It’s heavy inside my Peak Design Everyday Backpack, ISM Classic, Victorinox Flapover Altmont and just about any other bag you may find yourself putting one into. I of course knew that from the beginning, trading off the weight for that transformative goodness and sleek design Microsoft’s Surface range is known for all these years. The Surface Book series still weighs above 1.5kg, a noticeable heft like you’ve put some big rocks inside your backpack. The ability to detach the screen to the base and possess solid power is the best of both worlds. So with that in mind, here’s summarising all of what the first generation Surface Book has been for me.

Looks ancient now right? Back then, the Surface Pen which had 2048 pressure levels of sensitivity was included in the box which sadly no longer has been for a number of years now. It came with an NVIDIA® GeForce® dGPU with 1GB GDDR5 memory. It still has that fulcrum hinge that balances and connects the same 13.5″ PixelSense display used in Surface Book 3 to the base keyboard, which also contains the dedicated graphics card.īack in 2016, I invested in the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Dual-Core CPU with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. Since then, the design concept has remained largely the same which is good or tiring. So this is now two generations behind with the launch of the Surface Book 3. Well, it feels like one, year after year, after year.

That’s a serious testament to Microsoft’s hardware engineering and is exactly what I’d expect for a premium device. Solid Hardware That Has Your Back Acceptable Battery Life Tablet Battery However is Paltry Competent Performance, Left Wanting More Trackpad and Typing Symphony The Transformer Good IO Besides the Modern USB C Is The Surface Book 3 on My Radar?Ĭutting the drama aside, my Surface Book for all of these years continues to feel fluid and responsive, powering my creative software to do my work, still providing an excellent touch, pen, and typing experience.

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