Interesting. I've never really had any of those issues with my surface book. I might not recommend it if the tablet mode won't see use, though. I do have the o

Interesting. I've never really had any of those issues with my surface book. I might not recommend it if the tablet mode won't see use, though. I do have the original, so I suppose if you got the newer ones things may have changed, but... heat is high but not problematically so, wifi works without noticeable issues, trackpad works fine. I really can't figure out what you're talking about with the ports - 2 usb + sd card reader on one side, charger + mini display port on the other, all bog standard. Not a spectacular selection, but not poor design/layout from my experience. Charging... the cable can have issues, especially with bending near the connection, but charging itself has always been fine (assuming no cable issues). Battery life is spectacular when you set it to focus on that, and performance is good when you aim for that. I've never really liked 'balanced' settings, because then it's either not powerful enough (usually games, I think I've needed it in perf mode for data processing once or twice) or chewing through too much battery for what I'm doing (programming while on the go is not particularly demanding, but I want time, so I set it up for battery life). I do rarely use it without the base, because the battery life then is poor - being able to connect it backwards is very nice for managing that in some cases, but makes it quite heavy for handheld use. Possibly connected, my experience with Windows 10 is great on my Surface Book, but it takes forever to boot on my desktop (with an admittedly rather old processor/hdd). Windows defender, on the other hand, is definitely bloated and can be a pain to keep under control if I haven't used the Book for a while.