One of the important updates for the Surface Book 2 is Microsoft’s eventual acceptance of USB-C, which has increasingly become an important standard, not only for connecting accessories such as displays, but also for charging. The Surface Book 2 has one USB-C port next to the Surface Connector. Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, USB 3.0, USB-C, SD, Surface Connector.Processor: Intel Core i5 or i7 (7 or 8th generation).The tablet alone would easily last around three hours of movie watching, or more with the brightness turned down. With 10 or so tabs open in Chrome and with Spotify, NextgenReader, Windows Mail, Typora and Affinity Photo open at different times, as well as 45 minutes of watching video on Netflix with the tablet detached (and all with recommended brightness and recommended power mode active), the Surface Book 2 lasted around nine hours before powering down. Most of the time the Surface Book 2 was completely silent.īattery life was solid, but not as spectacular as Microsoft’s quoted 17 hours might suggest. The only time I could detect the fans going was when playing XCOM 2, and even then they weren’t very loud. The trackpad is a bit clicky but smooth and precise, while the screen is crisp, beautiful and bright. The keyboard is brilliant – better than most dedicated keyboards. On a desk, though, the Surface Book 2 is arguably the best Windows laptop available. As a laptop, the fulcrum hinge extends out further away from the user than a traditional laptop hinge would, meaning the base of the laptop is quite long and I struggled to fit it between my gut and the back of the seat in front of me on a train. The screen on its own is thin and light for a PC tablet, but I would not be comfortable taking it out and about on its own as it doesn’t feel as robust as the Surface Pro or similar. In every situation the Surface Book 2 excels, thanks to some accessories, including the excellent Surface Pen and Dial. It means you can go from a laptop one minute to a note-taking tablet the next to a graphics tablet thereafter. The Surface Book 2 in studio mode with the Surface Dial and Surface Pen.

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