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It is bundled with the Surface Pro 4 and costs $59.99 to any existing Surface owners who want to grab it separately.

So how does Surface Book match up?

Yet, it’s lighter at 726g (without the keyboard) than the Surface Pro 4 which weighs 766g for the Core m3 version or 786g for the i5 or i7. A keyboard dock with a full-size trackpad, embedded keys and a bevy of ports completes the Surface Book experience.

Having been a strong player in the IT industry, and looking at the success of Surface Pro 3, the new Surface Book Pro definitely looks promising. I haven’t run across any limitation with the Surface Pro 3 to drive me to the Pro 4.

The article adds that the Microsoft notebook adds a very unique fulcrum hinge that allows one to detach the display from the keyboard.

Microsoft makes several bold statements with the Surface Book: The company says it’s the fastest 13-inch laptop on the planet, and says it’s twice as fast as Apple’s MacBook Pro. What do you think of the Surface Book? It offers various features that put it ahead of its predecessor, the Surface Pro 3.

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Microsoft HoloLens is the world’s first fully untethered holographic computer, powered by Windows 10. On the flip side, though, that model is the only one that’s fanless. To get that discrete NVIDIA made processor shoppers need to purchase at least the Intel Core i5 256GB Surface Book with dGPU for $1,899. It highlights the difference between Microsoft and Apple. We don’t know how many units Microsoft has actually produced for the United States, so it’s pretty much impossible to tell how successful the device is without such figures. Microsoft is claiming that it will give 9 hours battery backup.

Speaking of which, a more impressive feature is the mechanism used to hold the Surface Book’s screen in place. Still, that’s hardly something to complain about, as both machines should easily last a working day of intensive use.

The Surface Pro 4 lets you expand your internal storage with a microSD card slot, while the Surface Book has a full-sized SD slot. Short of the most expensive 4K laptops, don’t expect the Surface Book to have much competition in this department when it launches. At Amazon’s website, you can preorder most variations.

Photography isn’t going to be a big part of either product, but things like video chat and facial recognition logins might be. Backward-compatible Xbox 360 games will also be playable on Windows 10 through game streaming from Xbox One to Windows 10.

Note that the device comes in different storage variants at different prices starting from $899 all the way to $2,199 when it goes on sale on October 26.