Porsche Design Book One - A Better Surface Book Clone

[Guest Kloaked]

WTF PORSCHE MAKES COMPUTERS?

 

There's a subsidiary of Porsche AG called Porsche Design Group, and they make a lot of expensive shit as you may have guessed. Anything from glasses to headphones. The company brought their new Surface Book clone dubbed the Book One to MWC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a really sleek, albeit "boring" design but it looks gorgeous as a 2-in-1 can get in my opinion. It has a good IO, everything from two USB-C 3.1 ports (one is Thunderbolt) to a microSD card reader. As far as hardware specs go, there is merely a Kaby Lake i7-7500U with 2.7Ghz clock (3.5Ghz boost), 16GB memory, 512GB Intel SSD, 3200x1800 IPS touch display, stereo speakers, front camera and a supposedly good battery. Porsche Design claims up to 14 hours of normal use and a charging time of under 2 hours, which is nuts if true.

 

Unlike the Surface Book, this 2-in-1 can rotate all the way backwards with what Porsche Design calls their "VarioHinge" which is very industrial/automotive looking.

 

I don't see anyone here buying one of these unless you just make bank, because these are going to set you back $2,495 USD. An equally specced Surface Book will cost a little less even with the GPU base, so what you're paying for here is Porsche's design.

[Nicnac]

4 minutes ago, Kloaked said:

it looks gorgeous as a 2-in-1 can get in my opinion.

Yup...

[Bouzoo]

Small typo, the resolution is 3200x1800

[Guest Kloaked]

Just now, Bouzoo said:

Small typo, the resolution is 3200x1800

Knew I forgot to do something. Thanks.

[Bouzoo]

And I like how it docks in the logo (the top panel), not directly in the keyboard.

[Real_PhillBert]

Is the CPU in the back?

 

Can I pay extra to remove features?

 

Is there an RS model?

 

These questions need answers.

[RotoCoreOne]

I like the design... However, $2500 for no dGPU? I understand using a U series processor since it also becomes a tablet but if Microsoft can cram a 965m in there's for about the same price then Porsche (wtf?) can too. If you really want to buy a detachable 2 in 1 and willing to spend that amount of money then get a Surface Book... Not this.

[TidaLWaveZ]

They should produce their own operating system for it and call it pOS.

[Orangeator]

22 minutes ago, TidaLWaveZ said:

They should produce their own operating system for it and call it pOS.

Piece of Shit. Hahaha. You made my day.

[mynameisjuan]

I saw a review of this yesterday and this is a beautiful laptop. The price is high but your not paying for the hardware but the name. 

 

I hope other laptops adapt this hinge design as this looks like we finally reached the perfect hinge. 

[Syntaxvgm]

Lincoln should make a laptop. It'd just be a ford focus with a shiny trackpad glued on it. 

[NumLock21]

Hey as long as they're making money from people who buys their stuffs, why not.

 

 

[Magnetorheological]

That's actually not as overpriced as I thought it was going to be, about on par with an equivalent MacBook Pro. Judging by the fact that they charged about double for the PD version of the Huawei Mate 9, I thought this thing was going to be like 5 grand.

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Not that surprised TBH.  They teamed up with Lacie before to make external hard drives.

 

 

my local electronics store has been selling these for several years now.  

[Crazy Ginger]

Linus should get one of these so that he can say he owns a Porsche and a lambo

[JAKEBAB]

Surface book still looks better imo.

[NumLock21]

Now you can smell just like a Porsche!

 

 

[VerticalDiscussions]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

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LOOL, who needs a new car when you can smell like one.

 

Nonetheless, Porsche Design is pretty much the joke of all hardware companies. We put the "best" hardware possible in a clamshell with the Porsche branding, so you pay x2 or x3 the average price :3. Sounds alright....

[potoooooooo]

It's not a surface book clone, microsoft helped them designed this.

 

In other words, this is basically a major hint at what the Surface Book 2 is going to be like. Definitely a different hinge.

[Mr.Meerkat]

3 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Now you can smell just like a Porsche!

 

Sorry for the video quality...

[NumLock21]

Just now, VerticalDiscussions said:

LOOL, who needs a new car when you can smell like one.

 

Nonetheless, Porsche Design is pretty much the joke of all hardware companies. We put the "best" hardware possible in a clamshell with the Porsche branding, so you pay x2 or x3 the average price :3. Sounds alright....

Not just a new car, a Porsche.

 

[VerticalDiscussions]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

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It has wheels, brakes, a clutch, presumably great leather interiors (seats, seatbelts, dashboard, inner door coating, etc.), a nice engine and they have to be refueled from time to time, depending on the quality of driving :3. Wait a second... aint most cars like that :D?

[Centurius]

7 hours ago, RotoCoreOne said:

I like the design... However, $2500 for no dGPU? I understand using a U series processor since it also becomes a tablet but if Microsoft can cram a 965m in there's for about the same price then Porsche (wtf?) can too. If you really want to buy a detachable 2 in 1 and willing to spend that amount of money then get a Surface Book... Not this.

People don't buy Porsche Design because it's good, they buy it as a status symbol.

[NumLock21]

 

 

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