- Brand : Microsoft
- Product family : Surface
- Product series : 3
- Product name : Surface 3
- Product code : GK6-00013
- GTIN (EAN/UPC) : 0889842066715
- Category : Tablets
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Long product name Microsoft Surface 3 4G Intel Atom® LTE 64 GB 27.4 cm (10.8") 2 GB Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Silver
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27.432 cm (10.8") 1920 x 1280, Intel Atom x7 Z8700, 2GB, 64GB SSD, Bluetooth 4.0, LTE, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
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Short summary description Microsoft Surface 3 4G Intel Atom® LTE 64 GB 27.4 cm (10.8") 2 GB Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Silver
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Microsoft Surface 3, 27.4 cm (10.8"), 1920 x 1080 pixels, 64 GB, 2 GB, 1.6 GHz, Silver
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Long summary description Microsoft Surface 3 4G Intel Atom® LTE 64 GB 27.4 cm (10.8") 2 GB Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Silver
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Microsoft Surface 3. Display diagonal: 27.4 cm (10.8"), Display resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels. Internal storage capacity: 64 GB. Processor frequency: 1.6 GHz, Processor family: Intel Atom®, Processor model: x7-Z8700. Internal memory: 2 GB. Rear camera resolution (numeric): 8 MP, Rear camera type: Single camera, Front camera resolution (numeric): 3.5 MP, Front camera. Top Wi-Fi standard: Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac). Card reader integrated. Weight: 622 g. Product colour: Silver
Uk has collected 346 expert reviews for Microsoft Surface 3 4G LTE 64 GB 27.4 cm (10.8") Intel Atom® 2 GB Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) Silver and the average expert rating is 80 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use Uk to see all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
Microsoft's Surface laptop combines a fast and simple to use device with excellent battery life all packed up in a stylish thin shell. It's pretty much everything you want from a laptop, but unsurprisingly it comes at a price. Lightweight and extremly th...
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I love the Surface Laptop. I don't want to give it back. You can't take it from me.The Microsoft Surface Laptop is a $1499 ultraportable laptop that in some ways, is an utterly generic piece of computing hardware. It is the prototypical laptop. But in pl...
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Geez Microsoft, slow down on the stunners – I can't keep up. The Surface Laptop is beautiful and I've wanted to get my hands on it since it was first announced and now, I can confirm – it looks great in the flesh too.Kinda allows you to forget the “Surfac...
hungrygeeks.ph
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As you all know, the Surface Pro 4 and the new Surface Book were announced earlier this week. But before it hits the shelves here in The Philippines, let's take a look first on the previous model if it is still okay to purchase for those who people who do...
About 3 months ago I sold my Asus T200 to a colleague and used it as an excuse to change my work computer to something a bit more interesting.The T200, my first 2-in-1 and Windows tablet, was a nice machine, but I found the performance and battery life so...
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The key element for a great tablet has always been a truly innovative and top performing display, and the best leading edge tablets have always flaunted their beautiful high-tech displays. The Microsoft Surface 3 is no exception.The Surface 3 tablet is a...
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It's August, which means that kids are filling their backpacks with pens, paper, textbooks and – oh, who are we kidding, no one uses those things anymore.Students want tech , and that's why our Back To School Guide features the best smartphones , tablets...
Announced just this April, Microsoft's Surface 3 is another attempt to strike a better balance between a tablet and a laptop at a price category of a typical netbook. Check out our full review of the Microsoft Surface 3 after the break.Not to be confused...
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It's been a dream of mine to have a full-fledged PC without the bulk. Tablets came by and it got pretty close to a portable full-fledged PC – but not there yet. Then comes convertible devices – it's a tablet with a touchscreen, then is able to somehow con...
The Surface 3 is the little brother of the successful Surface Pro 3 and at a smaller, lighter 12” instead of 13” it makes for an even more portable solution. At it's heart the Surface 3 is still very much the 2-1 touchscreen convertible of the SP3, but in...
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pcauthority.com.au
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2018-03-14 09:00:26
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I t was a long journey for Microsoft to get to this product. You could look at it as the next-gen successor to the Surface RT, and indeed it is. The smaller form factor of previous RT machines was appealing, and sat well with the idea of a transformable t...
Microsoft's latest budget tablet fixes many of the shortcomings of its predecessor.A little while back Microsoft gave us the Surface 2, a hybrid tablet that was mostly overlooked because it ran Windows RT, a rather strange version of Windows created to ru...
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From low-cost Chromebooks to high-end hybrids, and the explosion of diverse, different-shaped Windows devices, there's a dizzying amount of choice out there for anyone looking to replace their laptop with something new. Fear not, though. We've reviewed th...
apcmag.com
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So it's perhaps not the best time for Microsoft to be launching this, its third price-conscious Surface tablet, and the official the successor to the Surface RT and Surface 2. If any tablet is going to buck that downward trend, however, the Surface 3 mig...
chip.com.my
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If you remember a few years ago when the Surface line was launched, there was a second model that was introduced with the Surface Pro. It was called the Surface RT. Right from the get-go the model was not picked up by many consumers as it has limited func...
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digitalversus.com
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2018-03-14 09:00:27
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Microsoft has used exactly the same sleek design and light-yet-sturdy magnesium chassis as the Surface Pro 3, so the build is still excellent. Only change is the diagonal has been scaled back to 10.8".The kickstand on the back has fewer position settings...
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whatmobile.net
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2018-03-14 09:00:27
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Price £419OS Windows 8.1Processor Quad-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom x7Z8700Screen 10.8-inchesResolution 1920 x 1080 pixelsMemory 2GB/4GB RAMStorage 64/128GBMicroSD compatible? YesCamera Rear 8MP/ 3.5MP frontConnectivity WiFiDimensions 267 x 187 x 8.7mmWeight 62...
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This is a sponsored review of a loaned product unit from Microsoft Malaysia*Almost a month back, Microsoft Malaysia launched the Surface 3 in Malaysia . The Surface series with the tagline, “a tablet that can replace your laptop” , is indeed a sexy hybri...
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Let's start by saying that the Surface 3 is neither tablet nor laptop. And right now – that is, until July 29th – it is probably neither. As much as Windows 8.1 puts the emphasis on making the Surface, and all twos-in-one, relatively usable as both portab...
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REVIEW: Microsoft's Surface 3 goes on sale today [MICROSOFT]After a decidedly shaky start, the Surface range from Microsoft is now a serious contender in the tablet market.The US company launched the critically acclaimed Surface Pro 3 last year and now th...
fatducktech.com
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2018-03-14 09:00:27
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It's not quite the Surface Pro 3, but equally it's nowhere near as dire as the Surface RT. But is Microsoft's Surface 3 worth buying?That's the question I've tried to answer over at the ABC's Technology+Games portal in my review of Microsoft's rather nice...
mobilechoiceuk.com
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2018-03-14 09:00:27
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Microsoft's Surface 3 Pro last year was a powerhouse hybrid- it straddled the worlds of both laptops and tablets while juggling a million tasks and made it look super easy and smooth.However, there were a couple of niggles: a) it was very expensive b) it...
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Surface creator Panos Panay recently discussed the billion-dollar financial hit Microsoft took after the introduction of the original. “Having a product that people love is the most important thing,” he told CNN. Microsoft clearly believes that: Rather th...
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Theinquirer.net
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2018-03-14 09:00:27
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MICROSOFT HAS BEEN WORKING HARD to offer buyers an all-in-one device that can work as a tablet and a laptop since it unveiled the first Surface models all the way back in 2012...
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Protruding from the top of that tablet is a long, red wire leading up to a pair of earphones clamped to this man's head. Not for this chap the more compact form factor of the smartphone-based music player or an iPod. This man's personal music player is a...
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It's hard to believe that it's almost been a year since Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3. A tough act to follow, it remains one of the best 2-in-1 devices around and sets the bar high for the Surface 3, the newest member of Microsoft's Surface family...
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The Surface 3 hybrid computer from Microsoft represents Microsoft's determined vision for how versatile computing should be. It also sees the return of the Intel Atom processor, with surprising results.The Surface 3 represents the latest step in Microsoft...
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Let's take a moment to mark the passing of Windows RT. As the Surface 2 – Windows RT's swansong – trudges to an early grave, haunted by the spectre of embarrassing sales figures, the Surface 3 is tasked with getting Microsoft's Surface family back on trac...
alphr.com
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2018-03-14 09:00:27
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Let's take a moment to mark the passing of Windows RT. As the Surface 2 – Windows RT's swansong – trudges to an early grave, haunted by the spectre of embarrassing sales figures, the Surface 3 is tasked with getting Microsoft's Surface family back on trac...
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Microsoft has never been the coolest company.Apple has even had digs at its lack of style in the past. And where Steve Jobs was painted as some sort of Leonardo da Vinci figure, rightly or wrongly there's often seemed something a bit “uncool dad” about so...
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Microsoft is far from the ill-fitting suit-wearing office geek it was once perceived as.Apple has even had digs at its lack of style in the past. Where Steve Jobs was painted as some sort of Leonardo da Vinci figure, rightly or wrongly there's seemed some...
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With full Windows 8.1 and a lower price than the Pro version, the new Surface 3 could be the laptop / tablet hybrid you've been searching for. Here's our Surface 3 review. See also: best budget laptops you can buy in 2015 Microsoft managed to keep...
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Microsoft's Surface 3 has arrived as a cheaper alternative to the Surface Pro 3 , but how does it compare to the Google Nexus 9 which also has a keyboard dock? Find out in our Surface 3 vs Nexus 9 comparison review. The Nexus 9 and Surface 3 are q...
thunderbaylive.com
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Lisa Gade reviews the Microsoft Surface 3. This is Microsoft's more affordable alternative to the Surface Pro line and it runs full Windows 8.1 64 bit on the new Intel Atom X7 Z8700 (Cherry Trail, 4 cores, 4 threads) 1.6 GHz CPU with Turbo Boost to 2.4 GH...
gadgetshow.channel5.com
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2018-03-14 09:00:28
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The Microsoft Surface 3 is the Redmond giant's latest do-it-all slate that aims to replace both your tablet and your laptop, and while it has arrived a year after the Surface Pro 3, it promises to still fulfil plenty of your productivity needs while still...
theaustralian.com.au
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2018-03-14 09:00:28
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The Surface Pro 3 was, in our opinion, the perfect tablet-laptop hybrid with the right balance of power and portability. Microsoft is now attempting to recreate the formula at the budget end with the Surface 3.With earlier iterations of Surface plagued by...
As you well know, the Surface 3 has been officially announced and launched in Malaysia.A follow-up to the previous Surface 2 and practically a watered-down version of the Surface Pro 3 , the budding notebook cum tablet's design was considered to be somewh...
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With the 64GB version starting at £419 and the 128GB version reviewed here at £499, it's cheaper than the entry-level Pro 3, and, unlike its predecessors, the Surface 3 runs full 64-bit Windows 8.1 rather than Windows RT, allowing you to download and inst...
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What is the Surface 3? In essence, the Surface 3 is a thinner, lighter, smaller and cheaper version of the Surface Pro 3 . It has a 10.8-inch screen and weighs just 887g with the keyboard attached (622g without), but it's less powerful than many of the la...
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Facebook results hit by big spendingApple Watch reviewThe pressure is on as Apple launches TV servicePlease Log in to update your video settingsAdam Turner takes Microsoft's latest Windows tablet on the road.Finally running a full version of Windows 8.1...
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Microsoft's 12-inch Surface Pro 3 was well received. As a fully featured tablet with digital ink support and with enough power to replace a laptop for work and play the only thing that could make it a miss was the price tag - not a bad one for a full lapt...
Microsoft is a software company at heart, which has seen the Windows operating system maker not always taking like a duck to water when it comes to hardware. From the uncomfortable Microsoft Band, to the flurry of budget Lumia handsets following the acqui...
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The Microsoft Surface 3 is a natural, successful evolution of hybrid laptops that were, with hindsight, failures. Where the original Surface RT and Surface 2 were crammed into a restrictive mould by Windows RT, the Surface 3 runs full Windows 8.1. With t...
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v3.co.uk
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2018-03-14 09:00:28
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Microsoft's entry into the hardware market was slightly awkward. The firm unveiled its first Surface tablet-come-laptop all the way back in 2011. Many people saw the benefits of the Pro range, but they were less enamoured with the Windows RT models. Ther...
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“A tablet that can replace your laptop” - this is the mantra that Microsoft has used to push its Surface Pro 3 to the masses. Interestingly, the company has used the same motto for its brand new Surface 3 as well which will be available in Malaysia this c...
techradar.com/au/
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2018-03-14 09:00:28
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It's hard to believe that it's almost been a year since Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3. A tough act to follow, it remains one of the best 2-in-1 devices around and sets the bar high for the Surface 3, the newest member of Microsoft's Surface family...
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Microsoft's Surface 3 has arrived a full year after its own 'Pro' edition attempted -- and to some extent, at least critically, succeeded -- in merging the best of the laptop and the tablet. Lighter, smaller, slower but also much cheaper than its Profess...
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Microsoft's latest Surface could finally make the Windows 8 tablet more compelling to more people, now that Windows RT has been put to rest. Is this enough to take on the iPad?The sixth Microsoft tablet to take the name “Surface”, the Surface 3 is Microso...
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Microsoft's Surface line-up has consistently featured ambitious devices that while great, fell short of excellence. The same can be said of the Surface 3, but its easily the most compelling device in Microsoft's two-in-one family to date. Despite being sm...
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Microsoft told us that its goal for the Surface 3 tablet is to “get the Surface into more folks' hands”. It reckons it can do this by offering a more affordable product that's still similar in form and function to the Surface Pro 3. How has it achieved th...
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Microsoft, once known as mainly a software company, has been busy on the hardware front lately with its Surface tablets and its latest – the Surface 3 – may well be its most popular ever.We've already seen three iterations of the Surface Pro family of pow...
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It used to be that the baby Surface was a compromise. It used to run crappy software, slower hardware and produce a less than spectacular experience. With the Surface 3, Microsoft has performed a radical about-face.Whereas the Surface Pro 3 was pitched as...
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Could this be third time lucky? Microsoft have been battling away in the Tablet market which was forged primarily by Apple over five years ago with varied levels of success. This year, they may have hit the nail on the head with the Surface 3 – we've been...
We compare the all-new, budget, Surface 3 tablet with the exceptional Surface Pro 3 (review here) . Can Microsoft's latest Windows laptop/tablet hybrid offer a good deal for students and home users, as its big brother does for professional Windows users?...
I'm dancing on the grave of Microsoft's original Surface tablet, and I feel no remorse. It's hard to feel sad — it was a beautifully crafted ten-inch tablet that ran a crippled version of Windows. It was awful. Now it's dead, and I've got a way better tab...
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I'm dancing on the grave of Microsoft's original Surface tablet, and I feel no remorse. It's hard to feel sad; it was a beautifully crafted ten-inch tablet that ran a crippled version of Windows. It was awful. Now it's dead, and I've got a way better tabl...
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The Surface Pro 3 was great, so what could be wrong with shrinking it down for a cute tablet version? Pretty much nothing, if my initial experience is anything to go by.Gizmodo loves technology. Our product reviews are presented thanks to Dick Smith.It's...
It's been an arduous journey for the Microsoft Surface, a tablet-first device that also makes for a pretty good notebook when you flip out its integrated kickstand and snap on a keyboard cover. We liked the very first Surface Pro , though it eventually di...
Without it, the device is unstable and tends to wobble about when it's placed on the lap. It's This is even with the keyboard attached. The top gripe for the Microsoft SP line. This became the inspiration to develop the new Microsoft Surface Laptop.When M...
Sign up for our daily newsletter As Microsoft's first genuine rival to the MacBook Air, the Surface Laptop has a lot riding on it. Not only is the company's second notebook looking to take on Apple's recently-refreshed laptops, it's also tasked with laun...
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gadgetscentral.co.uk
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Surface Headphones are Microsoft's high-price, premium noise-cancelling cans aimed squarely at toppling the current kings, Bose and Sony.Headphones seem like an odd choice for the Xbox, Office and Windows maker, but the are being produced by Microsoft's...
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There is little doubt that the efforts put by Microsoft in hardware design has resulted in the entire PC industry producing better computers. Looking at the Surface Laptop, one could argue that Microsoft has now matched Apple, or even surpassed it in term...
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The new 15-inch Microsoft Surface 3 laptop certainly looks the part – it's thin and reasonably light and it's the first time the company has offered a larger display.A bigger screen to us means Microsoft means business.The 13-inch models have done wel...
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The wolf in sheep's clothing? Why is there another review of the Microsoft Surface Laptop i7? Is this just a rebranding of the recently released i5-based Surface Laptop, but with an Intel Core i7-7660U instead of the i5-7200U? So it is faster and more exp...
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You may have heard news recently that made it sound like you shouldn't buy Microsoft Surface products. While this recommendation came from a reliable source, the ensuing headlines may not tell the full story. That's why we're here to help clarify, so you...
I've talked to a number of people on the Surface team over the last few months, and the decision to hinder their beautiful new piece of hardware still boggles the mind. The Surface Laptop is really nice — in fact, it's quite possibly the best piece of har...
The back-to-school shopping season is just around the corner, and Microsoft (MSFT) is hoping its new Surface Laptop will be the computer you or your child brings to the classroom.Starting at $999, the Surface Laptop is Microsoft's attempt to fight back ag...
Microsoft Surface 3 Review: The Surface Pro 4 may be Microsoft's new star player, but if you don't need all that computing power, or your pockets aren't quite as deep, the Microsoft Surface 3 should still offer everything you're after.Despite only existin...
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It's been a few weeks since we started using Microsoft's Surface 3, and we've been really impressed with its capability. It's not their pro model, but it's far from what we'd call “budget”. For the modest price, you really get a lot of machine. Our previo...
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The new Surface, not to be confused with the Surface Pro, is one of Microsoft's latest tablets, and despite its low price-point, it's impressively capable. To that effect, Surface 3 replaces the previous generation of watered down RT models, making it Mic...
Microsoft Surface 3 is getting closer to being a perfect MacBook Air replacement for casual productivity Photo by Brad MoonRegular readers of GeekDad probably know that I've had a long history of experimenting with tablets and keyboard cases in search of...
Tablets running Microsoft Windows are not the cheapest products around, but consumers still spend a lot of money on them because they want to use and experience the environment of Windows, which is one of the smoothest and productive operating systems on...
Remember Windows RT? We certainly do, but we don't miss it at all. Microsoft tried to do something different when they first introduced its Surface tablets by reserving the full-blown desktop experience to its Pro line – and the tablet-optimized experien...
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Last year, I had the opportunity to go hands-on with the Microsoft Surface Pro 3, and thought it was an excellent system – offering performance, great battery life, an amazing screen and both tablet and laptop capabilities in a single system. But with pri...
Microsoft surprised everyone in 2012 by announcing a tablet designed in house to run the company's brand new Windows RT operating system. It was the first time we had seen Microsoft, a company mostly focused on software products, come out with a fully-fle...
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Microsoft's third iteration of the Surface Pro was a monumental improvement over the first two incarnations. For many, the third time really was the charm. It was powerful enough to replace most laptops, and versatile enough to serve as two device types w...
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It's hard not to compare the new Microsoft Surface 3 to it's more expensive and powerful big brother, the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. However, it's more fitting to compare it to previous Microsoft Surface RT devices since it's closer to their price range and...
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With full Windows 8.1 and a lower price than the Pro version, the new Surface 3 could be the laptop / tablet hybrid you've been searching for. Here's our Surface 3 review.Microsoft managed to keep the Surface 3 launch under wraps, so it was a surprise whe...
Charging the Surface 3 was a bit of an issue. Microsoft dropped its proprietary charger with the Surface 3 and went for a typical Micro USB port instead, which is great, except that it still requires the device to be plugged directly into a power outlet t...
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It's called a Surface, but everything about it has changed. It has a different size, different design, different chipset, and different operating system than its predecessors.With those changes, the new Microsoft Surface 3 now has more in common with doze...
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Microsoft's first two generations of the Surface 2-in-1 were intriguing enough, but they were also pretty compromised. And though the Surface Pro 3 was a huge leap forward, at nearly US$1,000, it also isn't the cheapest device around. That brings us to Mi...
The Surface lineup for Microsoft has been extremely interesting to watch. What first launched in October 2012 as the Surface RT has been constantly iterated upon, and of course the Surface Pro line has evolved even faster. Surface Pro 3 has finally provid...
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Microsoft's first crack at the market of tablet hybrids didn't go so well. Mostly, it was a misguided and confusing attempt to take on Apple's iPad, which was at the time the only slate that mattered. A few years later, and Microsoft may have finally crac...
Since the Surface 3 tablet started selling in US this week, at various retailers, it's time to let the advertising hounds loose. Thus, a campaign has started, involving a TV ad, among others. You can watch it below.This is not an emotional ad, but rather...
PCMark 8 Home: 1677 PCmark 7: 2872 Geekbench 3: 1026, multi-core 3524 wPrime: 33.4 sec.PCMark 8 Benchmark Comparison TableThe Surface 3 is undeniably the best non-Pro Surface model yet--it handily wins that title simply because it runs full Windows 8.1 ra...
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With their chamfered magnesium bodies, strong kickstands and versatile keyboard covers, Microsoft's Surface tablets have long impressed us as works of design. However, the first two generations of the Surface presented consumers with two unappealing optio...
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The Surface 3's selling points can be summed up neatly: This is Microsoft's basic Office machine, a cheaper alternative to the Surface Pro 3. Thanks to the new Surface's Intel Atom chip and real Windows 8.1 (with an upgrade path to Windows 10), it offers...
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"Notebook-Killer" Vol. 3 - After the Surface Pro 3 was released last autumn, Microsoft now also launches the light version called Surface 3. We already have a review unit and will publish our first results...
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computershopper.com
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Through it all, we've consistently argued two points: Windows RT, which ran on ARM-based processors and hence couldn't run traditional Windows software, was holding back the base Surface slates. And since the company heavily markets the Surface line as co...
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It's Monday morning on April 6th and I'm waiting for FedEx to show up with the Surface 3. Like a kid on Christmas morning, I'm pacing the house and running to the front door every time I hear a truck drive by, thinking maybe this will be the one; the magi...
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I'm a fan of Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 , a no-compromise tablet-laptop hybrid. It's the right size, and has the battery life, power and portability for me to get all of my work (and some play) done. I can't say I feel similarly about the new Surface 3 .Th...
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Lovely, clean design. Type Cover is a really smart, useful accessory. It runs full Windows! It really can replace both your laptop and your tablet.Still out of many people's price range. Slightly underpowered for real laptop work. Windows still isn't a to...
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Once again, the third time's the charm for Microsoft's Surface lineup -- for the most part. Last year's Surface Pro 3 was the software giant's most compelling implementation yet of its hybrid laptop/tablet concept. Now we have the Surface 3, the third ent...
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Is the third time the charm for Microsoft's tablet?What is a laptop? What is a tablet? For most people, the answers are obvious. But for Microsoft's Surface line, it's been a bit murky.Microsoft's first attempt, the Surface RT, flopped. So much so that th...
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The Surface 3 is not the third Surface. It's not a successor to the Surface RT released in 2012 or 2013's Surface 2 . Those systems used ARM processors and could not run common-or-garden Windows desktop software.In many ways, these devices exacerbated all...
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Im dancing on the grave of Microsofts original Surface tablet, and I feel no remorse. Its hard to feel sad—it was a beautifully crafted ten-inch tablet that ran a crippled version of Windows. It was awful. Now its dead, and Ive got a way better table...
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For anyone who grew up with Microsoft as the stodgy PC monopoly that wouldn't know “cool” if it was out on a wintry walk in northern Sweden, the past few years have required something of an adjustment. It's no exaggeration to say that Microsoft is today o...
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Alongside the new Microsoft Surface 3($1,999.11 at Amazon), and its accessories, the Surface Pen and Surface Type Cover keyboard, Microsoft also has the new Surface 3 Docking Station ($199.99). With an easy-to-use docking mechanism and connections for per...
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In 2013, the first Microsoft Surface was seen as Redmond's answer to the Apple iPad($199.99 at Amazon), proving that Windows could hold its own against the iPad and a flood of Android tablets. Then the Microsoft Surface Pro 3($259.97 at Amazon) was built...
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