Microsoft Surface Book i7 (2016) review:

Microsoft Surface Book i7 (2016) review:

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he Surface Book was Microsoft's first-ever laptop, and now it's back for an encore.

The Surface Book with Performance Base is an update to last year's Surface Book, a laptop with detaching tablet screen that had an iconic look and some pretty good -- and weird -- design flourishes.
What the Surface Book isn't is a Surface Pro sequel. The Surface Pro 4, released a year ago as well, hasn't been updated in 2016 (and isn't compatible with the Surface Book at all).

 


If you looked at Microsoft's Surface Book last year, lusted after it, but wanted it to be a more powerful computer, this is your answer. It's a better laptop, and a better experience. But in exchange for that power, it also gets a bit heavier.
The side edges feel the same, but there's a clear curving bulge on the base now. You won't notice it unless you stack these laptops side by side, but it's there.
Last year, we remarked that the Surface Book size and weight was comparable to the then-current MacBook Pro models. This year, the MacBooks got thinner and the Surface Book got thicker. The new Book with Performance Base ranges from 13mm thick at the front to 22.8mm thick in the back, and it weighs at least 3.62 pounds. Last year's version maxed at 3.5 pounds for the step-up model with Nvidia graphics.
It's a slightly heavier feel, but it's so close to last year's concept that a newcomer probably won't notice the difference.
 
If you looked at Microsoft's Surface Book last year, lusted after it, but wanted it to be a more powerful computer, this is your answer. It's a better laptop, and a better experience. But in exchange for that power, it also gets a bit heavier.
The side edges feel the same, but there's a clear curving bulge on the base now. You won't notice it unless you stack these laptops side by side, but it's there.
Last year, we remarked that the Surface Book size and weight was comparable to the then-current MacBook Pro models. This year, the MacBooks got thinner and the Surface Book got thicker. The new Book with Performance Base ranges from 13mm thick at the front to 22.8mm thick in the back, and it weighs at least 3.62 pounds. Last year's version maxed at 3.5 pounds for the step-up model with Nvidia graphics.
It's a slightly heavier feel, but it's so close to last year's concept that a newcomer probably won't notice the difference.
There's also still a weird gap between the top and base when closed, as if the whole Surface Book was a sheet of metal curved and folded in half. A gap-free, slimmer design would still be preferred.
But at least the Surface Book retains its classic ports. Unlike the MacBook Pro's crazy all-USB-C array, the Surface Book base has two USB-3 ports, a Mini DisplayPort and an SD card slot, plus Microsoft's magnetic charge connector. USB-C would have been nice, too, but for pros this is probably the preferred arrangement for the present.

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