
I assume the detachable nature of the Surface Book was a selling point for only a very small subset of users, because I certainly never utilized it. So it comes as no surprise to me that the Surface Laptop Studio ditches the ability to detach the display entirely. It's not surprising that Laptop Studio ditches the detachable design. The answer is it wasn't, and that was becoming a problem for me and I'm sure many other potential buyers looking for a "MacBook Pro" alternative in the Surface line. Unless they can design a new hinge that still allows angled position for drawing.In fact, the 13.5-inch Surface Book 3 doesn't even have a fan for the CPU, which should tell you everything you need to know about how fit for purpose the Surface Book 3 was for power users. Fully flat angle is not ideal for drawing. Though that may sacrificed the angled position for drawing when you flip the screen of the Clipboard back to the base. They can change the hinge though to make it like a traditional laptop when closed. That will be pretty much any other 2-in-1 without new benefits and all the bulk of a laptop. I would be sad and siappointed if they turn Surface Book into the flip screen 2-in-1. It even has GPU that allows me to even game on it, not as great as a higher performance workstation laptop or gaming laptop, but still way better than most Ultrabooks.

Yet this is still a true laptop unlike Surface Pro.įor me who also do digital art and graphics as well, this device is pretty much perfect to me. The advantages of this is to allow true tablet usability (except for the OS) without a bulk of a full laptop. True, Surface Book is still uniquely positioned in the market right now having a form factor that can be a true tablet and not just flip screen. The top-end Surface Book 3 includes the NVIDIA Quadro 3000 RTX graphics card, along with 32GB RAM, 2TB storage and an Intel Core i7 for $3,399. The 15-inch entry-level model starts at $2,299 for an Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB storage and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q. We recommend stepping up to the $1,999 model that significantly improves the processor, RAM, and graphics with an Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650. This includes an Intel Core i5, 256GB storage, 8GB RAM and integrated Intel Iris Plus graphics. The Surface Book 3 is available now starting at $1,599 for the 13.5-inch entry-level model.

One USB Type-C w/ video, power in/out and USB 3.1 (Gen2) data
