Microsoft Surface Book 2 Core i5-7300U 256GB 13.5in
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8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 Review
Microsoft's Surface Book 2 is the most technically impressive laptop we've ever tested.
Pros:
- Great keyboard and touchpad
- Versatile
- and light when used as a tablet
- Sharp
- high-contrast
- pixel-dense touchscreen
- Excellent performance in all areas
- Unparalleled battery life
Cons:
- Display's color accuracy could be better
- GTX 1060 held back by custom driver
- Extremely expensive
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 review: a powerful yet pricey laptop-tablet combo
With prices starting at £1,500, this isn't a casual purchase – but with its detachable screen, this could be the best Windows 10 power-user laptop going
Pros:
- excellent keyboard
- great trackpad
- brilliant screen
- great stylus
- 9-hour battery
- fancy hinge
- great 2-in-1 compromise
- USB A
- full-sized SD and USB-C
- Windows Hello
- Surface Dial support
- 8th generation Core i7 chips
- discrete GPU
Cons:
- Windows still has tablet app gap
- very expensive
- relatively heavy
- still a bit of play in the hinge
- no Thunderbolt 3
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 review: Undone by its own ambition
The Surface Book 2 is an excellent laptop than tries to do a bit too much for its own good. While it excels in a number of areas, it's forced to make a couple of disappointing compromises that stop it from achieving its full potential.
Pros:
- Excellent performance
- Superb screen
- Great keyboard
Cons:
- Expensive
- Surprisingly bulky
- Poor battery life
8 years ago
Review: Microsoft Surface Book 2
"... the Microsoft Surface Book 2 is a truly brilliant machine."
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 – nearly perfect (review)
It is hard to improve on perfection. Microsoft's Book design is unique, and given that others have not copied it will probably remain so.
Pros:
- It is unique
- for what it is it is nealy perfect
Cons:
- Wish it had Thunderbolt 3
7 years ago
This is a really fun and powerful laptop to use. This is my first SSD laptop so I'm really pleased with the boot time and wake=up. The face recognition seems to work well. I don't have or use the pen but I am using a Microsoft Bluetooth mouse which was very simple to install.
7 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 review: The perfect convertible that is powerful and versatile
Microsoft Surface Book 2 review: The Microsoft Surface Book is ideal for those who are creative and want power in the laptop to do whatever they want to do.
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 (13.5", i7, GTX 1050) Convertible Review
Microsoft promises a lot with the new Surface Book 2. The 13.5-inch convertible is a really good device in some respects, but we are sometimes wondering why the manufacturer ignores known issues or waives modern standards. Let us begin with the good things.
Pros:
- high-quality case
- very good screen without PWM
- high performance
- despite passive cooling
- very long battery runtime
- comfortable input devices
- decent camera
- often silent
Cons:
- very loud GPU fan (depending on the power setting
- power adapter not always sufficient
- no Thunderbolt 3
- Surface Pen not included anymore
- considerable throttling (especially CPU) on battery
- display bounces during touch inputs
- no LTE connectivity
- basically impossible to maintain
- long charging...
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2
There's a lot going on with the new Surface Book 2. It's not just a laptop, it's a laptop with the latest 8th-gen Intel Core-series CPUs . You can detach the screen and cart it around as a standalone tablet, or connect it to the keyboard base for extra battery life and graphics power.
Pros:
- The new Surface Book 2 adds a long list of worthy upgrades, from new CPUs and gamer-ready graphics cards to a bigger 15-inch version
- Battery life and performance are both excellent
Cons:
- The two-in-one design still feels awkward at times, and for some users, the detachable screen may be superfluous
- The most interesting new components are only available in very expensive configurations
8 years ago
Microsoft just announced a few brand new products: a pair of powerful new Surface Book 2 devices featuring and graphics, and a Surface Precision Mouse designed to be the perfect companion to the devices.
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