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<\/a><\/p>\nGeneral availability:<\/p>\n
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- The US and Canada can get their hands on Surface Book on October 26th.<\/li>\n
- Australia gets it on November 12th<\/sup>, according to the Microsoft Store site.<\/li>\n
- It looks like most countries will be waiting until 2016 for Surface Book \u2013 there\u2019s no mention of it on the UK or Germany sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Everything we know (at the time of writing, Comic Book Store Guy who will comment in 6 months’ time) about the NVIDIA GPU is listed above and:<\/p>\n
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- It’s a new chipset;<\/li>\n
- The Xbox team was involved in tuning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Neither Microsoft nor NVIDIA are talking specifics<\/a>.<\/p>\n
A lot was made of the NVIDIA GPU in the launch. Note that the 2 cheaper models use Intel HD graphics instead of the NVIDIA GPU. Using the customizer on the US Microsoft store, the following models were available to me:<\/p>\n
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- Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD (not NVIDIA GPU): $1,499<\/li>\n
- Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD (not NVIDIA GPU): $1,699<\/li>\n
- Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD: $1,899<\/li>\n
- Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD: $2,099<\/li>\n
- Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD: $2,699<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This machine is not priced to compete with a Dell Inspiron or a Lenovo Thinkpad. This is a high-end machine, targeting the same niche market as the MacBook Pro. I expect we’d see sales to artists, engineers, and management types. Asus’s CEO doesn’t need to complain.<\/p>\n
Note that the Surface Book was designed to run Windows 10, not Windows 8.1.<\/p>\n
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Some notes:<\/p>\n
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- The top\/tablet is referred to as a clipboard by MSFT marketing<\/li>\n
- The battery is split; 4 hours in the top and 8 hours in the keyboard<\/li>\n
- The models with NVIDIA GPU place the GPU in the keyboard. There’s an Intel GPU in the clipboard\/tablet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The New Surface Pen<\/h4>\n
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- Included with the Surface Book<\/li>\n
- Aluminium<\/li>\n
- 1024 levels of pressure with<\/li>\n
- 1 year rechargeable battery<\/li>\n
- Compatible with Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 3 and Surface book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The New Surface Dock:<\/h4>\n
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- Compatible with Surface Pro 4, Surface pro 3, and Surface Book<\/li>\n
- 2 Mini DisplayPorts<\/li>\n
- 1 Gigabit Ethernet port<\/li>\n
- 4 USB 3.0 ports<\/li>\n
- 1 Audio out port<\/li>\n
- 5.12 x 2.36 x 1.18 in (130 x 60 x30 mm)<\/li>\n
- $199.99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Mini-Display Port adapters:<\/h4>\n
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- 2 models: To-VGA and to-HA AV adapters<\/li>\n
- Compatible with Surface Pro 4, Surface Pro 3, and Surface Book<\/li>\n
- $39.99<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTechnorati Tags: Hardware<\/a>,Windows 10<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- It looks like most countries will be waiting until 2016 for Surface Book \u2013 there\u2019s no mention of it on the UK or Germany sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n