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I love MS and will have a SP4 tomorrow. I was blown away by the Surface Book presentation and my first reaction was "I want one". But if you think about it, t

by neals 11y ago

I love MS and will have a SP4 tomorrow. I was blown away by the Surface Book presentation and my first reaction was "I want one". But if you think about it, the product makes no sense. The bottom part holds all the battery, so you want to have it attached. But the top part has 3 hours of portability, so you don't want to have it attached. But the bottom part has a dGPU, so you might need that, some times. But the top part runs very well without the dGPU, so you don't need that. It's just weird to me. It just wants to be everything I don't need. I'll take my SP4 with a dock and a keyboard and be just as happy.

criddell 11y ago
You make it sound like it's two cup holders away from being a Homer J. Simpson design.
- neals 11y ago
  Now there's a product I'd buy!
IanDrake 11y ago
>It's just weird to me. It just wants to be everything I don't need. With a dock both the book and surface 4 can replace your desktop. The question is, when you're not in desktop mode, do you want an awesome laptop experience with a lesser tablet experience or an awesome tablet experience with a lesser laptop experience? My wife's Surface comes today, but I got the i7, so the wait is on. ;)
mikhailt 11y ago
It makes no sense because it doesn't fit your needs. If you want a tablet you can hold all day long and switch to a "laptop" for a few hours, SP4 makes sense. If you want a laptop but for a few hours a day, you'd want a light tablet to read or do research on, Surface Book makes more sense and the clipboard is much lighter than the SP4 as well. In addition, you can rotate it around while attached to the base to use it as a drawing surface as needed. SB/SP4 strikes a difference balance for different people. For me, I use my tablet as a content consumption device all day long and rarely type, so SP4 makes more sense than SB for me.

by neals 11y ago

criddell 11y ago

You make it sound like it's two cup holders away from being a Homer J. Simpson design.

neals 11y ago
Now there's a product I'd buy!

IanDrake 11y ago

>It's just weird to me. It just wants to be everything I don't need. With a dock both the book and surface 4 can replace your desktop. The question is, when you're not in desktop mode, do you want an awesome laptop experience with a lesser tablet experience or an awesome tablet experience with a lesser laptop experience? My wife's Surface comes today, but I got the i7, so the wait is on. ;)

mikhailt 11y ago

It makes no sense because it doesn't fit your needs. If you want a tablet you can hold all day long and switch to a "laptop" for a few hours, SP4 makes sense. If you want a laptop but for a few hours a day, you'd want a light tablet to read or do research on, Surface Book makes more sense and the clipboard is much lighter than the SP4 as well. In addition, you can rotate it around while attached to the base to use it as a drawing surface as needed. SB/SP4 strikes a difference balance for different people. For me, I use my tablet as a content consumption device all day long and rarely type, so SP4 makes more sense than SB for me.