The first standard offers up more potential bandwidth (9.6Gbps vs 6.9Gbps) as well as broader wireless coverage. Intel’s chip is paired with an 802.11ax radio, while the AMD chips come with 802.11ac. There are other, somewhat substantive differences between the consumer and Business models: the operating system (Windows 10 Pro, versus Windows 10 Home), as well as the wireless. (Full disclosure: Intel sent us this Surface Laptop 3 for review, not Microsoft.) The 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 consumer models use a semi-custom “Surface Edition” of the AMD’s older Zen+ Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 chips, while the 13-inch consumer and 13-inch/15-inch Surface Laptop 3 for Business use Intel’s 10th-gen Ice Lake chips. We’ve previously reviewed the 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 (Ryzen 5) as well as the Surface Laptop 3 (Ryzen 7), both of which are the “consumer” versions of the Surface Laptop 3 for Business. Pay close attention to the Surface Laptop 3 prices: There’s a massive $400 bump between the S元’s 256GB and 512GB SSD configurations. One of the new features of the Surface Laptop 3 is its ability to swap out the SSD, though it’s not exactly user-serviceable. Price: Orders start at at $1,099 at $1,599 as tested Color: Sandstone (metal, as tested), Matte Black (metal), Cobalt Blue (Alcantara) and Platinum (Alcantara, metal).Weight: 13-inch: 2.89 pounds 15-inch: 3.36 pounds (tested), with charger: 4 pounds.Operating system: Windows 10 Pro (business).Camera: 720p (user-facing) Windows Hello enabled.

Ports: USB-C, USB-A, Surface Connect, 3.5mm jack.Surface Laptop 3 for Business (Core i7) basic specs Our Surface Laptop 3 (Ice Lake) test unit shipped in Platinum, with a metal chassis. For now, however, this Surface Laptop 3 with an Intel Core i7 is the only Surface Laptop 3 we’d recommend. We still admire what AMD has accomplished with its current Surface Edition chips, and look forward to next year when its 7nm process kicks in.

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