Surface Laptop 4 is a beautiful Ultrabook The entry-level Surface Book comes with just 8GB RAM and is without the dedicated graphics card, so you might be better served with the cheaper Surface Laptop 4 at that point. Microsoft is pricing the Surface Laptop 4 at $999 for the base model, which is consideribly less than the starting price for the Surface Book 3, which comes in at $1,599. So, if you want to do heavy video editing of even some gaming, the Book 3 is the one to get. The dedicated GTX 16 Ti Max-Q will outperform the Surface Laptop 4 every time. The integrated graphics are a huge improvement over the Surface Laptop 3, but compared to the Surface Book 3, it's no contest. It's a different story in the graphics department however, as the Surface Book 3 ships with dedicated NVIDIA graphics, unlike the Surface Laptop 4 with its Integrated Iris Xe and RX Radeon graphics. That said, the 10th-generation chip in the Surface Book 3 isn't bad at all, and you won't really notice a difference in performance in day-to-day tasks. The Surface Book 3 featurs a magnesium chassis, with no option for an Alcantara keyboard deck and only one color to choose from: Platinum.

You can also get the Surface Laptop 4 in multiple colors including Platinum, Black, Sandstone, and Ice Blue. Surface Laptop 4 features an aluminum chassis, with some models coming with an Alcantara fabric keyboard base. They're both available in 13.5-inch and 15-inch variants, but that's pretty much where the similarities end. One is a traditional ultrabook laptop, and the other is a 2-in-1 detachable with a unique hinge design. The designs of the Surface Laptop 4 and the Surface Book 3 couldn't be more different.

AMD models now have Wi-Fi 6 and LPDDR4x.

15-inch models are only Core i7 or AMD Ryzen 7.

Ice Blue with Alcantara (13.5-inch Intel only).

Up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB storage (Intel only).

AMD Ryzen 4000 and Radeon Graphics (Surface Edition).

Intel 11th Gen Core processors with Iris Xe Graphics.

1x USB-C, 1x USB-A, 1x Surface Connect, 3.5 mm headphone jackġx USB-C, 2x USB-A, 1x Surface Connect, 3.5 mm headphone jack

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