Surfacebook Gen 2

March 16, 2017

Referring to the thread I started about the dilemma to buy a laptop for my college years.

I was advised by 'THE NORSE' that I should wait for Gen 2 which may hit the shelves in April this year, made me think about it specs, new features and what it should have, etc.

So here's the result of the little bit research I did on it (points referring different websites) -

1.

The first thing I came across was by the christianpost

(http://www.christianpost.com/news/microsoft-surface-book-2-release-date-news-update-release-of-kaby-lake-strengthens-rumor-about-book-2-processor-173588/)

Processor - Kaby Lake, because of the power saving feature it has and maybe having a 4k display with VR ready.

On which I highly doubt because looking at the Microsoft's design of the surfaces, it is more like a professional work laptop than gaming and it also would need greater battery life which would defeat the purpose of Kaby Lake (I think so)

Release - Not confirmed yet, but Pro 5 definitely will be launched with it.

2.

According to Tech times

(http://www.techtimes.com/articles/194252/20170125/microsoft-surface-book-2-rumors-kably-lake-processor-4k-display-and-more.htm)

(presumably the Gen2 tease by Microsoft).

Design - More ridges in the hinge, making it better

Display and Processor - Same as above

Battery life - More so as to support VR ready for longer operation

Release - Again claiming it being launched with Pro 5, in late march or early April this year.

Ports - USB-C support but NOT thunderbolt 3 (which makes sense because of the apple rivalry) which is quite disappointing for me as at the end of the day, we all have to accept about apple claiming that the future is in Thunderbolt 3. (Come on man we can do anything with it , 40 GBPS!!!).

3.

After coming down to T3

(http://www.t3.com/news/surface-book-3-everything-we-think-we-know)

Operating system - Big WIN 10 update, rolling out this summer which may have VR support

Release - OCTOBER 2017!!!, which according to me is pointless, the older surfaces will be outdated pretty bad by then.

Display and Processor - Same as above

RAM - 32 GB option, which makes sense with its 4k display, and making it 4k render machine and their tactics of staying a step ahead of Apple.

.

Conclusion -

Design -

There is not much to talk about the design, except the image the Microsoft uploaded on Instagram (Above) there are almost no leaks or rumors about the design, but yeah we can accept the fact that there can be more ridges in the hinge so as to reduce the gap between the dock and screen, which was criticized a lot in earlier version.

Display -

4K display, as it also supports the Editor, Animators and Designer (as Microsoft shows the products in their ads) and also steps up the game of trying to be one step ahead of apple and is simply amazing.

Processor -

Most probably Kaby Lake, after seeing the CES 2017, it makes a lot of sense for Microsoft to go for it with its power saving capability and 4K+3D ready.

--But what to say about AMD, maybe they have a Ryzen specifically designed to blow the laptop industry ( I hope so), but it is rarely possible.

RAM - 8, 16 and 32 GB options as again these products hits the sweet spots for creators, it will definitely need more RAM to render in 4K (as it's the future and there'll be no point of having 4K display).

Graphics - Really blurry situation here, as no one have talked about it just one site claims it to be having GTX 1080, which IDK anything about for it to be used in Surfacebook, as it's more like a gaming card (I may be wrong on this).

--But again AMD may blow up the market with vega GPU which may be compatible for laptops and may have contacted Microsoft before in hand.(again highly improbable but I wish it's true).

This thread is for discussion on the Surfacebook Gen 2 (as it may be called 3 because of 2 being the performance base) so all thoughts and suggestions are welcomed and I'd also like to hear what you guys think about it.

Disclaimer - I'm not an expert so I may be wrong at many or even all places so corrections and suggestions are welcomed.

A COOL CONCEPT THAT I FOUND - https://www.concept-phones.com/microsoft/microsoft-surface-phone-render-inspired-surface-book/

Edited March 16, 2017 by Zackbare
Turned it from a reading nightmare to more reader friendly post.