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Testseek.com have collected 63 expert reviews of the Microsoft Surface Laptop G3 15.6-inch - AMD CPU and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Microsoft Surface Laptop G3 15.6-inch - AMD CPU.
Award: Recommended October 2019
October 2019
 
(81%)
63 Reviews
Users
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21 Reviews
81 0 100 63

The editors liked

  • An all-aluminum chassis with great quality of build
  • Covers 96% of sRGB and our Gaming and Web design profile helps it to an Average dE of 1.5 (Sharp LQP1JXP1)
  • Good contrast ratio and comfortable viewing angles (Sharp LQP1JXP1)
  • Doesn't use PWM to adjust
  • Slim
  • Lightweight chassis
  • Attractive aluminum and Alcantara options
  • Bright
  • Vivid 15-inch display
  • Loud
  • Clear speakers
  • Stunning PixelSense display is as good as ever
  • USB-C plus the Surface Connector expands I/O and power options
  • Surprisingly good cooling keeps it almost fanless
  • Better multi-monitor support
  • USB-C plus the
  • All-day battery life
  • Excellent performance
  • Beautiful screen
  • Attractive metal design
  • Fast performance
  • Comfortable keyboard
  • Long battery life
  • Sharp and bright display
  • Large touchpad and comfortable keyboard
  • Easy to carry around due to thin profile
  • Outstanding build quality with full aluminum chassis
  • Metal appearance is far better than cloth
  • 3
  • 2 display
  • Points for giving AMD a run
  • Nice keyboard
  • AMD's hardware makes it a powerful ultraportable
  • Clean and simple design
  • Wonderful keyboard and trackpad
  • Gorgeous screen
  • Much better GPU performance than the UHD Graphics 620
  • Bright 3
  • 2 touchscreen is well calibrated out of the box
  • Full CPU and GPU performance when on batteries
  • Lighter and thinner than most in its size category
  • Easier to service than the Surface Laptop
  • Full performance on battery power
  • Good performance sustainability
  • Faster storage performance
  • No DPC latency issues
  • Generally quiet

The editors didn't like

  • Extremely modest I/O
  • Has an annoying issue (it's solvable
  • Though)
  • Poor upgradability
  • Mediocre battery life
  • Underwhelming performance
  • Slow
  • Expensive SSD
  • Limited ports
  • Keyboard is slightly shallower
  • Battery life disappoints
  • Battery life is really disappointing
  • Keyboard is slightly shallower than predecessor
  • Keyboard isn't quite as good as in previous models
  • No Thunderbolt I/O tech behind its USB-C ports
  • Scant port selection
  • Integrated graphics still underperform
  • CPU and integrated GPU not powerful enough for demanding workloads
  • Poor port selection
  • Short battery life for productivity
  • Few user-replaceable parts
  • Disappointing battery life
  • Only two ports
  • Pricier and less powerful than other 15-inch laptops
  • Shorter battery life than the Surface Laptop 2
  • But it supports Gen. 1 only with no Power Delivery
  • Pulse-width modulation at lower brightness levels
  • 8 GB of non-upgradeable single-channel RAM
  • Slow response times
  • Noticeable ghosting
  • Moderate uneven backlight bleeding
  • No Pantone-certified pre-
  • No card reader or Thunderbolt 3
  • PWM at lower brightness levels
  • Barebones set of features
  • No vPro or WWAN

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  Published: 2021-11-22, Author: Olivier , review by: rtings.com

  • Sharp and bright display, Large touchpad and comfortable keyboard, Easy to carry around due to thin profile, Outstanding build quality with full aluminum chassis
  • CPU and integrated GPU not powerful enough for demanding workloads, Poor port selection, Short battery life for productivity, Few user-replaceable parts

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  Published: 2020-06-26, Author: Alex , review by: laptopmedia.com

  • An all-aluminum chassis with great quality of build, Covers 96% of sRGB and our Gaming and Web design profile helps it to an Average dE of 1.5 (Sharp LQP1JXP1), Good contrast ratio and comfortable viewing angles (Sharp LQP1JXP1), Doesn't use PWM to adjust
  • Extremely modest I/O, Has an annoying issue (it's solvable, though), Poor upgradability
  • Now, drawing a conclusion with this device is quite difficult. Although it feels extremely good using it, we just can't forget its price tag. With that said, we must start the last part of this review with something disappointing. Our unit (and from what...

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  Published: 2019-12-29, Author: Allen , review by: notebookcheck.net

  • full performance on battery power, good performance sustainability, faster storage performance, no DPC latency issues, long battery life, generally quiet
  • no card reader or Thunderbolt 3, PWM at lower brightness levels, barebones set of features, no vPro or WWAN
  • The main advantages of our Core i7 SKU versus the Ryzen 5 SKU include Wi-Fi 6 compatibility, faster storage performance, faster CPU performance, integrated AI acceleration, faster gaming performance, and higher performance-per-Watt. Other aspects like the...

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  Published: 2019-12-20, Author: Phillip , review by: Laptopmag.com

  • Slim, lightweight chassis, Attractive metal design, Fast performance, Comfortable keyboard, Long battery life
  • Scant port selection, Integrated graphics still underperform
  • Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3 for Business packs faster performance and longer battery life than its AMD-powered sibling...

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  Published: 2019-12-03, Author: Mark , review by: pcworld.com_techhive.com

  • All-day battery life, Excellent performance, Bright, beautiful screen
  • Keyboard isn't quite as good as in previous models, No Thunderbolt I/O tech behind its USB-C ports
  • Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3 for Business, with Intel's 10th-gen Ice Lake architecture inside, is a solid all-around laptop with higher performance and battery life than its AMD-powered cousins...

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  Published: 2019-11-11, Author: Devindra , review by: engadget.com

  • AMD's hardware makes it a powerful ultraportable, Clean and simple design, Wonderful keyboard and trackpad, Gorgeous screen,
  • Only two ports, Pricier and less powerful than other 15-inch laptops, Shorter battery life than the Surface Laptop 2,
  • The Surface Laptop 3 is a super-sized version of Microsoft's ultraportable, with a gorgeous 15-inch screen and powerful AMD hardware. It's impressive for a 3.4-pound machine, though it lags behind slightly heavier 15-inch notebooks when it comes to overal...

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  Published: 2019-11-08, Author: Mark , review by: pcworld.com_techhive.com

  • Stunning PixelSense display is as good as ever, USB-C plus the Surface Connector expands I/O and power options, Surprisingly good cooling keeps it almost fanless, Better multi-monitor support, Stunning PixelSense display is as good as ever, USB-C plus the
  • Keyboard is slightly shallower, Battery life disappoints, Battery life is really disappointing, Keyboard is slightly shallower than predecessor
  • Microsoft refreshed its general-purpose clamshell notebook PC with a custom AMD processor and USB-C, generally succeeding in everything but battery life.Microsoft's lovely Surface Laptop 3 adds a USB-C port in its latest refresh. While the performance is...

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  Published: 2019-11-04, Author: Stephanie , review by: zdnet.com

  • Metal appearance is far better than cloth, 3:2 display, Points for giving AMD a run, Nice keyboard
  • Disappointing battery life

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  Published: 2019-10-29, Author: Allen , review by: notebookcheck.net

  • much better GPU performance than the UHD Graphics 620, bright 3:2 touchscreen is well calibrated out of the box, full CPU and GPU performance when on batteries, lighter and thinner than most in its size category, easier to service than the Surface Laptop
  • but it supports Gen. 1 only with no Power Delivery, pulse-width modulation at lower brightness levels, 8 GB of non-upgradeable single-channel RAM, slow response times; noticeable ghosting, moderate uneven backlight bleeding, no Pantone-certified pre-
  • The Surface Laptop 3 15 has a few highlights. Firstly, the fact that the cheaper Ryzen 5 3580U can come within just an arm's reach of the more expensive Core i7-1065G7 in CPU horsepower is a notable feat for AMD. Factors like battery life and fan noise ha...

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  Published: 2019-10-25, Author: Brett , review by: anandtech.com

  • The Surface Laptop was a fine device when it launched, and the Surface Laptop 2 improved it quite a bit with the addition of quad-core processors. But both had their success hampered somewhat by some bad design decisions, which Microsoft has thankfully co...

 
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