laptop 3 15in, however, it’s hard not to come away disappointed.
