{"id":233587,"date":"2017-10-17T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=233587"},"modified":"2017-10-17T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T13:57:42","slug":"microsoft-surface-book-2-powerhouse-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/233587-microsoft-surface-book-2-powerhouse-performance.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Book 2 &#8211; Powerhouse performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has unveiled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/surface\/devices\/surface-book-2\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Surface Book 2<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; available in two sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said the laptop offers &#8220;powerhouse performance&#8221; in either a 15-inch or 13.5-inch form factor.<\/p>\n<p>The PCs are available with 8th-gen Intel Core i5 or i7 processors, Nvidia GTX 1050 or 1060 discrete or integrated Intel HD graphics, and up to 16GB RAM.<\/p>\n<p>The laptops also feature PixelSense touch displays with resolutions up to\u00a03,240 x 2,160, up to 1TB SSD storage, and USB-C ports.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said the Surface Book 2 can be set up in multiple positions, depending what the user needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Laptop Mode<\/strong> &#8211; Traditional laptop experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tablet Mode<\/strong> &#8211; Detach the display and use it as a tablet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Studio Mode<\/strong> &#8211; Fold the PC to draw on the display.<\/li>\n<li><strong>View Mode<\/strong> &#8211; Flip the screen and use the keyboard as a stand to watch media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Surface Book 2 starts at $1,499 for the 13.5-inch model, and $2,499 for the 15-inch model. Pre-orders open from 9 November.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-233593 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split-640x320.jpg\" alt=\"Surface Pro 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split-640x320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-233591 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image-640x347.jpg\" alt=\"Surface Pro 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image-640x347.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image-600x325.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ck5RbTQj28\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/233003-intel-and-amd-have-made-buying-a-cpu-unbelievably-confusing.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Intel and AMD have made buying a CPU unbelievably confusing<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Book 2 &#8211; available in two sizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":233589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[123,46723],"class_list":["post-233587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-microsoft","tag-surface-pro-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233587"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233595,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233587\/revisions\/233595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}