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Microsoft Surface Book 3 will come to South Africa

Tech news 18 March 2021

Microsoft announced that it has launched the Surface Book 3 laptop in South Africa.

“We are excited to expand our Surface family with the addition of Surface Book 3 – our most powerful laptop yet,” said Microsoft South Africa’s Consumer and Channel Marketing Director, Vitesh Reddy.

“It is a portable powerhouse that provides the performance to tackle any task, from intensive video and graphic files to high-octane gaming.”

The Surface Book 3 is a hybrid laptop, which means it can be disconnected from its keyboard base and be used as a tablet and is available in 13 and 15-inch variants with a 1080p PixelSense touchscreen display.

The laptop is powered by a 10th-generation Intel i7 Quad-Core processor, the 13-inch variant uses an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q graphics card, while the 15-inch gets a GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q graphics card.

It comes with up to 32GB RAM and is available with 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB SSD storage and has a battery life of 17.5 hours.

Other features include dual far-field studio mics, Dolby Atmos Sound, and USB-A and USB-C ports.

Microsoft South Africa said the Surface Book 3 will start from R37 999, depending on the configuration.

It will be available from Incredible Connection stores.

Here are some specifications:

**Microsoft Surface Book 3**
Display	13-inch/15-inch 1080p touchscreen
Processor	Intel 10th-Gen i7 quad-core
GPU	Nvidia GTX 1650/GTX 1660 Ti/Quadro RTX 4000
RAM	up to 32GB
SSD	256GB/512GB/1TB
Battery life	17.5 hours