Hard to find someone honest like you. Thank you

This might be weird... but I find your voice so relaxing. You are the tech bob ross

Great demos of the stylus' drawing performance. Thank you!

A typical great video! Keep up the awesome work and stay safe!

Still rocking the OG version and still loving it. Great build quality and looks stunning 5 years later. But I'm not an artist, so I only use the pen to shoots and giggles, touch screen is great though even for browsing as is the precision trackpad. Thanks for the review! Once my laptop gets a little longer in the tooth in a few more years I'll see where the surface series stands compared to the market.

I loved the way you explained everything, was looking for something like this. Thanks!

That was very informative and helped me to choose my options with more confidence that I was purchasing the right machine. Much appreciation for your research and review. Thank you.

Excellent review full of solid information for everyone. I agree with your final assessment in that the hardware depends on the user. I've been using mine for about a month exclusively. As a freelance artist you have to be able to perform various tasks, and this computer is very versatile handling 3d, programming and 2Dart. I'm one of those that you mentioned who generally works with clean lines rather than paint so I use ClipStudio Paint with a little stabilizer on my GPen brush. It is butter smooth with a few option tweaks. A little tip that I've found out: I have also used my older Surface Pro 4 Pen and it actually has even less jitter than the new pen. You may want to try it out on yours if you have one available to see if it's the same.

what an excellent and well rounded review. thanks!

We should make A4 paper the universal standard of measurement

Great review, thank you very much!

Thank you! A great review.

Really good video!! Thank you!

Yey new video from Teoh!!!

love your review

I am thankful for this video

I love the design , the monitor , the keyboard and the overall quality but i still think that the price is too high for what you get. the pen it's no too bad but in comparison to apple pencil and wacom emr it's by far less precise than it's not the best option for illustrator too . If they drop a little the price it can be a pretty good deal but for all these money you have tons of better options .

Damn was just hoping for smaller bezels on the surface, better speakers and a better battery life. I would have thought for their 3rd iteration, they would have knocked it out of the park. Guess the iPad Pro is the way to go for me. Still a nice device. It would have been cool if they mimicked the surface pro x design.. now that is nice!

Great video. Was looking into this laptop. I have the original version.

Useful thank you! 👍

Thanks, that s a good tip, i have the exact same sony earbuds and they are in a silicon case too :) It will come in handy. I have just sold my Surface Book 1 with core I5 128 SSD and found another Surface Book 2 with core I7 8Go/256 for around 150 euros more... I would have preferred 16Go/512 SSD but those ones are hard to come by and it is what it is.

First honest mention of battery life I have the 15" SB3 with Quadro and all the other reviewers mention 8-10hrs battery life that is a complete crock your looking at 3-5hrs normal to moderate use. The shill reviewers are easily spotted if they claim all day use.

They should have went with Ryzen 4000 series 4700u / 4800u would have been perfect in this.

Excellent review Teoh. Thanks so much. Can you tell us about its compatibility with monitors (ideally two), since it only has USB ports? I'm also wondering how it works with adobe animate app.

Thanks for such details. Looks like for drawing Ipad Pro is still the best... But i am not sure. These sufferings of choice😎

With prices going down I managed to put my hands on a SB3 i5/8GB for almost nothing. So I landed on your review……a great one, very honest! And reading your text review, at the end you said the i5 is good enough for photo editing. So I got it. I always loved the form factor and build quality, and I do use touch and tablet. Coming from an SP4 I definitely see the performance improvement, but…..I always wanted 16GB for my next laptop. I can return this and get a 16GB ram one with GPU. I wonder if the price difference is worth it in terms of real user experience. I must say I am impressed how well Win10 handles those 8GB….I do lots of research, note taking, occasional programming…..and Lightroom! Even Lightroom behave nicely. What would you say? I feel the gpu is not going to do a lot of difference day to day….and will bring some fan noise! But 16GB, if I see how Lightroom is keen on getting me to 90%….

You can change the pen sensitivity in settings.

can you maybe review the conceptD 3 ezel laptop ?

Hi your videos are always fantastic, detailed, accurate and honest

My SB3 touchscreen stops working while drawing on quite a few apps - like Affinity designer, Rebelle3 ... I have gone through support about 5-6 times but no fix...even got it exchanged to a new replacement but still the same issue..anyone experiencing this problem too?

Was waiting for this, watched your comprehensive video on the sb2. Any reason why you decided to upgrade from 2 to 3? Did you get microsoft complete with it too? Its at SGD368 for just an extra year.. Fellow Sgrean here too, glad to be on the same boat. (-:

All these years and they still haven’t fixed the jitter huh.....

I always experience the text and icon too small in this 4k screen, and the pen seems to have difficulty working with it, I am using Paintshop pro, things like rotate function, I have to switch to a mouse in order to make the experience more doable...

smh my asus keyboard has the option key and the control key on the right which i need! don’t know what laptop i should get now

At 16:20 what is used to prop up the screen please? Seems ideal and I'd like to purchase a couple, or something similar if any ideas?

Would be an easy buy if they just started using wacom pens

I can ask you about the gtx 1650 video card, normal PYn 1650 model, gddr6, my video card had broken for about a year, or 2, but it turned on until 2 months ago, I waited for replacement but weeks ago I ordered gtx 1650, the previous one was better but the prices were expensive or not much found, I spent 250 euros or Draw 2d, 3d sculpture I don't know how to use it, sometimes I tried, would blender work? In general for graphics can you use this graphics card?, my processor, I don't remember, it's i5 but before I had 9400f but it broke 2 years ago and they replaced it with i5 but less efficient, when I join pdf computer slows down for seconds or minutes, before changing processor it was a good pc. I was also thinking about trying not to spend on video card but I hadn't had a pc for weeks, it didn't turn on anymore. I think I had to look better for the video card. That's what I hope PC allows me to make various uses decently, more than 250 euros are many but the market in recent years was bad, now maybe it was improving if I saw better anyway for those who buy now I hope prices return to normal, thank you. For pc I will no longer spend, instead of repairing it in February I took a tablet with savings. Theoretically Can a tablet totally replace a pc for both 2d and 3d graphics? In many videos however they double the screen on iPad for pencil, can gtx 1650 be good for this too regardless of the criticism I read? Thank you for your videos, thank you all.

does a 2in1 even exist without awful pen jitter very important video, thank you

Hi Teoh , it's an amazing review . I think the problem of drawing comes from the software ( it doesn't support 100% stylus ) so that's why iPad is better on drawing than surface or any other hybird laptops . Isn't it ? Do you advice me to get an iPad for drawing and a normal laptop for editing my artwork ? Or to buy a laptop 1en2 ? Thank you

Hello Teoh: I have a Surface Book 2 and had issues with my trackpad, after talking to Microsoft of options and even taking my laptop into the Geek Squad at Best Buy I was told they are not allowed to open the Surface or repair them since they are sealed and can't be upgraded . I decided since my laptop is 2 months out of warranty and I forgot to renew my extended warranty because of Covid and the closures of stores everywhere It lapsed, so my only option was to call my friend and see if he could try to pop it out and see if he could fix it, well he cracked it and it's now totally unusable. I had to purchase a surface arc mouse and it works fine but I am looking into the best choice laptop for my next buy. I still love the Surface touchscreen but really would like some advise on if you think it would be my best option. I have watched your review on the new Surface Book 3 and have a few questions please. There doesn't seem to be much difference from the Surface Book 2 to 3 and of course I am wondering if it's worth my while to get another one. So I am an artist but I found that the Surface Book 2 I have I rarely use the tablet mode since the battery life is very low, only 1.5 to 2 hrs maximum detached from the base. So I bought a Cintiq which is far superior. So I would use my Surface for the touch feature on screen but not the tablet, I would need high CPU and Ram since I do use Photoshop, Illustrator and a few other graphic programs. The one I have now is only 8 GB Ram, So I would upgrade to the 16 for sure. I really am having difficulties in choosing the right laptop for my needs, would you be so kind to give me your input on this? Thank you so much, Krissy

You have also tested the Surface Book 2 - is the difference worth to spend some more money for the Surface Book 3? I need an all in one solution, I am studying graphic design, illustrating childrens books.

My first one over heated. They replaced it yesterday. Same issue. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. They have too many bugs

Great video! thanks Teoh

I noticed that you have squid for the windows, how can you get this?

Hi teoh,I wanted to know which tablet you use most of the time?

This was a really great review! Also (idk if this has been asked) I noticed that you had Maya on your desktop. Was the surface book able to run it smoothly?

Which program do you use to draw?

this seems a bit overpriced for the amount of power it has. for the same specs you can spend 2000$ u.s. with double the performance and double the ssd/hdd and for just 100$ more you can get 32gb of ram. I encourage people who feel like buying this for art to really shop around. maybe it's overpriced because of flashy things like touch screens or the fact that it's light and thin but you'd be wasting money for the sake of a few convienant options. great review! thanks for the info!

which is best for graphic desigh (as a beginner) 1)macbook pro 13 2)surface book 3

So uh.. does it work well with Autodesk Sketchbook?

Whats the best equivalent to a one by wacom? Maybe a Huion model? If so, which one? I need a medium size.

Can i use CSP with my current license or is it a monthly fee for this device?

Does Abobe Fresco work on this Surface book 3

hey, i loved your review but can you please do a comparison on Acer Concept D3 ezel and surface book 3 i am reallt looking forward to it, it's a request @teohyichie

do you get to keep it?

anyone using adobe illustrator with this computer?

They have a beautiful camera and design but the battery life is a no for me

Great review. Thank you! Now im positive ill not buy one of these. This looks like an unfinished product. For me its unbelievable how bad microsoft develops its OS for so many years.

The newer Windows design language is still more attractive than the dated Apple one. The simplicity in both goes a long way.

I'm not a believer in surface - especially since the 1st generation version somehow has better drawing performance

is good for programming :) the keyboard is mechanical ?? L

16:29 - This looks really bad, but who knows if it was you or surface. Use ruler, it suppose to be review.

Your notebook has the failure! Battery life is 10hs using normal. After all the shit updates of firmware in book 2, downgrade to 4hs using normal. If you have a book 3, definitely must to long 10hs otherwise give it back.

what an awesome review. really awesome. you actually put it through its paces in specific meaning professional ways. awesome. thanks

Great review! Thank you!