Porsche Book One

[Keppla]

Porsche Design has announced its new 2-in-1, called the Book One, today at Mobile World Congress and it sure reminds us of a Surface Book. The device runs Windows 10 Pro and includes a 5-megapixel camera with an infrared sensor for logging in through Windows Hello. Here’s the rest of the specs:

• 13.3-inch touch QHD display
• Core i7 Intel processor
• 16GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD storage
• Two USB-C ports, two USB 3.0 ports, and a USB-C port that supports ThunderBolt 3
• Precision Touchpad and backlit keyboard

The Book One also supports a digital stylus that sticks to the right side of the device magnetically. It’s worth noting the notebook’s hardware was likely done by Quanta, a company that also helped manufacture Amazon’s Fire tablets.

The key difference between Book One and a Surface Book — apart from the impossible-to-miss Porsche Design logo — is the hinge. Book One’s screen is detachable, like the Surface Book’s, but it can also rotate 360 degrees. The Surface Book can’t do that. You’re going to have to pay for that hinge, however. The Book One will cost $2,495 when its released in the US this April. While this is slightly more expensive than the base Surface Book, at least you’re getting that cool hinge, more current ports, and branding.

What do you think?

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Keppla Gaming said:

The Book One will cost $2,495 when its released in the US this April. While this is slightly more expensive than the base Surface Book, at least you’re getting that cool hinge, more current ports, and branding.

 

 

so take a surfacebook take away the quality, ports , good design, put in a "designer" branding and sell it for more? also the hinge looks ugly. 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, rrubberr said:

 

 

 

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it is built like a tank,build1uqlity is close to MacBook. 

[Pendragon]

2 hours ago, nerdslayer1 said:

it is built like a tank,build1uqlity is close to MacBook. 

lol i actually hate the surface book. i've tried to make it a daily driver when it first launched but NOPE. the screen is too wobbly for the pen, the hinge design is fucking awful for day to day use. Cause it doesn't line up flush with your other FLAT things. Basically a pain in the ass to use. The Thinkpad Yoga series is far better in terms of 2in1. 

[The Sloth]

6 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

lol i actually hate the surface book. i've tried to make it a daily driver when it first launched but NOPE. the screen is too wobbly for the pen, the hinge design is fucking awful for day to day use. Cause it doesn't line up flush with your other FLAT things. Basically a pain in the ass to use. The Thinkpad Yoga series is far better in terms of 2in1. 

 

 

i know people will hate me for saying this but i don't find 2 in 1 laptops good or laptops with touchscreen useful. i personally prefer a good trackpad in a laptop. the only reason i liked the surface book is because it was built well, its sadly underpowered, bad battery life, too much maintenance for my use case.   

[Pendragon]

7 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

i know people will hate me for saying this but i don't find 2 in 1 laptops good or laptops with touchscreen useful. i personally prefer a good trackpad in a laptop. the only reason i liked the surface book is because it was built well, its sadly underpowered, bad battery life, too much maintenance for my use case.   

 

IKR. I feel that too. I don't like touchscreen's on laptops. Trackpad + the trackpoint is godly. Especially the new Thinkpad Yoga's with the legendary trackpoint AND the new Windows precision trackpads. I think those are the ONLY current Windows laptop that rivals a Macbook in terms of laptop usability.