As the screen has a battery component it's rather top-heavy. This also helps with the fan-cooled higher-power chipsets, although Microsoft's claim of 17 hours of battery is more than a reach in the higher-powered models, such as the top-spec Core i7 (as on review here), if you're using it for typically demanding applications.Īs laptop-like as it may appear, using the Surface Book 2 as a literally lap-bound device does find its limitations. Interestingly, the Intel Core i5 model (which we don't have on review) doesn't require fan cooling, as the innards have been tweaked to improve heat conductivity by using some ceramic materials. Oh, and just the small fact of Nvidia GTX 1050 discrete graphics (up from the GTX 965 from before) ensuring this is a total powerhouse. With the latest 8th Gen Intel Kaby Lake chipsets under the hood, there are a variety of options to choose from - ranging from the Core i5 through to a quad-core Core i7.
Like, heaps of power - if you want to pay for it. That's semi-fixed - although it's still not perfect, frankly, because the screen contains a battery and is therefore heavy. This is a savvy update, as we bemoaned how the original Surface Book had a bit of "wibble" sometimes when poking fingers at the touchscreen. The two are identical by eye, but there are some tweaks within that make the newer model all the more desirable.įirst up, the so-called "fulcrum hinge" - the distinct and slightly curved hinge between screen and keyboard - holds the screen in a little stiffer than before. Look twice and you won't be able to tell the difference between the first- and second-generation Surface Book.
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