When I first started testing the Type Cover that came with my review unit, I thought it was too small. This is not the kind of display you typically find on a laptop that starts at around $400.

And its contrast is a stunning 1360:1, well over our preferred 1000:1 ratio and excellent for an IPS display. Its resolution is sharp enough at 1920 x 1280 in the productivity-friendly 3:2 aspect ratio, and its colors are at the high end of the premium laptop average in terms of gamut and accuracy. This is not the kind of display you typically find on a $400 laptop.Īlso surprising was the display quality. Surprisingly, I can write on this thing just fine, as long as I don’t need to split the screen with multiple windows. But the display is large enough to fit into my productivity workflow, something I didn’t expect. The Surface Go 3 has completely replaced my iPad Air 2 with its 9.5-inch display for browsing the web, triaging email, and consuming media. In fact, it’s a great size given the small but significant improvements that Windows 11 has made to tablet use. I thought a 10.5-inch display would be too small for getting real work done, particularly for using Windows 11 with a finger or a Surface Pen (which works well for handwriting and quick sketches). It’s not too small Mark Coppock/Digital Trends The ThinkPad X1 laptop line embraces recycled magnesium and aluminumĪll the reasons the new Surface devices are worse than beforeīut as I found out, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Studio 2 might get a massive performance boost

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