[video=youtube;4ck5RbTQj28]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ck5RbTQj28[/video]
Now there's two of them, with a GTX 1050/1060.
Man with a 1060 in it it's not just an office productivity machine anymore, it has similar specs to my laptop that I do VR demos on. Assuming it holds up in reviews I might actually be able to get a laptop with features like a detachable tablet screen and pen for note-taking, because at least until now I haven't seen any other laptop that combines those with solid performance.
Does anyone here use surface book?
How's the hinge?
I use a Surface Book and I love it. Don't really understand the controversy over the hinge. It looks and functions fine. If I didn't just buy a new phone, the 15" Book 2 would be pretty tempting, though my Book functions just as well as the day I got it.
That's actually pretty good. Was gonna get a precision or xps 15 as my next laptop, but huh, flipping the screen actually seems like it would be pretty useful at times.
Pretty amazing video too.
Too bad it is pretty damn expensive.
i7, 256GB, 8GB RAM, GTX 1050 (2GB) starts at 2250€.
You pay 600€ extra for double the RAM and SSD space.
1200€ (3449€) more for 1TB SSD and 16GB. What a joke.
No listing of the 1060 version but I can't see that be much cheaper.
You can get cheaper Max-Q laptops with a 1060/1050, they don't have the tablet functionality but perform better.
[QUOTE=Mitsuma;52789949]Pretty amazing video too.
Too bad it is pretty damn expensive.
i7, 256GB, 8GB RAM, GTX 1050 (2GB) starts at 2250€.
You pay 600€ extra for double the RAM and SSD space.
1200€ (3449€) more for 1TB SSD and 16GB. What a joke.
No listing of the 1060 version but I can't see that be much cheaper.[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure if it's different for EU but that sounds like you are looking at the 1060 one? The 1060 one is listed on the en-us website for $2499 at 256GB, $2899 for 512GB, and $3299 for 1TB. If anything would keep me from getting one of these it it'd probably that, I typically use a 256GB for an SSD and at least 750GB for main storage on my laptops. Pretty astronomical price to match what I currently have, I could get something with a 1070 for that price
[QUOTE=Elspin;52789972]I'm not sure if it's different for EU but that sounds like you are looking at the 1060 one? The 1060 one is listed on the en-us website for $2499 at 256GB, $2899 for 512GB, and $3299 for 1TB. If anything would keep me from getting one of these it it'd probably that, I typically use a 256GB for an SSD and at least 750GB for main storage on my laptops. Pretty astronomical price to match what I currently have, I could get something with a 1070 for that price[/QUOTE]
Nope, says 1050.
[t]https://i.imgur.com/lkPapLl.png[/t]
The 15" one isnt even listed with the 1060.
Never wanted to spend that much on a laptop before.
VP of my last employer wanted one and got one cause he's important and we had surprisingly few issues with it, It didn't like cheap video adapters but that's it.
edit: the 1st gen, that is. The 940MX was weaksauce though.
Can't wait to see this in theaters.
Also giving me Evangelion flashbacks.
That $1500 starting price is enticing to me though. Almost exactly what I need for college.
microsoft has been out appleing apple with the last and this version of their surface. These things are seriously amazing.
But not $2k amazing. God id kill to have one but when your LOW end price is the same price as a HIGH end gaming rig you gotta REALLY want that mobility to shell out that cash.
The Surface Book had quite a few issues on release and a leaked doc had ~%10 return rate on them.
The prices on laptops are starting to get absurd, reminds me of when my mother's old Dell with a Centrino was $2.2k.
That being said though, if my '13 macbook wasn't still putting along I would maybe buy one with some 1+ year no interest deal.
[QUOTE=Viva;52790205]microsoft has been out appleing apple with the last and this version of their surface. These things are seriously amazing.
But not $2k amazing. God id kill to have one but when your LOW end price is the same price as a HIGH end gaming rig you gotta REALLY want that mobility to shell out that cash.[/QUOTE]
The 15"/i7/16GB RAM/256 SSD Surface Book 2 is $100 more than the same specced MacBook Pro :v:
The only way this thing outdoes the MacBook Pro is in graphics and [I]maybe[/I] the Coffee Lake CPU, I'm not sure if Coffee Lake was any more significant for laptops than it was for desktops.
[QUOTE=Humin;52790154]Can't wait to see this in theaters.
Also giving me Evangelion flashbacks.
That $1500 starting price is enticing to me though. Almost exactly what I need for college.[/QUOTE]
Do I not understand the laptop market, because how is $1500 [I]enticing?[/I] As a starting price? I can't help but feel like that's ridiculously expensive.
[editline]17th October 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=Viva;52790205]microsoft has been out appleing apple with the last and this version of their surface. These things are seriously amazing.
But not $2k amazing. God id kill to have one but when your LOW end price is the same price as a HIGH end gaming rig you gotta REALLY want that mobility to shell out that cash.[/QUOTE]
What I gotta wonder is who's the target audience that needs that much power on the go? I'd have a Surface 3 for a while, and it does what I'd want out of a Tablet running windows. It's impressive that a Surface model is VR ready, a standard that used to be "only the highest of high end PCs can hit" only a few years ago, but what's the selling point of that? How do you justify buying that? What would that power be used for to make someone say "I can't wait until I'm at my desktop to do this."
[QUOTE=chipsnapper2;52790491]The 15"/i7/16GB RAM/256 SSD Surface Book 2 is $100 more than the same specced MacBook Pro :v:
The only way this thing outdoes the MacBook Pro is in graphics and [I]maybe[/I] the Coffee Lake CPU, I'm not sure if Coffee Lake was any more significant for laptops than it was for desktops.[/QUOTE]
That Mac Book has a lower resolution and pixel density, has a much shorter estimated battery life, the GPU is significantly worse and has a third of the VRAM, and it doesn't have a touchscreen that is detachable to allow you to use it as a tablet.
All those upgrades for just $100, what a steal.
[QUOTE=Rika-chan;52790616]That Mac Book has a way lower resolution and pixel density, has a much shorter estimated battery life, the GPU is significantly worse and has a third of the VRAM, and it doesn't have a touchscreen that is detachable to allow you to use it as a tablet.
All those upgrades for just $100, what a steal.[/QUOTE]
Not to mention glossing over how much of an enormous leap the graphics are. The radeon pro gets a G3D score of 3141 whereas a 1060 gets a score of 8715. The closest thing on a list of G3D scores people might still recognize is a GTX 560 which is a mid-low tier card from May of [b]2011[/b]. Let's be real here, between enough performance to handle VR without an external GPU dock, a super high resolution stylus, and a detachable screen that's a tablet the only way you could possibly rationalize the macbook is being a huge fan OS X.
[QUOTE=Scratch.;52789905]Does anyone here use surface book?
How's the hinge?[/QUOTE]
I have the first one, it's excellent. the hinge works perfectly (and i really like the retro 80s future look of it)
I gotta say even tho I only paid $150 for it the original surfacebook hasn't let me down yet.
Incredible laptop.
I am pretty much sold on this, my MBP is reaching its 3 years of use, still going strong but I can't edit video on it. I'm prepared to fork out a mega load just to get some decent specs
I have a Spectre X2 2017 with an i7 and I just bought it. Super pissed at myself. But I dont use notebooks anymore, one note is AMAZING.
Damn and I just bought a Surface Book with the 965M in it.
Can I just be a total downer for a minute and point out how much I loathe Microsoft's advertising? The song choice and superhero-movie sound design/editing is so insanely corporate. It's no wonder the masses buy Apple when their advertising is at least.. somewhat cool. Microsoft's advertising is the type of stuff dreamt up by a soulless machine that feeds only on focus groups and market research, eugh. Laptop looks nice though!
Absolutely shocked they didn't include a Mini Displayport on these guys. USB-C is a welcome addition, of course, but Mini Displayport has been a Surface standard since its inception. Just an odd choice.
[QUOTE=Cock Boner;52791482]Absolutely shocked they didn't include a Mini Displayport on these guys. USB-C is a welcome addition, of course, but Mini Displayport has been a Surface standard since its inception. Just an odd choice.[/QUOTE]
USB-C can output displayport btw
That's cool, now I can I have a Surface Pro with 4 thunderbolt ports?
[QUOTE=thelurker1234;52791523]USB-C can output displayport btw[/QUOTE]
wouldn't say output, but probably something along the lines that USB-C implements it as DisplayPort over USB-C
The switch uses this as example, which is then [url=http://www.megachips.com/products/displayport/STDP2550]converted to HDMI[/url] :v:
8GB RAM is a joke for that price, though.
I really want one, damnit. I used my Surface Pro 3 for most of my development work at work for almost a year: it powered through large C++ projects and was only finally killed by using boost (rip 4000 header files).
I missed not having a dedicated GPU though, as I do loads of graphics programming (compute and literal graphics) and the SP3 just couldn't deliver on this front. If the hardware is as solid as other microsoft hardware has been lately, and the warranty support is as good, I'll be sorely tempted to buy one
Bought a Surface Pro 4 on release, it was plagued with issues. Loads of people (myself included) experience unresponsive tablets that would refuse to turn on, or the screen would randomly turn off and you'd have to wait 30 mins to be able to turn it on again.
It also bragged about being able powerful enough for heavy duty stuff, but mine lags with Engineering programs (Solidworks, AutoCAD Inventor) and can't even run games on lowest settings (which I was led to believe it would be able to handle).
It's a decent laptop - don't get me wrong - but it's not worth it's over inflated purchase price. If I could go back in time, I'd just buy a regular laptop instead of a goofy laptop / tablet hybrid.
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