To stress the point, the Surface Book 2 isn’t the thinnest (0.51 to 0.90 inches) or lightest (3.38 pounds) 2-in-1 notebook around. Theoretically, that means that debris could get in between and cause some problems, but we haven’t seen too many complaints about it. It makes the Surface very and rounded in the rear, and it creates a sharp angle whereby the display doesn’t sit flush with the keyboard. The “ dynamic fulcrum” hinge, which is required to push the display farther back to better balance the weight created by jamming a complete PC into the display, remains an oddity that takes some getting used to. The only notebook that matches the Surface Book 2 in build quality is the latest MacBook Pro, but even Apple’s design isn’t as daring. It’s also innovative with its push-button, “muscle wire” latching mechanism that makes detaching the display downright fun. Seriously, the thing is built like a tank. The magnesium chassis is solid as a rock, with zero flexing or bending no matter where you poke or prod. There’s a reason Microsoft didn’t mess with the original Surface Book’s design: It’s just that good. Are the updated guts of the Surface Book 2 enough to justify the huge investment? A design that’s stood the test of time It’s very expensive at $2,500, and you can also bump up our review configuration to a 1GB SSD and spend a whopping $3,000. The model we reviewed was a higher-end configuration, decked out with an 8th-generation quad-core CPU, the Nvidia GTX 1050 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB solid state drive. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 may release sooner than we expected this yearĪpple’s new iPad Pro now has the same M2 chip as the latest MacBook Pro The Nothing Phone 2 is real, and it’s coming to the U.S.
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