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Microsoft is super-excited about its new Microsoft Surface Book, part of the family of devices in the Windows 10 hub. And what’s at the centre of the hub? You and your awesome self, of course. You’re mobile, you’re working across multiple devices wherever you happen to be, and Microsoft definitely want one of the items in your techie arsenal to be the Surface Book.
And it seems like plenty of people agree from what they’ve seen so far. Even if they’re struggling to get their head around the fact it’s Microsoft’s first laptop.
Can’t believe it took Microsoft this long to come out w/ a first class laptop like this. Definitely interested.
— JP Toto (@jptoto) October 6, 2015
I thought I wanted a Surface Pro 4, I was wrong. The Surface Book IS THE FUTURE. AND THE FUTURE IS NOW. Detachable GeForce Graphics <3
— Chino (@Poolzors) October 6, 2015
Big Apple fan here. If there’s no pen lag, I can’t wait to get the Surface Book.
— Mary Varn (@maryvarn) October 6, 2015
This is a huge endorsement from the hard-to impress Apple fan base which usually need products with the Apple logo to pass an endorsement. It’s meant to be the fastest 13-inch laptop ever made, beating Apple’s Macbook, and that could win people over.
OK that #SurfaceBook looks amazing. Do they have one that competes with the 15" full spec macbook?
— Anthony Izuna (@Izunavis) October 6, 2015
#Surfacebook & #SurfacePro both comes with pen and eraser included in price. #Apple pencil costs more than the pen and no eraser. Sick
— Dinesh_M (@dkm1101) October 6, 2015
Backlit keys. Sweet. #SurfaceBook #Windows10devices
— Laarni Ragaza (@LaarniRagaza) October 6, 2015
Love the backlit keyboard on the new Surface Book! #Windows10devices https://t.co/1yL6wkx8Ho
— Lauren Johnson (@johnson_lauren7) October 6, 2015
Not only are the keys backlit but the keys are super quiet too, even if there’s something Mac-esque about them. It even boasts best in class key travel – that’s the amount you need to press a key for it to realise you’ve pressed it.
But you can’t impress all of them people all of the time.
Is there still someone in IT who needs backlit keys? Why? #SurfaceBook #Windows10devices
— Jussi Roine (@JussiRoine) October 6, 2015
Introducing #SurfaceBook, the ultimate laptop. pic.twitter.com/H3uAkX7MXx
— Surface (@surface) October 6, 2015
The SurfaceBook will have a 13.5 inch PixelSense display, six million pixels, 267 DPI. The screen is detachable from the keyboard and can be controlled by a stylus.
So the Surface Book has a detachable monitor. Hmm, now the decision is harder but I am leaning towards the Surface Book now.
— Johnathan Lightfoot (@exnav29) October 6, 2015
Okay, I've given that Surface Book a closer look and… I think they just killed the Surface Pro. I wasn't expecting it to be detachable
— Gumi (@sveldte) October 6, 2015
But it might have a new name by the end of the day.
Also, Surface Book is heavy but awesome. But I will only refer to it as the Snake Hinge Machine from now on.
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) October 6, 2015
Hahaha #Apple ;) We will let you play with your super new stylus ;) #Surfacebook #HelloFromSeattle :) 2x more powerful than #macbookair
— Nicolas Georgeault (@ngeorgeault) October 6, 2015
Apple Pencil = 12 hours of battery life, new Surface Pen = 1 Year of battery life (and an eraser too) #surfacepro4 #surfacebook #ipadpro
— Doug Holland (@dougholland) October 6, 2015
Microsoft bills it as “the new, ultimate laptop from Microsoft brings together best in class performance with the versatility of pen and touch”.
The Surface Book hinge turns me on pic.twitter.com/STPyX3tHdV
— David Suarez (@daveyhoots) October 6, 2015
When the detachable screen is attached it is fixed in place by a muscle wire lock and the whole thing meshes together thanks to a dynamic fulcrum hinge. What a phrase.
Surface Book looks really nice. That hinge reminds me a lot of older Compaq laptops.
— Manik (@Manik_K) October 6, 2015
New Word: "Dynamic Fulcrum Hinge" #Windows10devices #dorkism
— John Liu (@johnnliu) October 6, 2015
#SurfaceBook looks promising! Powerful computer, better display and 12 hrs battery life! Yet the price is overwhelming.
— Bipin Bhandari (@bipiiin) October 6, 2015
12 hour battery life. Dual GPUs. Detachable screen. Stylus. 16gb RAM. 1TB SSD storage. #SurfaceBook looks damn hawt. Microsoft is back?
— Ian Patrick Hughes (@EveryNobody) October 6, 2015
Battery life is being billed as up to 12 hours. That said, we always have to temper our expectations with battery life and even the slick video points out that battery life “varies significantly with usage and setting”. You can expect lighter drain when using the screen in tablet mode only.
The trackpad looks huge so it’s no surprise that it comes with five-point multi-touch.
#Windows10devices First Ever Microsoft Laptop: SurfaceBook. SoftTouch Backlit typing + glass trackpad – actually looks bad ass too.
— Prom3theu5 (@Prom3theu5) October 6, 2015
@samsabri Also, they got me with that glass trackpad on the Pro. I think the real question is, the surface book or the pro?
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