Jump to content

Surface Book or Surface Pro 4

AlTech
By AlTech
in Laptops and Pre-Built Systems
 Share
Posted

I can't make up my mind. I really love both.

 

Here's what I will use it for:

 

Ocasionally Fusion 360 CAD program (this runs well even on my friend's core M 2 in 1)

PowerPoint presentations

Word Documents

Excel Spreadsheets

OneNote note taking

OneDrive synching

By this point I realize what a perfect Microsoft customer I am :)

Visual Studio 2015 - This needs a Core i5 or better for decent compile times.

Playing music on Spotify using headphones.

I'm not gonna play any games.

Maybe Photoshop CC.

 

Thanks :)

 

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

How to setup MSI Afterburner OSD | How to make your AMD Radeon GPU more efficient with Radeon Chill | (Probably) Why LMG Merch shipping to the EU is expensive

Oneplus 6 (Early 2023 to present) | HP Envy 15" x360 R7 5700U (Mid 2021 to present) | Steam Deck (Late 2022 to present)

 

Mid 2023 AlTech Desktop Refresh - AMD R7 5800X (Mid 2023), XFX Radeon RX 6700XT MBA (Mid 2021), MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon (Early 2018), 32GB DDR4-3200 (16GB x2) (Mid 2022

Noctua NH-D15 (Early 2021), Corsair MP510 1.92TB NVMe SSD (Mid 2020), beQuiet Pure Wings 2 140mm x2 & 120mm x1 (Mid 2023),

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I personally reccomend the surface book only because the keyboard that comes with it feels more natural than one for a SP4, and it includes an extra battery in the keyboard as well as the tablet. plus it can be detached to use as a tablet if needed. I think Linus did a review on it and he said he liked it.

You know how it is, the cow goes "moo", the dog goes "woof" and the gamer goes "The PvP is unbalanced."

Spoiler

Personal Computer: CPU: i7-4790 Mobo: Asrock Z97 Extreme6 Graphics Card: MSI R9-380  Memory: 16GB (8GB x2) G. Skill Sniper Gaming Series PSU: Apevia Warlock 750W Case: NZXT Phantom 410 Series Storage: 240GB SSD (OS) 3TB HDD (data and such) 500 GB SSD (Movies and Large Data Transfers (I'm constantly moving this one around to other computers))

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
13 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

I can't make up my mind. I really love both.

 

Here's what I will use it for:

 

Ocasionally Fusion 360 CAD program (this runs well even on my friend's core M 2 in 1)

PowerPoint presentations

Word Documents

Excel Spreadsheets

OneNote note taking

OneDrive synching

By this point I realize what a perfect Microsoft customer I am :)

Visual Studio 2015 - This needs a Core i5 or better for decent compile times.

Playing music on Spotify using headphones.

I'm not gonna play any games.

Maybe Photoshop CC.

 

Thanks :)

 

id personally recommend the surface book but if cost is a factor

surface book (without a dedicated gpu) i5-6300u 8gb ram 256gb ssd is $1700 usd

surface pro 4 i5-6300u 8gb ram 256gb ssd is $1300 usd

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
2 minutes ago, alexc026 said:

id personally recommend the surface book but if cost is a factor

surface book i5-6300u 8gb ram 256gb ssd is $1700 usd

surface pro 4 i5-6300u 8gb ram 256gb ssd is $1300 usd

Yeah If cost wasn't an issue then I would get Surface Book. But cost is an issue so I'll probably buy a Pro 4.

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

How to setup MSI Afterburner OSD | How to make your AMD Radeon GPU more efficient with Radeon Chill | (Probably) Why LMG Merch shipping to the EU is expensive

Oneplus 6 (Early 2023 to present) | HP Envy 15" x360 R7 5700U (Mid 2021 to present) | Steam Deck (Late 2022 to present)

 

Mid 2023 AlTech Desktop Refresh - AMD R7 5800X (Mid 2023), XFX Radeon RX 6700XT MBA (Mid 2021), MSI X370 Gaming Pro Carbon (Early 2018), 32GB DDR4-3200 (16GB x2) (Mid 2022

Noctua NH-D15 (Early 2021), Corsair MP510 1.92TB NVMe SSD (Mid 2020), beQuiet Pure Wings 2 140mm x2 & 120mm x1 (Mid 2023),

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Laptops and Pre-Built Systems

×