![]() ![]() (The Surface Book 2’s charger put out 100W, while the 100W Dock reportedly supplies 60 watts to the Surface Connector, reserving the rest for other ports.) MicrosoftĮxpect the redesigned Surface Dock 2 to look very similar, but with USB-C ports replacing the miniDP connectors.Įnter the Surface Dock 2. But the original Surface Book 2 had a power problem-its internals drew too much power for either the stock charger or the legacy Surface Dock to power the Surface Book 2 under load. The Surface Book 2 is a magnificent machine. (A slightly more reasonable 15-inch option would be the 16GB RAM/256GB SSD configuration, which will cost 1,410 euro or about $1,530.) Microsoft Surface Dock 2 Microsoft will sell the 15-inch Surface Book 3 for 1,410 to 4,324 euros, or between $1,530 and a whopping $4,690. According to WinFuture, the 13.5-inch options will range from about 1,023 to 1,523 euros, or about $1,110 to $1,650. That’s roughly the same as Microsoft offered as part of the Surface Book 2, though those machines offered just 8GB and 16GB memory options. ![]() The listings uncovered offer no real memory or storage surprises: RAM options may include 8GB, 16GB and 32GB, while SSD options may include 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. They have basic UHD graphics inside of them, but will be optimized to work with discrete GPUs. What will be inside? According to , which claims to have uncovered several dealer configurations for the European market, the 13.5-inch version of the Surface Book 3 will be powered by either the Intel Core i5-10210U (1.6GHz, 4.2GHz turbo) or the Core i7-10510U (1.8GHz, 4.9GHz turbo).īoth of Intel’s chips are quad-core, eight-thread 25W Comet Lake chips optimized for clock speed, rather than all the bells and whistles of their “Ice Lake” cousins. The Surface Book 2 is Microsoft’s flagship Surface. Microsoft’s Surface Book 3 is also the only Surface that has a discrete GPU, a feature that’s expected to carry over to the Surface Book 3. ![]() That design is unique to the Surface Book (and the erstwhile Porsche Design Book One), and that comes with other benefits, namely two discrete batteries-one in the base, and one in the tablet portion-providing plenty of battery life. We also haven’t seen any indication that the Surface Book 3 will differ radically from its predecessor-a convertible 2-in-1 whose screen can be undocked as a separate tablet, though without the kickstand of the Surface Pro series. ![]()
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