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Past few weeks I was busy selling my old laptops and other gear, to recover enough money to buy the Surface Book. It has been 2 weeks of use, some quick feedback for those interested.
Firstly, this is a premium device and for obvious reason. The basic version starts $1499 (i5,8GB,128GB) and tops at $3199 (i7, 16GB, 1TB and dual GPU). The battery life is 12hrs, I am getting around 10hrs
Its primarily a laptop and works like one, but also has well engineered detachable screen to give better utility (typical 80% laptop 20% tablet workload).
The screen itself is the full PC, in a 7.7mm thin magnesium billed frame and very light weight. This makes it the thinnest Core i7 capable device in the market (hence the premium price). While the base is where the second GPU (NVIDIA GTX) and additional batteries and ports reside. Top and the base are connected via PCIe interface, and before disengaging the display the OS switches graphical processing from NVIDIA to built-in GPU
Few features stand out, and simple not available on any other PC out there. The display is 267ppi the most accurate color and high resolution screen available, coupled with pen that is almost writing on paper with lowest parallax. Keyboard is very impressive as well, with good travel and feel. Vastly improved touch pad that gets it in the same league as Apple in terms of response and control.
The game changing feature is the Hello authentication, just facing the screen you in instantly and securely. I tried showing my photograph, but that does not work. As it is very quick, you have an option, if enabled requires you to swing your face left-right to log in.
In terms of negatives, some driver tuning is still needed in terms of power management from Intel and NVIDIA. The Skylake processor has speed shift technology which will be enabled in November update.
So for professionals out there, this is the machine recommended. It is too expensive for just browsing and consumption workload
Firstly, this is a premium device and for obvious reason. The basic version starts $1499 (i5,8GB,128GB) and tops at $3199 (i7, 16GB, 1TB and dual GPU). The battery life is 12hrs, I am getting around 10hrs
Its primarily a laptop and works like one, but also has well engineered detachable screen to give better utility (typical 80% laptop 20% tablet workload).
The screen itself is the full PC, in a 7.7mm thin magnesium billed frame and very light weight. This makes it the thinnest Core i7 capable device in the market (hence the premium price). While the base is where the second GPU (NVIDIA GTX) and additional batteries and ports reside. Top and the base are connected via PCIe interface, and before disengaging the display the OS switches graphical processing from NVIDIA to built-in GPU
Few features stand out, and simple not available on any other PC out there. The display is 267ppi the most accurate color and high resolution screen available, coupled with pen that is almost writing on paper with lowest parallax. Keyboard is very impressive as well, with good travel and feel. Vastly improved touch pad that gets it in the same league as Apple in terms of response and control.
The game changing feature is the Hello authentication, just facing the screen you in instantly and securely. I tried showing my photograph, but that does not work. As it is very quick, you have an option, if enabled requires you to swing your face left-right to log in.
In terms of negatives, some driver tuning is still needed in terms of power management from Intel and NVIDIA. The Skylake processor has speed shift technology which will be enabled in November update.
So for professionals out there, this is the machine recommended. It is too expensive for just browsing and consumption workload
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