Oh how far we've come, when you hear the words "Only 10 hours of battery life" hahaha. Only a few years ago laptops were lucky to get 3-4 hours just doing super basic tasks with the brightness as low as you could stand.
Having the processor in the screen half and the GPU in the keyboard half is just such a great idea thermally. Most laptops with a 965M are much heavier 15 inch models. Even without the touchscreen or tablet parts, I hope others start doing this just for the higher allowable GPU TDP.
At 8:50 you said the only way to get 2 or more monitors, additional USB ports, and an ethernet adapter on one dock is to get the MS docking station. This is not true. I just purchased one of these for a coworker and used an HP 3005pr USB 3.0 port replicator and it works great. The port replicator includes an HDMI and DisplayPort jack to hook up multiple monitors (yes you can use them both and get dual screens), 6 additional USB ports, plus an ethernet jack.
All my school lectures are in powerpoint slides so I use my pen a lot. Definitely the best school laptop out there. Try doodling on diagrams, physics, math and chem problems on other computers. It's a nightmare. I take notes directly on the PP slide while in fullscreen mode.
i love drawing on these tablets. i have thrown away paper. im going to buy a used one today, if you click my picture you will go to my channel, i have a video up of some of my drawings on such a tablet. good luck to you.
Despite not all of its unique features appealing to all customers, the Surface Book does nail many of the key points of a great laptop: -Great Screen -Good Battery -Strong Performance -Sturdy and Attractive Design
The pricing is a joke they can only get away with because nobody else has this form factor. If you don't draw on it, there is no point in shelling out $1000 more than a comparable laptop from another manufacturer.
The reason it is so expensive is that they want their hardware partners to come in and under cut them. MS knows that their advantage over Apple is in variety and they don't want to lose that by pushing out Dell, Lenovo, etc.
To be fair i think the surface book competes directly with the macbook so the price isn't an issue, if you are in certain fields you don't care that much about price to a certain degree but rather if it makes you more productive and your day to day operations less of a pain. I am actually super interested in the surface book from a hardware perspective, the only problem is the software side and i don't see that changing anytime soon for most people in my field (Web Design&Development) .
***** This laptop is meant as a technology demonstration. They made it good for students and artists because they saw it as an area their hardware partners weren't serving well enough.
Yup, just returned my MacBook pro and I am going to either get this or the new Dell XPS 15 once its available. But also considering holding off until October/September when microsoft releases the new surface line, can't wait!
yea, I believe if Microsoft includes everything it should have and improves the fulcrum hinge and shrinks the bezel to actually make it a 14 inch, wow, imagine that.
I AM IRONCLAW! Could be a monitor so he an make sure that the camera is functioning properly. If you watch Casey Neistat, that's the reason he wears the sunglasses so we can't see his eyes look at the monitor. Could also be some notes
Andrew Voigt Why would I be butthurt, Trump won lol. Though, I was just joking. While I have actually lost my respect for that guy, I was never his fan so it doesn't really matter.
I wanted to save money and buy a Lenovo 910 or x360 but they are removing the digitizers and active pens. I don't understand why when they kept it on their cheaper modes and one of the main selling points of a hybrid is the ability to use it
Excellent video and review. I too have had the Surface Book for about a year and had significant difficulty with it's "bugginess" to the point that I was about to jumps ship and go to a Mac, but MS seems to have fixed most of the issues. What I'd like to know, and what doesn't seem to get addressed in most review videos, is comparing the ecosystems between competitors. If this machine is targeting people who would normally be considering a Mac, it would be so helpful to have a rundown as to what the Windows ecosystem offers vs. the Mac.
I have the surface pro 4, originally got it as a tablet subsitute but now it's also replaced my laptop which I have sold. Monster machine! And more worth it than the book imo.
OH REALLY? surface pro that ultimate??!! i got one too.. and it took just three and half hours to low bat.. I work painting on ps and sketchbook everyday
I've had mine for a long time 4-5 months and I'm happy i never had the problems you had with it. But i had one that you didn't. When you flip the clipboard, and incline your screen to draw or photoshop, once every hour i think, the screen freezes for a second. Sometimes it's annoying, but no piece of hardware is perfect. Although, i recomend it at a 100%.
i am still using this SurfaceBook as my major laptop, even though I have a 2019 iPad, an old Macbook Air, but this SurfaceBook is still by far the most practical in-office laptop!
thx you. was considering this but after looking at this will wait till next year for #2. others top sites reviews stated 16+ hours of battery and your seems the correct amount. thx
Only the base is different, but I have to buy a whole new device? Let me know when they actually release a full upgraded product or just the upgraded part by itself.
I have the old version, and it sounds like they really didn't change anything. NOTE: I can't stand the screen resolution. It's horrible when dealing with screen recording, and many programs hate it. Even Microsoft's programs are almost impossible to read, and isn't friendly with the resolution.
no they didn't change anything because it's just a refresh. Surfacebook 2 isn't coming out until spring I never have issues with Office, Powerpoint looks is much better on this.
Surface and Sufacebook are like the most successful laptops" in my university. Everyone takes notes directly into the scripts and other documents. Seems like a great product to me :D
OK people. I am thinking of buying a SB1 with performance base. *Do you think it's still worth it in 2018? What are your experiences?* It'll be my main workstation for business. I'll mostly use it with the Surface Dock (dual screen), for photo editing and magazine publishing. I may occasionally play about with some video editing too. Specs are: i7 (6th gen) 512GB 16GB RAM Nvidia dGPU
great review. I've got the middle option from last year and it's easily the best laptop I've ever owned/used. I use the pen relatively frequently to take notes in class. I don't game but I do run a gamit of computing software packages. I'm glad you brought up that the top screen disconnects at start up I've also found that if you move the screen it will disconnect for a second or two. that's my only complaint about the laptop though.
I am using it in clipboard mode quite often but I am still going to school. So ONENOTE is pretty great. In my experince you only need the right backpack and the pen will fit quite good in my experince.
I would definetly get the older model, the newest model has a few spec upgrades, but those are not worth the price. The surface book has decreased in price, so you are getting more bang for your buck than ever. I have the older model and I love it. Hope this helps.
lonelywuffy if you can wait, wait for the surface book that hv Pascal gpu,pascal gpu hv almost same performance as desktop grade gpu,which is huge performance increase
Can you please try out the connector on the screen part, I think there is a hope for MSB to connect to an eGPU if MS is willing to release the specification of the connector or someone can work out how to do it, this can be a huge potential for MSB to match the current laptop market with other competitors' products such as Razer books, Dell XPS, and HP spectre-13
I love the features of this laptop, but it's really difficult for a custom gaming PC guy like me to buy 2015 hardware in late 2016/early 2017... really all that's holding me back
Battery degradation ? I've got a 2013 Macbook air, and the battery lasts only for 3-4 hours now (It's supposed to last 12 !). Every lithium-ion battery degrades.
Would you recommend this surface on 2020? I've found really good deals around 650 $ . I'm a network engineer so I use I really bit virtualization, max 2 virtual machines. Also I use my desktop PC to deploy heavier task. What do you think ?
do u get worried if the hinge and detatchment mech might get damaged from weight being on the device? does it make ur backpack lopsided if you put it in a laptop pocket in "portrait" position?
Anyone thinking about signing up for a Premium account on tested.com, don't bother. They rarely post anything for the Premium members anymore. It's been 6 weeks since the last thing (which was a bunch of videos about that North Pole trip or whatever) and 2+ months prior to that. It's a bit of a con.
Well this shows that they care more about your money than their customers... Right? They are relying on return customers, instead of releasing the best products that they can. And who wants 8gb, wouldn't that have you in page file almost most of the time, sucking up performance?
I'm personally gonna wait for the next generation when they add the GTX 1060, I will not only have a reliable school laptop but I will also be able to play most games on good settings.
The objections to the Surface Book, here and elsewhere are: 1 - lapability. The screen wobbles in laptop mode when touched 2 - the fulcrum hinge creates an objectionable gap "Could accumulate lint" according to one reviewer. 3 - battery life of the detached clipboard/tablet is weak. 4 - not a sufficient platform for video editing. "The Ultimate Editing Machine - Not!" one reviewer complained. 5 - headphone jack misplaced - top of screen vs. bottom 6 - keyboard a bit mushy 7 - Trackpad not responsive 8 - WIN10 not stable 9 - lack of WIN10 specific apps 10 - "It's not as good as/I've always used/serious designers only use" a Mac. 11 - Not a gaming machine Those are the biggies. There are many more. My group of collaborators began to tire of the lack of refresh in the Apple line of desk/laptops. Understand, we are a very agnostic group. You can fall in love with another person. Anything else and you are just plain weird. We only want to provide value to our clients. Technology is a productivity investment. Each of us has a history of experience with machines, operating systems and apps dating to 1982! We were limping along on some 4 to 10 year old, mostly Apple, machines. We like to suck every last ounce of value out of our investments before anything is discarded! But we've always been a mixed group. The time came in early 2015 to bust the budget and buy new hardware. Most of us - but not all - have to be mobile all the time. After lots of research and loud arguments, we pulled the trigger on a 5 new machines. Purchased over a 14 month period, all were Surface Books. Min config - i5, 8 gb, 256 SSD, separate graphics processor. Max config - i7, 16 GB, 1TB SSD, separate graphics processor. We are a design house dependent on Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, & Iinvision, All are running on our new platform. Answers: 1 - Wobble: We don't need touch when in laptop mode. 2 - Fulcrum hinge gap: A dirty backpack is bad for lots of reasons. We keep our portable machines in sleeves. 3 - Battery life when detached: We don't use the clipboard all day. It is "The Ultimate Laptop." 4 - Insufficient for video editing. "The Ultimate Editing Machine - Not!" one reviewer complained. The tricked out I7 model has never let us down. 5 - Headphone jack misplaced. Get a life. 6 - Keyboard a bit mushy. We love it! 7 - Trackpad not responsive. Ours are. 8 - WIN10 not stable. Get off the Insider program! We have four production machines on W10 Pro (whatever is the most recent non-Insider release) and one experimental machine on the Insider Ring. Standard release is rock solid. 9 - lack of WIN10 specific apps - Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, & Iinvision work fine for us. 10 - "It's not as good as/I've always used/serious designers only use" a Mac. We used to agree with this. 11 - Not a gaming machine. Right.
Thanks for the design house feedback, Bob. So video editing, utilising PP and AE, is relatively glitch free? The portability and touch aspects appeal to me, as is my interest in seeing how SB (i7/16Gb) performs with my design/layout prog of choice, Xara.
"relatively" is a tough one. Our video editors complained of the small form-factor - not any glitches or rendering delays. On the initial pass, they got the completely tricked out i7 machines. Since then, we've put a couple of tricked our Studios in the mix and everyone is happy. Except for one thing: the absolute impossibility of upgrading any of these machines by users. We were accustomed to period upgrades done in-house especially memory, storage and graphics. Our Lead Nerd has already opened cases on the Studio and Book. His assessment of upgradability/replacement - "Epically Hopeless."
This or MBU 15 (2015 retina) or razer blade? I mainly use PS, Ai, AE and final cut pro (looking forward to shifting to premiere) in my college and for works. The idea of drawing screen is enticing for such a great avenue of design work but im not a fan of tablet laptops. I care about: 1. great screen 2. fast boot and processes 3. can easy render 4. powerful but easy to use.
Didn't see much on performance here. Skipped through a lot of the video to find more gameplay footage or benchmark stuff. Probably should change the title.
I am using my brothers surface book right now and it is the best laptop ever, but also I found some of battery claims to not at all be true with my usage. The clipboard alone lasts 4 to 5 hours and with the keyboard it's just unbelievable . My brother takes it to work without his charger because it easily lasts whole day. Also, I have the i7 dgpu edition, the one that came out last year, and it can run Farcry 4, Battlefield and even GTA 5. So I don't know why he said that it was only good for Rocket League and such. Also I use the tablet with the screen reversed alot, as browsing on the 3:2 screen is just perfect.
wow i was really hoping for this base to be interchangeable which it sucks that its not but i guess its all a business thing unfortunately maybe in the future that will be how this goes
im a incoming college freshman studying medicine looking for something similar to this, something to take notes on, do homework on and also just enjoy the other factors that come with having a laptop, but do i need an much power like an i7? i dont want to spend too much money for power when im just going to use it for school.
Its pretty damn good for the portability. I have one and have used many other laptops and its by far one of the lightest ultrabooks + I can get WORK done on it (3D Graphics, CAD, PS, Illus, ID), like legit work, not excel/word.
I don't think spec lockdown is the reason it doesn't have a Pascal GPU. The lowest power Pascal GPU uses 70W (mobile variant of the 1060 3G), there's no way a notebook the size of the Surface Book could manage that. I don't know what the mobile variant of the 1050 will use, I haven't seen any machines with it yet.
Come on, guys. If the Microsoft (or Astro, or any other company) gave you a product to advertise on your channel - just call it as it is; an "advertising", not a "review". Just be honest with your viewers...
If you absolutely are force to buy the i5 8gb 128gb without the dgpu is it still a good machine am curious how good performance still is without the dgpu specifically for 2d digital art with the pen
Oh cool! A built in screen defroster. Always wanted one of those.
I like how you guys talk more in detail about battery. Many reviews just read the number from website without using it.
Oh how far we've come, when you hear the words "Only 10 hours of battery life" hahaha. Only a few years ago laptops were lucky to get 3-4 hours just doing super basic tasks with the brightness as low as you could stand.
I have a 17 year old laptop that averages 8 hours battery easy........... battery is the original that came with it
+Ved Patel yup o sure don't, there's no way, no possibility, just completely impossible, why the fuck would I lie about something so petty?
Having the processor in the screen half and the GPU in the keyboard half is just such a great idea thermally. Most laptops with a 965M are much heavier 15 inch models. Even without the touchscreen or tablet parts, I hope others start doing this just for the higher allowable GPU TDP.
At 8:50 you said the only way to get 2 or more monitors, additional USB ports, and an ethernet adapter on one dock is to get the MS docking station. This is not true. I just purchased one of these for a coworker and used an HP 3005pr USB 3.0 port replicator and it works great. The port replicator includes an HDMI and DisplayPort jack to hook up multiple monitors (yes you can use them both and get dual screens), 6 additional USB ports, plus an ethernet jack.
Should have had you script closer to the camera.
lol I noticed that too. I was like uhhh is he cross eyed?
that was mean :)
I thought you were making a racist comment about Asians and squinting but then I realized that he does look like he's looking a bit to his left
brokenrobotvideo she
All my school lectures are in powerpoint slides so I use my pen a lot.
Definitely the best school laptop out there. Try doodling on diagrams, physics, math and chem problems on other computers. It's a nightmare. I take notes directly on the PP slide while in fullscreen mode.
Nice. I've been waiting for Norm's new surfacebook i7 review. Thanks a lot for very informative review, Norm!
i would love to see an artist review this. someone who fully shows the pen features etc and heck maybe even an art demo :)
i love drawing on these tablets. i have thrown away paper. im going to buy a used one today, if you click my picture you will go to my channel, i have a video up of some of my drawings on such a tablet. good luck to you.
Despite not all of its unique features appealing to all customers, the Surface Book does nail many of the key points of a great laptop:
-Great Screen
-Good Battery
-Strong Performance
-Sturdy and Attractive Design
As well as ports!! (Ahem Apple)
And ports. ;3
personally the price is still an ouch. like 2500 ?
i would rather get like an xps 13 or razer blade
His being held hostage!
Ok
The pricing is a joke they can only get away with because nobody else has this form factor. If you don't draw on it, there is no point in shelling out $1000 more than a comparable laptop from another manufacturer.
DarkHalmut pretty much
The reason it is so expensive is that they want their hardware partners to come in and under cut them. MS knows that their advantage over Apple is in variety and they don't want to lose that by pushing out Dell, Lenovo, etc.
To be fair i think the surface book competes directly with the macbook so the price isn't an issue, if you are in certain fields you don't care that much about price to a certain degree but rather if it makes you more productive and your day to day operations less of a pain. I am actually super interested in the surface book from a hardware perspective, the only problem is the software side and i don't see that changing anytime soon for most people in my field (Web Design&Development) .
DarkHalmut so because you personally don't use some features this should be cheaper?! because f**k logic
***** This laptop is meant as a technology demonstration. They made it good for students and artists because they saw it as an area their hardware partners weren't serving well enough.
Not to bash on Apple, without Steve Jobs, Apple is a soulless shell of its former self.
totally agree
i don't really like apple even though i own an ipad, but you're right.
Yup, just returned my MacBook pro and I am going to either get this or the new Dell XPS 15 once its available. But also considering holding off until October/September when microsoft releases the new surface line, can't wait!
I'm holding off. I think oct 2017 surface will have a lot of advantages: usb-c/TB3 charging. 10 series gpu and kabylake processor.
yea, I believe if Microsoft includes everything it should have and improves the fulcrum hinge and shrinks the bezel to actually make it a 14 inch, wow, imagine that.
video is called "tested" I skip to halfway point and the guy is still bouncing his hands around the computer talking about it. 10/10
Why is he looking to the side all the time? Got notes there maybe to help him remember what to talk about and specific details?
I AM IRONCLAW! Could be a monitor so he an make sure that the camera is functioning properly. If you watch Casey Neistat, that's the reason he wears the sunglasses so we can't see his eyes look at the monitor. Could also be some notes
Teleprompter maybe?
Casey Neisat is a bigot. No one cares about what he does.
Conservative Developer Butthurt? I don't like Clinton but don't be such a hater
Andrew Voigt Why would I be butthurt, Trump won lol.
Though, I was just joking. While I have actually lost my respect for that guy, I was never his fan so it doesn't really matter.
I wanted to save money and buy a Lenovo 910 or x360 but they are removing the digitizers and active pens. I don't understand why when they kept it on their cheaper modes and one of the main selling points of a hybrid is the ability to use it
Exactly!very frustrating indeed!
Excellent video and review. I too have had the Surface Book for about a year and had significant difficulty with it's "bugginess" to the point that I was about to jumps ship and go to a Mac, but MS seems to have fixed most of the issues. What I'd like to know, and what doesn't seem to get addressed in most review videos, is comparing the ecosystems between competitors. If this machine is targeting people who would normally be considering a Mac, it would be so helpful to have a rundown as to what the Windows ecosystem offers vs. the Mac.
Very nice video , good review!
now i expect dog every time when i see Norm
I presume Norm was looking off screen to read his talking points but i found it distracting. The review itself was excellent, good job guys.
I have the surface pro 4, originally got it as a tablet subsitute but now it's also replaced my laptop which I have sold. Monster machine! And more worth it than the book imo.
OH REALLY? surface pro that ultimate??!! i got one too.. and it took just three and half hours to low bat.. I work painting on ps and sketchbook everyday
Yngwiemalmsteen Yngwiemalmsteen Doing what? It's a great machine, but it's a tablet. If you use PS on it ofc youre gonna drain it faster. Just plug.
why do I feel like you're working for Microsoft (because you're saying thing in their ads)
Nice Review Adams. Surface Book 2 is the next video I want to watch and understand the difference between the two.
Look at me when you talk to me!
Is this seriously a thing people care about?
+fptnz I know right, you can still read a scrip and still be honest male you think of things you would never have
I've had mine for a long time 4-5 months and I'm happy i never had the problems you had with it. But i had one that you didn't. When you flip the clipboard, and incline your screen to draw or photoshop, once every hour i think, the screen freezes for a second. Sometimes it's annoying, but no piece of hardware is perfect. Although, i recomend it at a 100%.
you gotta stop looking at the camera monitor and look dead into the lens - very detracting from the content
I got the first Surface Book, 256 8 i7.... and realy love it!!!! Great computer.
I m realy interested by the Wallpaper you have. Where can i find it?
i am still using this SurfaceBook as my major laptop, even though I have a 2019 iPad, an old Macbook Air, but this SurfaceBook is still by far the most practical in-office laptop!
Which surface book do you use?
2:30 that's why we have pencil cases 😉
Jack Budd how do you not have more like
thx you. was considering this but after looking at this will wait till next year for #2. others top sites reviews stated 16+ hours of battery and your seems the correct amount. thx
Your video was awesome! But I would love to ask a question? Is the screen 4k compatible?
Only the base is different, but I have to buy a whole new device? Let me know when they actually release a full upgraded product or just the upgraded part by itself.
If you're needing to plug an additional screen (or two) into your computer, you're probably not needing a surface book.
I have the old version, and it sounds like they really didn't change anything.
NOTE: I can't stand the screen resolution. It's horrible when dealing with screen recording, and many programs hate it. Even Microsoft's programs are almost impossible to read, and isn't friendly with the resolution.
no they didn't change anything because it's just a refresh. Surfacebook 2 isn't coming out until spring
I never have issues with Office, Powerpoint looks is much better on this.
Yea i think your issues are due to the way you have things setup not the hardwear choices.
Surface and Sufacebook are like the most successful laptops" in my university. Everyone takes notes directly into the scripts and other documents. Seems like a great product to me :D
i feel like there are a whole host of ways to optimize this ultrabook, perhaps gen 4 will be the most refined
OK people. I am thinking of buying a SB1 with performance base. *Do you think it's still worth it in 2018? What are your experiences?*
It'll be my main workstation for business. I'll mostly use it with the Surface Dock (dual screen), for photo editing and magazine publishing. I may occasionally play about with some video editing too.
Specs are:
i7 (6th gen)
512GB
16GB RAM
Nvidia dGPU
great review. I've got the middle option from last year and it's easily the best laptop I've ever owned/used. I use the pen relatively frequently to take notes in class. I don't game but I do run a gamit of computing software packages. I'm glad you brought up that the top screen disconnects at start up I've also found that if you move the screen it will disconnect for a second or two. that's my only complaint about the laptop though.
if it WAS one of the new 10 series, that would be ggwp
I am using it in clipboard mode quite often but I am still going to school. So ONENOTE is pretty great. In my experince you only need the right backpack and the pen will fit quite good in my experince.
Buy this model or wait for the new surface book in less than 8 months?
lonelywuffy this model
I would definetly get the older model, the newest model has a few spec upgrades, but those are not worth the price. The surface book has decreased in price, so you are getting more bang for your buck than ever. I have the older model and I love it. Hope this helps.
lonelywuffy if you can wait, wait for the surface book that hv Pascal gpu,pascal gpu hv almost same performance as desktop grade gpu,which is huge performance increase
i need to know your experience with the surface book? cz im looking to buy SP4 or SB but i dont know what to buy
MrWanted000 same
Can you please try out the connector on the screen part, I think there is a hope for MSB to connect to an eGPU if MS is willing to release the specification of the connector or someone can work out how to do it, this can be a huge potential for MSB to match the current laptop market with other competitors' products such as Razer books, Dell XPS, and HP spectre-13
I'm curious to know what Adam thinks of the new MacGyver series
Hi,
Were can we get this cool wallpaper ?
Thanks
I love the features of this laptop, but it's really difficult for a custom gaming PC guy like me to buy 2015 hardware in late 2016/early 2017... really all that's holding me back
Which model is worth (gives me more bang for my buck) more, the original or the Performance Base?
I have a case where you can actually slide it into a part of the case so it doesn't need to rely on the magnets.
Battery degradation ? I've got a 2013 Macbook air, and the battery lasts only for 3-4 hours now (It's supposed to last 12 !). Every lithium-ion battery degrades.
Would you recommend this surface on 2020? I've found really good deals around 650 $ . I'm a network engineer so I use I really bit virtualization, max 2 virtual machines. Also I use my desktop PC to deploy heavier task. What do you think ?
I think you forgot to mention that the facecam for the laptop is also very good, I think you forgot about that, I wasn't listening that well xD
I dont know if you talked about it elsewhere but which video editing software are you using.
plesae review Lenovo Yoga 910, seems like a decent rival to MS Surface
What's the difference between the surface book and the surface book with performance base?
Are the keys metal?
Aluminum Magnesium composite.
do u get worried if the hinge and detatchment mech might get damaged from weight being on the device? does it make ur backpack lopsided if you put it in a laptop pocket in "portrait" position?
Doing montage using touchpad? You're a maniac, Norm, no offense.
Needing a laptop for Uni, time to replace my surface 3 should I buy this?
Can you take your older screen and pop it onto the newer dock?
I feeel special when I am this early
well since you mentioned that you Adobe Premiere for video editing, I'm wondering why I keep looking at you all the time in this video...
Anyone thinking about signing up for a Premium account on tested.com, don't bother. They rarely post anything for the Premium members anymore. It's been 6 weeks since the last thing (which was a bunch of videos about that North Pole trip or whatever) and 2+ months prior to that. It's a bit of a con.
peformance at a such small form factor and beauty, I wish.
Well this shows that they care more about your money than their customers... Right? They are relying on return customers, instead of releasing the best products that they can. And who wants 8gb, wouldn't that have you in page file almost most of the time, sucking up performance?
need this for college
Can we swap the base(keyboard and stuff) between the two I'm curious to know ... ;) nice video btw
MrThuthur I think not now but that's the plan moving forward? Can't remember fully
You have to reset the thing 1 out of 20 uses?! That's where Apple's closed circuit shines.
I'm personally gonna wait for the next generation when they add the GTX 1060, I will not only have a reliable school laptop but I will also be able to play most games on good settings.
Great 12 month review
Why not just put the pen in another compartment on ur backpack? ... lol I would absolutely love to have this machine.
Hey Norman, do you edit your Inspire1 (pro) 4k material with that surface?
Link to wallpaper?
i also want the wallpaper i have looked for 30 mins on google images cant find it
Also looking for this...
i screen clipped it
evolvelawnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/PowderSplash.jpg
thank you so much greatly appreciated
I wish a clipboard could have a kickstand.
thanks for the video...how do I recognize in a shop that it's the new 2016 model with performance base? what are distinctive features?
God, I would love this, but it's so expensive for what I want.
The objections to the Surface Book, here and elsewhere are:
1 - lapability. The screen wobbles in laptop mode when touched
2 - the fulcrum hinge creates an objectionable gap "Could accumulate lint" according to one reviewer.
3 - battery life of the detached clipboard/tablet is weak.
4 - not a sufficient platform for video editing. "The Ultimate Editing Machine - Not!" one reviewer complained.
5 - headphone jack misplaced - top of screen vs. bottom
6 - keyboard a bit mushy
7 - Trackpad not responsive
8 - WIN10 not stable
9 - lack of WIN10 specific apps
10 - "It's not as good as/I've always used/serious designers only use" a Mac.
11 - Not a gaming machine
Those are the biggies. There are many more.
My group of collaborators began to tire of the lack of refresh in the Apple line of desk/laptops. Understand, we are a very agnostic group. You can fall in love with another person. Anything else and you are just plain weird. We only want to provide value to our clients. Technology is a productivity investment. Each of us has a history of experience with machines, operating systems and apps dating to 1982!
We were limping along on some 4 to 10 year old, mostly Apple, machines. We like to suck every last ounce of value out of our investments before anything is discarded! But we've always been a mixed group. The time came in early 2015 to bust the budget and buy new hardware. Most of us - but not all - have to be mobile all the time. After lots of research and loud arguments, we pulled the trigger on a 5 new machines. Purchased over a 14 month period, all were Surface Books. Min config - i5, 8 gb, 256 SSD, separate graphics processor. Max config - i7, 16 GB, 1TB SSD, separate graphics processor.
We are a design house dependent on Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, & Iinvision, All are running on our new platform. Answers:
1 - Wobble: We don't need touch when in laptop mode.
2 - Fulcrum hinge gap: A dirty backpack is bad for lots of reasons. We keep our portable machines in sleeves.
3 - Battery life when detached: We don't use the clipboard all day. It is "The Ultimate Laptop."
4 - Insufficient for video editing. "The Ultimate Editing Machine - Not!" one reviewer complained. The tricked out I7 model has never let us down.
5 - Headphone jack misplaced. Get a life.
6 - Keyboard a bit mushy. We love it!
7 - Trackpad not responsive. Ours are.
8 - WIN10 not stable. Get off the Insider program! We have four production machines on W10 Pro (whatever is the most recent non-Insider release) and one experimental machine on the Insider Ring. Standard release is rock solid.
9 - lack of WIN10 specific apps - Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, & Iinvision work fine for us.
10 - "It's not as good as/I've always used/serious designers only use" a Mac. We used to agree with this.
11 - Not a gaming machine. Right.
Thanks for the design house feedback, Bob. So video editing, utilising PP and AE, is relatively glitch free? The portability and touch aspects appeal to me, as is my interest in seeing how SB (i7/16Gb) performs with my design/layout prog of choice, Xara.
"relatively" is a tough one. Our video editors complained of the small form-factor - not any glitches or rendering delays. On the initial pass, they got the completely tricked out i7 machines. Since then, we've put a couple of tricked our Studios in the mix and everyone is happy. Except for one thing: the absolute impossibility of upgrading any of these machines by users. We were accustomed to period upgrades done in-house especially memory, storage and graphics. Our Lead Nerd has already opened cases on the Studio and Book. His assessment of upgradability/replacement - "Epically Hopeless."
great review
This or MBU 15 (2015 retina) or razer blade? I mainly use PS, Ai, AE and final cut pro (looking forward to shifting to premiere) in my college and for works. The idea of drawing screen is enticing for such a great avenue of design work but im not a fan of tablet laptops. I care about: 1. great screen 2. fast boot and processes 3. can easy render 4. powerful but easy to use.
Didn't see much on performance here. Skipped through a lot of the video to find more gameplay footage or benchmark stuff. Probably should change the title.
I am using my brothers surface book right now and it is the best laptop ever, but also I found some of battery claims to not at all be true with my usage. The clipboard alone lasts 4 to 5 hours and with the keyboard it's just unbelievable . My brother takes it to work without his charger because it easily lasts whole day.
Also, I have the i7 dgpu edition, the one that came out last year, and it can run Farcry 4, Battlefield and even GTA 5. So I don't know why he said that it was only good for Rocket League and such.
Also I use the tablet with the screen reversed alot, as browsing on the 3:2 screen is just perfect.
wow i was really hoping for this base to be interchangeable which it sucks that its not but i guess its all a business thing unfortunately maybe in the future that will be how this goes
im a incoming college freshman studying medicine looking for something similar to this, something to take notes on, do homework on and also just enjoy the other factors that come with having a laptop, but do i need an much power like an i7? i dont want to spend too much money for power when im just going to use it for school.
4:03 wait, you had to hard reset to get it working?!
nah, i'm sure he meant restart it
as in press the power button for several seconds and let it boot up
Firdaus Fauzi +Njoi Fontes
So a soft reset, not a hard reset. A hard reset is a factory reset.
6 or 7 hours of battery life is still twice as much as i have to get through my day 😂😂😂
The vent at the top of the keyboard is not new... The fans internally may be but mine has the vent.
best laptop ever!
Its pretty damn good for the portability. I have one and have used many other laptops and its by far one of the lightest ultrabooks + I can get WORK done on it (3D Graphics, CAD, PS, Illus, ID), like legit work, not excel/word.
Eranga De Zoysa Is the pen useful when you need to create and edit masks in Photoshop?
@android no but it's godly for powerpoint school lectures.
That lag when scrolling webpages....
I think what you were saying is photoshop
Norm, please look consistently into the camera. Moving your eyes left-right is pretty irritating
man... the price is $1500 more expensive than a fully-loaded macbook pro 2016, but it doesn't have any fast ports and it has fewer ssd capacity
the future is comming :) few more years, then well finally have really portable gaming rigs
Umm, you can already get laptops with up to 1080's in them! and many have two cards in SLI.
I mean reaally thin and light ones tho :)
I don't think spec lockdown is the reason it doesn't have a Pascal GPU. The lowest power Pascal GPU uses 70W (mobile variant of the 1060 3G), there's no way a notebook the size of the Surface Book could manage that. I don't know what the mobile variant of the 1050 will use, I haven't seen any machines with it yet.
Come on, guys. If the Microsoft (or Astro, or any other company) gave you a product to advertise on your channel - just call it as it is; an "advertising", not a "review". Just be honest with your viewers...
He should get glasses that aren't so huge, his eyes are at the top and the rest just show his cheek
DO A TRIPLE MONITOR SETUP PLEASE- NEED TO SEE A DEMO OF THE SURFACE BOOK POWERING THREE MONITORS VIA ITS DOCK - PLEASE??????
If you absolutely are force to buy the i5 8gb 128gb without the dgpu is it still a good machine am curious how good performance still is without the dgpu specifically for 2d digital art with the pen
What about the ssd write speeds? And Marvell chip?
can you guys review the hp specter x360 13/15inch 2017 versions. I think you guys would love it. 👍
I am hoping to get the Surface Book for Christmas. Could I play games like TERA on it!??
Do you think they will reveal the Surface Book 2 and Surface Pro 5 around March when the Creators update hits?
im cant predict but this is just like an iphone 6s. just wait next year, many new tech will come out .
1:23 Steam notification spotted ! What games are you playing in general? (Don't know if they answer to comments though)
Is that 3D printer behind you?