The 15-inch Surface Book 3 starts at $2,229 and goes well beyond $3,000 once you've configured it to your liking. For that reason, the Surface Book 3 ($2,299 starting, reviewed at $2,799) is a compelling device, even though not much has changed in the 2.5 years since the release of the Surface Book 2. The Surface Book 3 is the only product where you get a full tablet and laptop in a single package.

See our full Apple MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) review (opens in new tab). We will know more in a few weeks when we get our review units, but if we've learned anything from history, Apple battery life is usually a significant win for the company.

Although Apple has made the laptop chipsets more powerful, Apple remains power efficient, claiming to have 18 hours of battery life. According to Apple, the M2 Pro and Max boost performance by over 30% more powerful than its ancestor. The next chapter in Apple computing continues, and the company's bet on custom silicon continues to hit the jackpot. That means, once again, everything is riding on the new M2 SOC, and as per usual, Apple rises and surpasses the challenge. There's no flashy design update or extra ports to get excited about. And the climb seems even steeper this time. When Apple first released its new silicon on the world with the M1, it took the world by storm back in 2020. You also have the option with the Max chipset to bump up your RAM to a whopping 96GB. If you want to get it with the M2 Max chipset, which comes with a 12-Core CPU and 19-Core GPU, it also bumps you up to 32GB of RAM with the same 512Gb SSD, but it will cost you $2,899. The Base model 14-inch remains $1,999 with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. The M2 Pro chipset offers a 10-Core CPU and 16-Core GPU for improved performance. The newest MacBook Pros are hard to beat for content creators with funds in the budget in need of leveling up. Apple recently released its 2023 14-inch MacBook Pros featuring the maker's M2 Pro and Max series chipsets, and with pricing mainly remaining the same, it's a significant win.

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