
But, as of today, after using this device for a week, I like it! A lot! So much so that I am wondering if I'm going to keep it and make it my new daily driver. I figured I'd be sending this thing back in a few days after I got it. Going in, I had low expectations, to be honest. But I was curious if Microsoft finally figured out how to make a laptop, so I - knowing about the 30-day return policy- took a chance and bought one of the best configurations that "normal" people might buy. Yep, for me, that's quite a pricey Notepad machine. To do my "non-reviewer's review," I bought the Intel Core i7, 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3 with 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, and it was shipped to me on Oct. I have not liked any Microsoft PCs I've had the chance to try for a variety of reasons. To be serious, if I were Microsoft, I wouldn't have given me one, either. Microsoft sent some sites review units of these devices over the past two weeks. Microsoft announced three variants: The AMD-based 15-inch Surface Laptop 3 the Intel-based 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3 and, belatedly, the Intel-based 15-inch Intel-based Surface Laptop 3 for business customers (but which just about anyone can buy).

(The publicly unsaid reason: To try to prod PC makers to make better Windows devices.) That said, I still expected Microsoft to make the best Windows hardware. Microsoft initially got into the hardware business, execs said, to create new hardware categories.

But it wasn't until this year's Surface Laptop 3 that I got even close to my wish. I always wanted - and was willing to pay for - a truly premium Windows laptop, which I assumed would work better than the competition because it was from the maker of Windows. When Microsoft first announced that it was going to make PCs in 2012, I was excited. Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade
