The 15-inch model starts at $2,299.99, and the model I’ve been testing totals up to $2,799.99 with 32GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. I’ve spent the past week putting the 15-inch Surface Book 3 through its paces. If you put it side by side with a Book 2, the Book 3 looks identical, and inside, there are a few modest upgrades that are expected in 2020: more powerful GPUs, the latest Intel processor, up to 32GB of RAM, and faster SSDs on some models. Unfortunately, no big changes have arrived this time around.

Microsoft’s 15-inch Surface Book 2 was largely just a refinement over the original model - released nearly five years ago - so I was really hoping the company was holding back some big changes for the Surface Book 3. I’ve been waiting for the Surface Book 3 for two and a half years.