Spec Battle: Surface Book vs Macbook Pro, iPad Pro and MacBook Air

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Microsoft revealed the new Surface Book yesterday. The device is a laptop that can also turn into a tablet which can replace your laptop. The Surface Book is quite fascinating and comes with high-end specs, too. But, how does it compare with the other big boys of the market? Here’s a comparison of the specs:

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As you can see from the above spec sheet, the Surface Book is pretty damn good compared to the other devices — especially the Macbook Pro. The device isn’tย really cheap, but it does offer some good specs. It will be very interesting to see how the device performs in real-life — we will try to have an in-depth review of the device once we get our hands-on one of them. Until then, if you are planning to get a new laptop or a tablet, will you be checking out the Surface Book? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Pre-order links, models and pricing:

Surface Book
Estimated retail price (USD)
Intelยฎ Coreโ„ข i5, 128 GB and 8 GB of RAM $1499
Intelยฎ Coreโ„ข i5, 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM $1599
Intelยฎ Coreโ„ข i5, 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM (dGPU) $1,899
Intelยฎ Coreโ„ข i7, 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM (dGPU) $2,099
Intelยฎ Coreโ„ข i7, 512 GB and 16 GB of RAM (dGPU) $2,699

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