Microsoft carried off a bit of a sneak attack on the tech world today by unexpectedly unveiling the Surface Book. To me, this sounds like Microsoft partially admitted defeat with convincing people to switch to the Surface or Surface Pro.
Looking at the initial article, it does sound interesting, but very much like other products that already exist... even the Surface.
With the price point at $1499.00 my guess is that most people would consider it a bit too expensive for what you are getting. I know I do at least.
See it here.
Microsoft Releases the Surface Book
+3Looks too expensive at these pricing levels. A lot of competition out there.
"Here's more of the Surface Book pricing details:The $1,499 version is with Intel Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM. The highest end Intel Core i7 with 16 GB of RAM goes for $2,699."
http://www.zdnet.com/article/surface-book-microsofts-first-laptop-coming-october-26-starting-at-1499/
"Here's more of the Surface Book pricing details:The $1,499 version is with Intel Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM. The highest end Intel Core i7 with 16 GB of RAM goes for $2,699."
http://www.zdnet.com/article/surface-book-microsofts-first-laptop-coming-october-26-starting-at-1499/
I watched live streaming of the MS event. Windows Central had speculated there could be a larger Surface Pro but nobody had imagined this. When Panos Panay, the head of the Surface division, introduced the new Surface Pro with the set of new features in the MS devices event which by the way was the best MS event ever, I thought wow MS beat the Apple iPad Pro outright. The Surface Pro 4 is better than ever before and comfortably beats any other tablet. I thought it was a great show and MS did well. But boy oh boy did MS surprise me and everyone else or what! Panos showed the video introducing Surface Book, the first laptop by MS. I thought okay that's new. As he showed all the features with various superlatives, I liked it very much. Just when I thought he would finish and hand the mike over to Nadella, he said, 'watch the video again but this time watch carefully. The same video played again or so I thought. At the end the video showed the screen coming off the laptop and becoming a full fledged tablet. Altogether the Surface Book is a deadly combination of beauty and power. And I was blown away. It surely is as Panos said, the ultimate laptop, the thinnest and lightest in the 13 inch category. Something users of WSA can relate to well.;) The Surface book is a class on its own. It's expensive but it was launched as a direct competitor to the Macbook Pro I think. MS wanted to show the world that it too could make premium quality devices and I believe MS has achieved it with star marks. The Surface Book and Surface Pro are not for everyone. There are lots of choices like the new updated Dell XPS 15 which could be chosen over the more expensive Surface Book. But the Surface Book and Surface Pro absolutely win the hearts of their intended customers. Unfortunately I am not one of them and I don't see myself leaving the budget devices anytime soon. Maybe in the future and by the looks of it MS is sure to make the premium quality device market sweeter beyond my wildest imagination.
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