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Interestingly for me it was almost the opposite experience. I got really excited about the Surface Book and was really close to buy one, then a couple days late

Interestingly for me it was almost the opposite experience. I got really excited about the Surface Book and was really close to buy one, then a couple days later I walked past the Microsoft Store on Oxford Street and saw one in real life and was extremely shocked/disappointed how huge, heavy and really really thick it is. It made me realise how unportable this portable device is and I never thought again of buying a Surface book. I think the latest Surface Book still has that monster big ass fist thick hinge and I'm not surprised that I haven't seen a single person with a Surface Book in a coffee shop yet. It's too big for being a portable device. So in some respect, the physical store has meant that they sold one device less in my case.

eddhead 6y ago
I have the book and it's fantastic, it's really NOT an unltrabook and is meant to be a workstation. The Book 3 even comes with a Quadro GPU
spaetzleesser 6y ago
The hinge first looks neat but it makes the folded Book quite think. Really not a good design. In general I am having lots of problems with my work Surface Book 2. It constantly runs out of USB resources even with the dock and multi screen setup are quite finicky. Sometimes one screen doesn’t wake up until I reboot the whole setup. For its premium price I am quite disappointed.
ptero 6y ago
I see it as a good thing for both you and the Microsoft. The fact that you had a chance to play with it before buying it (and hated it) means that Microsoft avoided either really pissing off a customer or handling an expensive return; and possibly both. For me, I wanted a surface pro (not book) with the largest screen available, so I ended up with the Surface Pro 4 and the keyboard -- I use it as a travel laptop, not an on-the-go device, and really love being able to have a decent keyboard and display when I am in a hotel without having to put a 4 lb monster into my backpack when I fly.

eddhead 6y ago

I have the book and it's fantastic, it's really NOT an unltrabook and is meant to be a workstation. The Book 3 even comes with a Quadro GPU

spaetzleesser 6y ago

The hinge first looks neat but it makes the folded Book quite think. Really not a good design. In general I am having lots of problems with my work Surface Book 2. It constantly runs out of USB resources even with the dock and multi screen setup are quite finicky. Sometimes one screen doesn’t wake up until I reboot the whole setup. For its premium price I am quite disappointed.

ptero 6y ago

I see it as a good thing for both you and the Microsoft. The fact that you had a chance to play with it before buying it (and hated it) means that Microsoft avoided either really pissing off a customer or handling an expensive return; and possibly both. For me, I wanted a surface pro (not book) with the largest screen available, so I ended up with the Surface Pro 4 and the keyboard -- I use it as a travel laptop, not an on-the-go device, and really love being able to have a decent keyboard and display when I am in a hotel without having to put a 4 lb monster into my backpack when I fly.