Why would you want to go through these contortions? Probably because you’re one of the two types of buyers most suited to the Surface Book 3. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (13.5-Inch) Review Laptops these days tend to fall into one of three categories: conventional designs that open like the shell of a clam, 2-in-1 convertible models with screens that rotate 360 degrees, and detachable PCs that can be used as tablets once you remove their optional keyboards. With an advanced mechanical locking system for the keyboard base, powerful graphics processing, multiple cameras and batteries, and a choice of two screen sizes, the Surface Book 3 is a category-defying device for the few laptop buyers who can afford it and realize its full potential. This detachable 2-in-1 laptop certainly offers the best blend of unique features, operating-mode flexibility, computing power, and portability of any Microsoft PC.

If Microsoft-designed mobile PCs are the essence of the Windows computing experience, and the Surface Book is Microsoft’s flagship, then the Surface Book 3 (starts at $1,599 $2,799 as tested) has a reasonable claim to be the ultimate Windows-powered mobile device.

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