Would love to see a review of the SKU with the Ryzen 7 and Vega 11. Perhaps we would see noticeably improved performance?

Apologies for the errors, thanks for catching them!

The system runs on dual-channel mode and not single-channel mode as previously stated. We tested USB Type-C charging again a second time after updating and refreshing Windows which seemed to do the trick.

I have a Huawei Magicbook, and I can say this is the most incredible Ryzen 5 2500U or 3500U laptop that I saw.

Huawei knew to work with AMD, the performance is surreal.

And the laptop design is a lot beautiful than Surface Laptop 3

I am currently in the market for a laptop and have spent significant time on notebookcheck.net in the past week or so. I really appreciate the guys here doing detailed analysis that speaks to my engineer's heart and brain.

However, I noted Allen's reviews are less helpful than others in their current form, as other reviewers here noted, too. There is misleading info (here: dual-channel RAM, USB-C charging). Also, there seems to be a long list of cons in his reviews, over things that are likely a non-issue for the vast majority of buyers. For another example, check out the LG Gram 13Z980-A - 04/13/2018 review by Allen (and the comments section) – identical issues (wrong info + inflated cons list) in there, as well. [can't put link here, but please do search]

Allen, please sync with the rest of the staff and standardize your approach to research and the verdicts section, so that the reviews are consistent for us, the readers. Many thanks for your work, looking forward to your further reviews

Quick question though
I thought this Surface Laptop ran on dual-channel RAM? I mean, your screenshot on the specs said dual-channel not single, so why are you saying it's single channel?

Thanks

It's Microsoft! They always want to be like Apple or Mercedes and sell overpriced mediocre products.

Quote from: Jim Adler on October 29, 2019, 16:42:07

QuoteMicrosoft has sourced SK Hynix once again for all its storage needs. The single M.2 2230 slot houses an SK Hynix BC501 HFM256GDGTNG NVMe SSD for slow sequential read and write rates of just 1100 MB/s and 500 MB/s, respectively, to be in line with last year's Surface Laptop 2. Competing flagship Ultrabooks tend to come with much faster drives from Toshiba, Apple, or Samsung.

This also isn't entirely accurate... they also use the new Toshiba BG4 drives. Sequential read/write on mine at home is 2343 MB/s and 1588 MB/s.

The inaccuracies in this review are becoming embarrasing for Notebookcheck. Jim Adler you are correct, my Surface Laptop 3 is running a Toshiba BG4 22x30 M2 NVMe drive. 1900MB/s Seq Read. 2636 AS SSD total score.

Quote from: Jim Adler on October 29, 2019, 16:27:01
I've read from multiple reviews/posts that you are able to charge the Surface Laptop 3 using the USB-C port?

I'm typing this from a Surface Laptop 3 i7 16GB whilst charging from a 45W USB-C dell charger.

Actually the bezels are thinner, not thicker, when you include the bottom bezel. For example, the ratio of screen area to laptop area for the Surface is 0.807 vs 0.76 for an X1 extreme. Also, it's worth noting that the area of the screen is almost identical to that of a 15.6, 16x9 screen (103.85in vs 103.99in).

QuoteMicrosoft has sourced SK Hynix once again for all its storage needs. The single M.2 2230 slot houses an SK Hynix BC501 HFM256GDGTNG NVMe SSD for slow sequential read and write rates of just 1100 MB/s and 500 MB/s, respectively, to be in line with last year's Surface Laptop 2. Competing flagship Ultrabooks tend to come with much faster drives from Toshiba, Apple, or Samsung.

This also isn't entirely accurate... they also use the new Toshiba BG4 drives. Sequential read/write on mine at home is 2343 MB/s and 1588 MB/s.

I've read from multiple reviews/posts that you are able to charge the Surface Laptop 3 using the USB-C port?

Quote from: Gobrel on October 29, 2019, 11:16:51
You write dual channel would help in gaming. The screenshots from cpu-z show clearly that there is dual channel.

Also in the specs table: "Memory 8192 MB, DDR4-2400, 17-17-17-39, Dual-Channel". Would be great if you could clarify this.

Thank you for a very insightful review.

The cons section is pretty funny.

You write dual channel would help in gaming. The screenshots from cpu-z show clearly that there is dual channel.

Microsoft does not offer a 3-year warranty? Even at extra cost? What a sick joke!

If you take a loan to pay your expensive work laptop over 3 years, it must be under warranty for the same 3 years. A 5-year warranty is even better, although hardware will get outdated by the end of 5 years period.

Only 1-year warranty means the price of a laptop is spread over a single year, making it much more expensive than even Macbooks.