Microsoft Surface Book 2 Core i5-8350U 8GB 256GB 13.5in
$899.00
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8 years ago
Typing at work on Microsoft's new 15-inch Surface Book 2 , I can't shake the feeling that this thing's not for me. Don't get me wrong, it's a powerful laptop, it's beautiful, and the workspace its giant screen affords made me completely forget I wasn't seated at my desk with my usual 34-inch...
Pros:
- Great performance
- beautiful display
Cons:
- Big ideas that are more ambitious than useful
8 years ago
Microsoft's Giant Surface Book 2 Is Very Powerful, Very Fast, Very Pretentious
Pros:
- Great performance
- beautiful display
Cons:
- Big ideas that are more ambitious than useful
8 years ago
The Surface Book was an odd fish in a sea of 2-in-1 Surface wannabes. It was Microsoft's first attempt at building a proper laptop and it was good if a tad expensive. Now that the Surface Laptop is here, you might have forgiven Microsoft for conveniently shelving its ambitious detachable and...
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2
After a somewhat shaky start (excuse the pun), Microsoft's Surface Book has found its stride. The new and improved Book 2 retains all that was good about the original - including beautiful design, a versatile Clipboard and an excellent keyboard and trackpad - while introducing a handful of...
Pros:
- Beautiful design
- Clipboard works a treat
- Excellent keyboard and trackpad
- Gorgeous 3:2 PixelSense display
- Chart-topping battery life
- Fanless base specification
- Good range of accessories
Cons:
- Doesn't support Thunderbolt 3
- Surface Pen not included
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2
Microsoft have been striving to present a stark alternative to Apple's coffee-shop-ubiquitous Macbook line for a while now. In the past, their Surface range of (mostly) hybrid laptops/tablets have hardly been gaming machines, but that's now changed with current range-topper, the shockingly expensive...
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 (13.5-inch)
Like its larger sibling, the Microsoft Surface Book 2 (13.5-inch) is an excellent device, and one of the most powerful 2-in-1 devices we've tested. It has a premium design, excellent features and is a great showcase for Windows 10 - though it comes at a price.
Pros:
- Very good battery life
- Powerful
- Feels great to use as a tablet
- Fanless design
Cons:
- Very expensive
- Not as powerful as 15-inch model
- No Surface Pen included
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 13.5" Review: Much Needed Refinement
2015 seems to have been a turning point for Microsoft's Surface hardware initiative. Despite the failure of Windows RT and the associated Surface RT, the Intel-powered Surface was beginning to gain some real traction and notoriety with the Surface Pro 3 in late 2014, but was still fairly niche.
7 years ago
The Microsoft Surface Book offers a good keyboard and trackpad. It has a premium design with a great display and enough performance chops. However, it is expensive from every imaginable standard.
7 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2 Review: Windows Convertibles Are Cool Again, And Apple MacBook Pro Has Competition
The computing device ecosystem, the stage we are at right now, is not exactly headed in one simple direction. There is demand for ultraportable devices which are convenient to carry around. Some users prefer the hybrid model, which gives the flexibility between a laptop and a tablet.
8 years ago
Microsoft Surface Book 2
Given that, unless you're an Apple loyalist or simply need macOS software for work, it's hard to argue against a touch-enabled, gaming-ready system with fantastic battery life that can also become a tablet at the press of a button.
Pros:
- Premium alloy construction
- Elegant convertible design
- Sharp high-resolution touch display in new larger size
- Discrete Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics
- Very long battery life
- Multiple configuration options
- Xbox wireless controller receiver is integrated
Cons:
- 16GB RAM maximum
- Surface Pen is an additional purchase
- Adding SSD storage is pricey
- Some finicky issues required troubleshooting in our tests
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