Introducing Surface Book 2

fhood wrote: post #3

Why does every single high end laptop need to look exactly like a macbook? I want anybody who doesn't believe me to google up a picture of one next to the other.

This... looks nothing like a macbook. It's got a matte metallic frame and a black bezel, but that's about where the similarities end as far as it looks to me.

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by bhouston » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 2:18 PM UTC

Nvidia 1060 and 1050? Nice. I assume it is 4GB and 6GB respectively?

This really makes it incredibly powerful. I run with dual 4k monitors off of a Dell XPS with an Nvidia 1050 with 4GB. Feels like a desktop.

(Does this also support 32GB of RAM? That is required for development these days with multiple containers running locally. My Dell XPS 15" supports 32GB of RAM.)

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by kanishkdudeja » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 2:19 PM UTC

The i5 variant comes with just 8 GB RAM. Would have considered if they had given an option for 16 GB RAM.

Being a developer, 8 GB seems tight these days! 15-inch 16 GB variant comes with i7 but the price is a little too steep (starts from 2500 USD)

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by acqq » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 2:21 PM UTC

GEBBL wrote: post #4

Is anyone excited?

Seeing in the article:

> Surface Book 2 brings you a full array of ports, including USB-A, USB-C, and full-size SD card reader which makes it easy to connect other devices, accessories and memory cards without the need for a bag full of dongles.

I find there is a good reason to like it, compared to this:

https://marco.org/2017/10/14/impossible-dream-of-usb-c

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by avenoir » Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 2:21 PM UTC

How's the track pad on these things? The track pad on the latest XPS is atrocious and at times unusable.