Surface Book: Microsoft’s first high-end laptop
Meet Surface Book, Microsoft’s laptop redefined. Designed with the quality and workmanship that have characterized Surface from the beginning, Surface Book combines 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 and Core™ i7 processors and up to 1 TB of storage[1] with Intel® HD graphics 520, optional discrete NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics, an integrated backlit keyboard, responsive glass trackpad, and detachable screen-turned-tablet featuring a 13.5-inch PixelSense™ Display. Starting at $1,499[2], Surface Book is a high-performance laptop with exceptional power and unprecedented versatility that flexes to meet the demands of your work — from the art studio to the board room.
Top Features and Benefits
- Creative powerhouse. Design, sketch and build without limits. Surface Book is designed to be your creative powerhouse, built for the most demanding creative tasks. Edit photos and videos in graphics-heavy programs with amazing fluidity and smoothness. With up to 12 hours of battery life for video playback[3] to take you through your day, Surface Book is the ultimate laptop to power your ideas.
- Draw, write and create on the go. Quickly and easily detach the screen to use it like a clipboard, and take advantage of its advanced touch and precise inking experience, or rotate and reattach to continue using the hardware-accelerated graphics. Plus, the updated Surface pen offers the ultimate modern writing experience, now with 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity and reduced latency. When attached to the base, Surface Book enables quiet typing and more words per minute with a keyboard built for comfort, accuracy and efficiency.
- Best-in-class screen. With 6 million pixels, 1800:1 contrast ratio and 100 percent sRGB color, Surface Book’s 13.5-inch PixelSense™ Display offers stunning clarity and incredible resolution. Surface Book is individually calibrated for true-to-life color, with extremely high contrast and low glare.
- Experience Windows 10. With full Windows 10 Pro, Surface Book is compatible with virtually all your favorite software, including apps, programs like Microsoft Office[4], and professional-grade software such as Citrix4 and Visual Studio4.
Technical Specifications
| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro |
| Exterior | Dimensions:
Laptop: 9.14 x 12.3 x 0.51-0.90 inches (232.1 x 312.3 x 13.0-22.8 mm) Tablet only: 8.67 x 12.3 x 0.30 inches (220.2 x 312.3 x 7.7 mm)
Weight: Laptop: Non-GPU: 3.34 lbs. (1515 g), GPU: 3.48 lbs. (1579 g) Tablet only: 1.6 lbs. (726 g)
Mechanical features: Magnesium body, Dynamic Fulcrum Hinge, One-button Muscle Wire detach mechanism Color: Silver Physical clipboard buttons: power, volume |
| Storage | Solid-state drive (SSD) PCIe 3.0: 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB1 |
| Display | Screen: 13.5-inch PixelSense™ Display
Resolution: 3000×2000 (267 ppi) Contrast ratio: 1800:1 Aspect ratio: 3:2 100 percent sRGB color, individually calibrated Touch: 10-point multitouch |
| CPU | 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 or Core™ i7 |
| Graphics | Intel® HD graphics 520 and optional NVIDIA® GeForce® Graphics Processor with dedicated 1GB GDDR5 high-speed memory |
| Memory | 8 GB or 16 GB RAM |
| Keyboard & Trackpad | Full-size, integrated backlit keyboard with 1.6mm key travel
Precision trackpad with glass laminated trackpad (7,350 sq. mm) Five-finger contact recognition with full Windows 10 support Subpixel resolution |
| Security | TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security |
| Pen | Surface Pen
1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity Magnetic storage |
| Network | 802.11ac 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi wireless networking; IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible
Bluetooth 4.0 LE wireless technology |
| Battery | Up to 12 hours battery life for video playback3 |
| Cameras | Windows Hello5 face-authentication camera (front-facing)
8.0MP rear-facing auto-focus camera, with 1080p HD camera 5.0MP front-facing 1080p HD camera |
| Audio | Dual microphones, front- and rear-facing
Front-facing stereo speakers with Dolby® audio |
| Ports | Two full-size USB 3.0
Full-size SD™ card reader (UHS-II performance) Surface Connect for power and docking (base and clipboard) Stereo headphones/microphone jack Mini DisplayPort |
| Sensors | Ambient light sensor
Accelerometer Gyroscope Magnetometer |
| Power supply | 36W power supply with USB charging port
65W power supply with USB charging port (discrete GPU SKU) |
| In the box | Surface Book
Surface Pen Power supply Quick Start Guide Safety and warranty documents |
| Warranty | One-year limited hardware warranty6 |
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