Surface Book is a Windows 10 notebook terminal that is "twice as fast as the MacBook Pro"

Microsoft has announced the Windows 10 terminal "Surface Book" equipped with a 13.5 inch display. Surface "series is issued as a tablet PC, but this Surface Book is the first laptop machine (notebook PC), and it is a convertible terminal which becomes a tablet if you remove the keyboard.

Microsoft introduces Surface Book, a convertible for Surface fans | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/10/microsoft-introduces-surface-book-a-laptop-for-surface-fans/

Microsoft announces Surface Book laptop with 13.5-inch display starting at $ 1,499 | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9454051/microsoft-surface-laptop-announced-specs-price-release-date

Looking at this movie, you can see the outline of the new terminal.

The New Microsoft Surface Book - YouTube


A laptop machine in a folded state appeared

The Windows logo is kirarin

Characteristic hinge

Key is one by one Independent isolation keyboard

Looking down from above it looks like this

When entering the shade, the key top glowed.

OS is Windows 10 Pro

The size of the display is 13.5 inches, the number of pixels is 6 million and 267Dpi.

NVIDIA GeForce GPU High-Speed ​​GDDR 5 memory (16 GB) installed

Built-in two USB 3.0 ports and SD card slot on the left side

High-definition 5-point multi-touch compatible touch pad

Keyboard with backlight

Magnesium enclosure made of magnesium

Battery operation time is 12 hours

Flexible bending dynamic fulcrum hinge

Removing the keyboard ......

Make a big tablet

With 6th generation Intel Core processor

Memory is 16 GB, storage is 1 TB.

Also, it is the thinnest & lightest with Intel Core i7.

The detaching mechanism of the keyboard looks something like this, a new structure "muscle wire" is adopted.

From laptop style ... ....

It is a convertible terminal that can install the screen in the opposite direction.

How to use freely

The newly released "Microsoft Surface Book" is released in North America on October 26 (Monday). The price is from 1499 dollars (about 180,000 yen).

The video assuming the use scene is also released.

Microsoft Surface Book: The ultimate laptop. - YouTube


People engaged in various jobs

Surface Book supports the work. For example, it is also related to art ......

Even music related.

You can change the style with just one key

Remove the keyboard with sucking

Camera on the back

You can use photos taken on the spot ......

Writing with a stylus.

The Verge is touching the actual machine at the meeting place.

Microsoft's Surface Book hands-on - YouTube


Looking at the Surface Book that is placed in this way, it seems that it is not much different from ordinary laptops.

However, as with the Surface series released as a tablet PC ......

The keyboard and the display part can be separated.

Hold the stylus in your hand and use it as a tablet. Since it is 13.5 inches, I feel it is quite large if I use it in my hand style.

Microsoft says its performance is twice as fast as the MacBook Pro. The main body size is 312.3 mm × 232.1 mm × 13.0 mm (the thickest part 22.8 mm) · Weight is about 1.5 kg, will it become a new choice of mobile notebook?