The hybrid's 13.5-inch display is fairly standard in terms of diagonal size, but the use of a strange 3:2 aspect ratio makes the device a lot taller than competing products. The Book also features an incredibly interesting design. Entry-level models are equipped with an Intel 'Skylake' Core i5 CPU, 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of fast SSD storage, though you can configure the unit to have a Core i7 CPU, a dedicated Nvidia GPU, 16 GB of memory, and up to 1 TB of SSD space. When the two parts are connected, the Surface Book looks just like a laptop, but at the click of a button the display can be removed and the device used as a free-standing tablet.Īs Microsoft hopes that the Surface Book will finally be the hybrid that tempts traditional laptop users, there is no shortage of performance hardware inside. The device comes with a solid keyboard base, rather than a thin keyboard cover. The Surface Book is a laptop first and foremost. Acknowledging that is the case after three generations of Surface Pros, the company has taken alternate direction in the quest for the perfect hybrid. While Microsoft's line of Surface Pro tablets has proven popular among a certain crowd of productivity enthusiasts, they haven't managed to truly replace a laptop for most users.

The Surface Book is one of the most compelling products Microsoft has released in several years and for the first time in decades, the company's first laptop.

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