WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.319 my Surface Pro 3 video was not one of my 00:00:03.760 --> 00:00:11.000 most liked videos ever I bought a Surface Pro 3 with the intention of 00:00:08.719 --> 00:00:15.799 using it as a daily driver machine but over the course of creating this review 00:00:13.440 --> 00:00:21.800 determined that contrary to Microsoft's assertion it was not for me anyway a 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:25.840 suitable replacement for a laptop as a primary portable computer and that 00:00:23.720 --> 00:00:29.320 having a stylus included with a product without having considered that not 00:00:27.279 --> 00:00:34.200 everyone on the planet has a front shirt pocket in which to hold it is absolutely 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:38.600 ridiculous so I eventually gave that machine away in a sweep Stakes a couple 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:43.239 of months later but let's see if the Surface Book Microsoft's clear 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:51.279 acknowledgement that I was right can put a surface product in my hands 00:00:53.840 --> 00:01:00.440 permanently this review is super late thanks Microsoft store so we'll just do 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:05.040 a lightning fast tour of the device and get into the usability right away the 00:01:02.559 --> 00:01:10.200 charger is Compact and includes a 1 aamp USB charging port awesome for travel the 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:14.920 included pen or pencil depending on who you ask now has a flattened Edge to snap 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:18.320 onto the magnetic left side of the screen and it triggers Cortana when you 00:01:16.960 --> 00:01:22.119 press the Eraser along with some other changes I'll discuss later and finally 00:01:20.600 --> 00:01:25.840 the Surface Book itself comes pre-assembled in its laptop 00:01:23.880 --> 00:01:29.960 configuration which means that on the top part of the Magnesium clam shell 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:34.200 you'll get the following a power button and volume controls on the top left 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:40.200 there a headphone jack on the right that I'd really have preferred closer to this 00:01:37.399 --> 00:01:45.280 bottom corner and a kind of finicky but thankfully magnetic power input on the 00:01:42.479 --> 00:01:52.320 bottom then on the detachable keyboard SL battery SLO unit thing you get an 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:54.799 alternate power input mini DisplayPort 00:01:52.320 --> 00:02:00.479 thank you for this bye-bye HDMI it's been nice knowing you two USB 3 ports 00:01:57.560 --> 00:02:05.600 and a full-size SD card reader just right for a mouse a display a USB 00:02:03.399 --> 00:02:10.720 drive and a way to transfer to and from a portable device even in the wilderness 00:02:08.119 --> 00:02:16.400 Microsoft nailed the io on the surface book which brings us to how these things 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:19.400 go together well from early complaints 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:22.000 not very well but Microsoft has been 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:25.560 surprisingly on the ball about fixing common complaints like the display 00:02:23.959 --> 00:02:29.920 glitching out when they're detached and reattached and at this point with the 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:32.800 click of a button in the system tray the device prompts you if there are any 00:02:31.239 --> 00:02:37.360 applications that need to be saved or closed then disengages with a satisfying 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:42.319 click that makes it feel kind of like you know opening the air loock or 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:47.200 something like that which I guess leads us into the piece of voodoo magic that 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:52.400 is the keyboard attachment much like is's famous TF101 transformer the 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:57.200 surface books base includes a keyboard a touchpad and an additional battery pack 00:02:55.000 --> 00:03:03.280 but unlike anything I've had my hands on before unless you count this thing it's 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:07.280 got a PCI Express 3.0 link to a discret 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:09.879 level GPU a slightly customized GTX 940m 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:14.480 with one Gigabyte of gddr5 memory by the look of things that gives the Surface 00:03:11.840 --> 00:03:20.080 Book much more Graphics horsepower than onboard Graphics would allow when it's 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:22.720 attached to the base it's more for GPU 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:30.000 accelerated productivity tasks though you won't be playing Modern AAA games on 00:03:26.040 --> 00:03:35.200 it at the full 3000x 2000 resolution of 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:37.560 that 267 pixel per in 13.5 in IPS pixel 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:42.000 sense display that Microsoft has been bragging about which doesn't mean they 00:03:39.959 --> 00:03:47.200 shouldn't be bragging about it first of all we can finally add a PC maker to the 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:51.920 list of companies that understand that 16x9 is not where it's at for 00:03:49.640 --> 00:03:58.760 productivity and Microsoft goes even further than we used to enjoy 16 by1 all 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:01.840 the way to 15 by10 the effect is subtle 00:03:58.760 --> 00:04:04.519 but it's just more comfortable if you're 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:11.879 trying to read or edit documents and second man I was floored by the way the 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:16.440 black taskbar gets lost in the black glass bezel and if you'd have told me 00:04:14.040 --> 00:04:20.400 the screen was OLED I'd have probably believed you for a minute or two 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:25.479 Microsoft says that they're individually calibrating every one of these displays 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:31.199 and that it's got an incredible 1,700 to1 contrast ratio and I believe them a 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:35.960 few more housekeeping items the workmanship of my sample is what I can 00:04:33.160 --> 00:04:41.440 only describe as excellent the onboard speakers are forward-facing and loud 00:04:38.880 --> 00:04:45.800 enough for individual use in a quiet environment but not like some laptops 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:50.199 where you can kind of leave them near you on the dining room table while you 00:04:47.400 --> 00:04:54.960 make dinner in the kitchen and the hinge it's neat it shows really well in 00:04:52.440 --> 00:05:01.120 marketing videos but frankly I think lenovo's yoga series 270° hinge is a 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:05.919 more elegant way to make a twoin one but let's talk about the twoin oness then 00:05:03.320 --> 00:05:11.199 I'm not a huge tablet user in both senses I own a few tablets because of 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:16.919 work but I almost never use one larger than 7 in because I find them kind of 00:05:13.960 --> 00:05:20.840 heavy and redundant if I'm doing something important enough to need a big 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:25.800 screen I'm probably doing something important enough to need a keyboard and 00:05:23.479 --> 00:05:30.639 the Surface Book didn't cause me to have any kind of epiphany about how wrong I 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:36.280 was about large tablets for it's shockingly light for its size yet strong 00:05:34.039 --> 00:05:40.000 and Microsoft has probably nailed the use case where like Mom and Dad are 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:44.680 sitting on the couch watching something on the TV and you know Junior wants to 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:48.479 be nearby but watch something else on a nice big screen but that's not a 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:54.960 situation that comes up for me very often as a laptop the surface book is 00:05:52.520 --> 00:06:00.080 pretty good my usual cinebench thermal throttling score showed perfect scaling 00:05:57.280 --> 00:06:05.960 from run to run and even a PR longed idida 64 stress test at room temperature 00:06:03.080 --> 00:06:13.280 yielded acceptable Acoustics and no thermal throttling this is the i7 6600u 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:15.919 3 GHz dual core 16 gig model guys well 00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:19.960 done Microsoft on that point the trackpad is responsive with perfectly 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:24.160 tuned sensitivity out of the box something we don't see enough of the 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:30.199 keyboard is a little bit mushy feeling for my tastes but the travel distances 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:32.160 are good and the mushiness is not in a 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:36.759 way that affected my typing speeds and it compensated by being very very quiet 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:40.759 something a lot of people care about and finally I think Apple's nonsense about 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:45.560 touch screens not being suitable for laptops is just an excuse to make their 00:06:43.160 --> 00:06:49.880 devices a hair thinner because I used the touchcreen on the surface book in 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:55.560 laptop mode all the time it's just natural to do it sometimes to be clear 00:06:53.199 --> 00:07:00.560 the surface book is not perfect the onboard Wi-Fi is terrible there is no 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:05.759 excuse for anything but Intel in a device this expensive it weighs almost 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:10.319 as much as my blade 14 with much less powerful hardware and this is something 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:14.400 I noticed especially when using the pen to make little diagrams while writing 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:21.639 scripts and putting together shot lists for videos there's more screen wobble 00:07:17.599 --> 00:07:24.360 than I'd have liked but it is a huge 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:29.720 leap forward from my last surface device the Pro 3 well hold on a second lonus 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:34.639 let's just back up you griped about the pen in the Surface Pro 3 review what a 00:07:32.919 --> 00:07:38.960 joke why are you talking about how you used it this time great question because 00:07:37.039 --> 00:07:44.000 this time it's better there's little changes like really you know low latency 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:48.520 more granular pressure detection it's got one button versus two on the bottom 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:52.319 now and it's powered only by a single quadruple a battery instead of needing 00:07:50.159 --> 00:07:58.319 those other cells but the big change for me is that it's actually carriable the 00:07:55.479 --> 00:08:02.639 magnetic clip on the side is great I mean it's not as good as if you could 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:06.720 really put it inside it but it it sticks to It Like Glue it's freaking awesome it 00:08:05.159 --> 00:08:11.599 makes it something that I can take with me places instead of worrying about 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:17.479 losing it and being out 60 bucks every time which leads us to the conclusion 00:08:14.280 --> 00:08:20.000 the Surface Book stands out as a beacon 00:08:17.479 --> 00:08:26.560 of beautiful elegant design among PC makers who somehow manag to use you know 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:32.200 high quality aluminum materials in the construction of their products but just 00:08:28.840 --> 00:08:34.959 can't make feel premium in the hand 00:08:32.200 --> 00:08:39.080 unlike a product like the iPad Pro the 128 gig model of which is closer in 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:43.360 price to an entry-level Surface Book than people probably realize since that 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:49.040 one doesn't include the keyboard or the pencil in the Box the Surface Book 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:55.000 actually delivers on its promise of true laptop productivity in addition to being 00:08:51.800 --> 00:08:57.480 a ginormous tablet I guess for me though 00:08:55.000 --> 00:09:01.920 I just don't have much use for the tablet part of it so whether it's worth 00:08:59.800 --> 00:09:07.959 it to you is going to be a matter of personal choice because what it amounts 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:10.720 to for someone like me is a really 00:09:07.959 --> 00:09:16.240 expensive laptop but at least that's more than I can say about most first 00:09:12.760 --> 00:09:18.120 generation devices and Imo Microsoft 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:21.720 nailed what they were going after here and are going to have a lot of really 00:09:20.279 --> 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