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The Windows May Update is Blocked on the Surface Book 2
The release of the Windows May update hasn’t entirely gone without incident. Then again, since Microsoft switched to releasing large biannual updates, there are few that have gone entirely smoothly on launch. A more recent one, for example, let to PCs getting a black boot screen error. In a report…
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Microsoft Releases Updated Budget Surface Book 2 and Laptop
Microsoft Surface Laptop Trades i5 for m3 CPU Several years ago, Microsoft released the Surface lineup. Running Windows, the new lineup was created to showcase the potential of the ecosystem. Over time, the lineup has expanded from the premium segment and into the higher end of the mainstream range. In…
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Microsoft Surface Book 2 Drains Battery Even When Plugged-in
The folks over at PCWorld have noticed something weird about the Microsoft Surface Book 2 recently. It appears that it continously drains its batteries even when plugged in. Most Surface Book 2 come with an NVIDIA GTX 1060 or GTX 1050 GPU, making it a formidable gaming PC as well.…
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Microsoft Releases New Surface Book 2 in 1
In a not so surprising announcement, Microsoft is releasing a new Surface Book. The new Surface Book 2 replaces the current two-year-old first generation model. Just like the original Surface Book, the refresh offers a desktop replacement in the tablet and laptop form factor. On the outside little has changed…
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Consumer Reports Warns About Microsoft Surface Reliability
Microsoft‘s most recent Surface products have been taken off Consumer Reports from their recommended list due to “poor predicted reliability”. This is also in comparison with most other brands. The laptops taken off specifically include the Surface Laptop and Microsoft Surface Book. Consumer Reports’ reliability rating relies on user survey.…
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Microsoft Surface Book i7 Features 16 Hour Runtime
When Microsoft first revealed the Surface Book, it was a major game changer. It offered a new take on what laptops should be like in the age of tablets and combined some of the most optimal hardware at the time. At their new event today, Microsoft has revealed a new…
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Microsoft Using Anemic Samsung TLC SSD in Surface Book
With the first Surface Books shipping, we’re getting a better picture of what Microsoft’s new convertible looks like. According to the latest reports, Microsoft chose to use a slower TLC SSD instead of a caster MLC model. While mostly offering a superb SSD performance, the TLC-based Samsung PM951 falls short with…
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Microsoft Helps Mac Users Switch to Surface Book
Microsoft has been both competent and ambitious in the lead up to the release of their new top-end laptop, the Surface Book, with claims of twice the power of their competitor, the MacBook Pro. Much as Apple did over 10 years ago to help users switch over to Mac OSX…
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The Surface Book Could Be Powered by an Nvidia 940M GPU
Ever since Microsoft has announced the Surface Book officially, people have been curious about its exact specs, and while we do know that Microsoft’s new laptop is going to offer about twice the power of an Apple MacBook Pro, we don’t know exactly what Nvidia GPU it will include into…
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Microsoft Confirms That Surface Book Has Twice the Power of a MacBook Pro
When companies release new products, they always come with bold statements that this new thing is so many more times powerful than this other device, but it is a sentence that’s usually followed by an asterisk that explains a very limited test scenario or old comparison product. When Microsoft announced…
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1TB Microsoft Surface Book Costs a Whopping $3,199
Following the release of the 512GB SSD iteration of its new Surface Book tablet/laptop hybrid, Microsoft boasted that it was a 1TB version would soon be en route. Indeed, the higher-storage model is now available for pre-order from the Microsoft Store, but it’ll cost you an outrageous $3,199. While the…
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Microsoft Surface Book May Use GeForce 930M Variant
Selling out quite quickly, the well-received Surface Book from Microsoft has still largely remained a mystery in terms of its tech specifications. Microsoft has still not revealed the major components other than it will run an i5/i7 CPU along with an unnamed Nvidia GeFroce GPU. We’re now hearing reports that…
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Surface Book All Sold Out From Microsofts Site
Microsoft recently pushed quite hard on the smaller devices market, with the release of windows 10 supporting most of their devices they have two devices that are looking for release soon. First up was the next in the surface series, the Surface 4, running all the latest bits of technology…
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