Though replacing the drive requires a technician, it's a welcome change from the non-upgradable drives in many modern laptops and tablets.īoth devices also feature new 'instant on' technology to get you up and running faster, along with fast charging designed to bring the battery to 80% charged in just one hour using the standard charger. Network speeds will be even better again once your other devices are eventually upgraded to Wi-Fi 6.Ī removable storage drive will take some of the pain out of later upgrades. This was achieved using Wi-Fi 5 network clients (802.11ac).

We found this significantly faster than with the previous models (48MBps throughput for the new models versus 27MBps for the Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6).

Read laptops and tablets review Common specsīoth the Surface Laptop 3 and Surface Pro 7 come with Intel 10th-generation (Ice Lake) processors (though in a surprise move, the 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 is powered by Ryzen 5 and 7 processors from Intel's rival, AMD).īoth devices are equipped to meet the latest tech trends with Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) networking.

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