( The entry level for the Performance Base models is a full stack of Benjamins cheaper at $2,300.) It's the top-of-the-line model, with a $3,300 price tag. The model of Surface Book with Performance Base that Microsoft provided for review sports a 1TB hard drive, an Intel i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX graphics card. If you're one of those Apple fans who felt burned by the direction taken by the newest MacBook Pro models, this might just be the Surface Book for you. Like the original Surface Book, it's simply a great laptop beyond even the gimmicky detachable display: It's fast and responsive, with a touchscreen, a Surface Pen stylus, a killer keyboard and the best non-Apple laptop mouse touchpad I've ever used.Īfter a week or so with the Surface Book with Performance Base, my big takeaway is simple. So imagine my pleasant surprise when Microsoft announced the Surface Book with Performance Base, a new model that's basically the same as the old model, but with some extra horsepower under the hood and a much longer-lasting battery. When I first tried the Surface Book, Microsoft's first-ever full-fledged laptop, I thought it was just shy of perfect - fast, responsive, with a touchscreen display that actually lifts off the base to become a tablet. The Surface Book with Performance Base is a small but powerful upgrade to the original Surface Book.

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