microsoft surface book yes or no?

[Lurker]

i need a new laptop for school, so yeah

i don't really have a budget and i don't like bulky laptops, so i chose the surface book and there were pretty good reviews on it

your opinions please

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[Georges]

What do you plan to use it for?

 Overall, it's a great device, but if you have good desktop for gaming (which I think you do, right?) it might be worth it to just get a Surface Pro 4 instead. It's even more portable, and and can be laptop or tablet, like the book. Personally, I would go for the Pro 4 instead of the Book, but either one would be great if you really can afford either.

[Zeblote]

It looks kinda weird with that gap when closed

Like it would break easily or something

[Ipquarx]

The keyboards are terrible, just a warning.

[Lurker]

The keyboards are terrible, just a warning.

why

[shitlord]

looks like a gel keyboard to me
those aren't good but its better than a touchscreen keyboard so w/e buy a real keyboard for it if you want it

[Georges]

The keyboards are terrible, just a warning.

No.

I have the Surface 3 with the keyboard, and I would not classify it as terrible at all. Plus, the Surface 4's keyboard has been greatly improved over previous generations.

That said, he's asking about the Surface Book, which is like an actual laptop so no, it's not "terrible."

[Lurker]

What do you plan to use it for?

 Overall, it's a great device, but if you have good desktop for gaming (which I think you do, right?) it might be worth it to just get a Surface Pro 4 instead. It's even more portable, and and can be laptop or tablet, like the book. Personally, I would go for the Pro 4 instead of the Book, but either one would be great if you really can afford either.

i was going to get a desktop but i never really did.
well i dont want the surface pro because i like having more of a laptop keyboard so yeah. I might do some light gaming on the surface book if i decide to get it.

[IkeTheGeneric]

Honestly the price seems to be fairly high-end for a school laptop.

[Lurker]

Honestly the price seems to be fairly high-end for a school laptop.

I don't have a budget, so i want the best that is out there

it's for school but i might do some gaming on it too

[ZERØ]

I'd honestly just get Suface Pro 4 with an i5 and Discrete nVidia GPU option.


But if you have the money, go for it, I just would prefer the standard surface over the book, just make sure you choose one with "Discrete nVidia GPU".

[shitlord]

if u have no budget buy some crazy extreme stuff lmao forget the surface

[portify]

I don't have a budget, so i want the best that is out there

At this point just get the Surface Pro 4 512 GB 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 with 16 GB of RAM ($2,199) for most things as well as the Microsoft Surface Book 1TB / Intel Core i7 / dGPU ($3,199).

[Lurker]

if u have no budget buy some crazy extreme stuff lmao forget the surface

if you know some crazy ass extreme laptop that isn't bulky and have gaming related stuff all over the place feel free to recommend

[shitlord]

bulky is relative

https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/VenomX_GIGABYTE_P35WV4_Gaming_Laptop
https://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Xplorer_X5-6820K_Gaming_Laptop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232766
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152941
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315130

if ur going to be living in a dorm dont buy anything expensive
stuff gets stolen and forgeted up easily