As you can see, the bottom plate houses just four rubber feet and nothing else. The backside of the laptop has a large grill that is used for both functions – exhausting hot air (the right side) and sucking fresh air for cooling down for the internals. It has a glass surface and using it is a pleasure – gliding is butter-smooth and the unit is very accurate. The trackpad is a decently sized unit given the dimensions of the laptop. Maybe the lack of a NumberPad isn’t a surprise because this is a compact 13.5″ laptop. However, the real problem is the position of the Power On/Off button – this fella “sits” between the “Delete” and “PgUp” keys! Sadly, the “Up” and “Down” Arrow keys are half-sized. The key travel is long but the feedback isn’t clicky enough to be called good. The keyboard has a backlight which is good especially for people who like to work in a dimmed environment. The keyboard design slightly reminds us of the one that can be found in some Apple notebooks. The laptop feels premium on touch (and cold). The bezels around the display are thin but if we have to be honest, we’ve seen thinner.Īs you can see, we have bought the metal version of the notebook. Opening the lid with a single hand is a very smooth operation – the hinges are perfectly stiffed. You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: In short, the new machine brings a bright high-res 3:2 display with touch screen capabilities, faster CPUs and iGPUs, and some goodies like a face authentication camera, Omnisonic Speakers with Dolby Atmos, and TPM 2.0 chip. This is a super thin and light device with an aluminum build – this is like a trademark of the series and in reality, the build quality is great. Hardware-wise, the new notebook relies on some Intel Tiger Lake UP3 CPUs and one AMD Zen 2 CPU variant, unlike the predecessor that can be configured with Ice Lake and Zen+ processors.Īctually, the design seems pretty much (almost) the same. So, the good 13.5” PixelSense display is here again with its 3:2 aspect ratio which is very comfortable for Web browsing and office work. In this case, the new device looks like a decent hardware upgrade over the old machine. You know – if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. It seems that Microsoft is following the same formula for the successor – the Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 (13.5″). In 2020 we tested the Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (13.5″) and we concluded that the device has a premium build (and premium price tag), while it’s light and potent at the same time.

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