Stylus to take notes seems appealing. Full 1060 is also really appealing. Just need to know if it's reliable, i.e. lasts 4 years bhpho.to
High end surface book 2 for college?
Alexander Fisher
Mason Green
And no, I don't want a 14 pound, hot, noisy, behemoth. I would much rather pay a 1k premium.
Brayden Reed
yeah sure fuck it go for it if you need it. Nobody cares, we aren't your tech support. You're already convinced, obviously that's a good computer and you have the money. Delete this thread then buy it.
Logan Morales
It's a pretty solid device overall, I think Linux might work on it too if you want to go for that.
Christian Phillips
Stylus is a gimmick. You'll use it once in a while and be like "This is neat", knowing in the back of your head that you could have done it quicker typing.
Jack Bell
$2000 is not worth it for That
The whole point of Tablet/Laptop hybrid is portability
and weight over performance
but the surface book, the 15" one is as heavy as other 2-in-1, with less performance at a higher price
and when undocked the tablet battery life is just 2-3 hours
if you want a ligthweight tablet go for the surface pro, or the Dell 7285 (like the surface book, but tablet is much lighter and has 6-8 hours battery life) and has a much better keyboard
But if you don't really need a tablet, go for a folding Laptop, like Hp Spectre x360, Lenovo Yoga 920, Thinkpad Yoga X380
if you want gaming get a Thunderbolt 3 Dock, or the Samsung notebook 9 pro (15 inches, dedicated GPU and much better stylus)
Josiah Bennett
Bought one and returned it.
Coil whine is very loud.
The screen has terrible light bleed, just terrible and they all suffer from this.
The mechanical mechanism that disconnects the screen from the keyboard locks up all the time and even after many restarts I still couldn't get it to detach properly 100% of the time.
The speakers are terrible for something so expensive, even the tiny MacBook with one USB C port has speakers that blow the SB2 out of the water.
The USB C port doesn't have Tunderbolt 3.
The included power adapter doesn't supply enough power to play demanding games and charge the SB2 at the same time without changing the performance slider.
The screen has a lot of wobble.
So yeah, buy two of them...
Colton Martin
Get the XPS 15 9570,
>Hexa-core 8750H CPU
>4K touchscreen
>Can upgrade/replace/repair anything that goes wrong with it even out of warranty for cheap
>significantly cheaper for the 15", 512GB 16GB ram option
>Better cooling
>All the ports
>USB-C port has thunderbolt 3
Sure no pen support, and the 1050Ti Max-Q is a little weaker, but because of that better cooling and the ability to repaste plus that much more powerful CPU makes it heaps more powerful for way cheaper.
Aaron Miller
Go ahead, by the Macbook of windows and be buttmad when some key function fails and it's out of warranty. Everything's soldered in so good luck replacing that tiny 256GB drive in a few years when it's not enough.
Juan Thompson
mfw you poor fags use your computer past 2 years
Nibba I toss that shit in the trash and get something new every 2 years