Surface Book is a 2-in-1 PC designed and produced by Microsoft, part of the company's Surface line of personal computing devices.
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15 Facts About Surface Book
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Surface Book is distinguished from other Surface devices primarily by its full-sized, detachable keyboard, which uses a dynamic fulcrum hinge that expands when it is opened.
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Unlike Surface Pro devices, which are marketed as tablets, the Surface Book is marketed as a laptop, Microsoft's first device marketed as such.
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At the announcement, Panos Panay, corporate vice president for Surface Computing at Microsoft, initially presented the device as a laptop and positioned it as a competitor to the MacBook Pro, before revealing that it was a hybrid device, with a screen that could be detached and used with just the Surface Pen.
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Surface Book's design was influenced by a goal to design a 2-in-1 convertible tablet that could be folded like a laptop, and not require the keyboard to be heavier than the tablet portion in order to support and balance the tablet portion.
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The Surface Book's keyboard is considered a standard component of the device, and is bundled with all models.
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The Surface Book's keyboard utilizes a dynamic fulcrum hinge, which compresses when closed, and expands outwards when opened.
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Surface Book is the first Surface-family 2-in-1 to be shipped with a keyboard.
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Contrary to a Type Cover optional keyboard accessory of other Surface tablets, Surface Book's keyboard is a thick and sturdy part, capable of folding back behind the display.
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Surface Book models are built with a 6th generation Skylake Intel Core i5 or i7 processors.
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The Surface Book is able to connect and disconnect the discrete GPU automatically, on-the-fly and without an OS reboot needed, when user attaches and detaches the keyboard part.
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The base of this updated Surface Book is thicker than the original in order to incorporate an additional cooling fan for the new GPU and more internal batteries, allowing for an additional 4 hours of video playback - upping the total claimed runtime of the device to 16 hours.
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An additional issue raised by many Surface Book owners is problems with expanding lithium batteries that causes screen discoloration and separation of the screen from the body of the computer.
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Surface Book has had high return rates since its launch because of the issues it had.
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