New Delhi: With its first laptop - the Surface Book - Microsoft did not only intend to rival Apple in terms of design and technology, but it also wants to place the hybrid device's cost at par with the premium price tag iDevices come with.
When Microsoft announced the Windows 10-powered Surface Book, it said that the laptop/tablet hybrid will come with support for up to 1 TB SSD but it was not available for pre-order at the time of launch.
Now, the device is up for pre-order and obviously isn’t available for cheap. The high-end model is going to make your account lighter by a whopping $3,199 - approximately more than Rs 2 lakh! That seems certainly way beyond even Apple's expectations. Even the base Surface Book model is selling for $1,499 while the prices for the MacBook Pro starts at $1,099.
While the premium device is called a laptop, the screen is detachable so that it effectively becomes a tablet. The company touted its clipboard-like functions for people on the go. The 13.5-inch screen has a 3000x2000 pixel (267 PPI) display.
It can deliver up to 12 hours of battery life. It is powered by 6th Gen Intel Core (i5 or i7) processor and has 8 GB or 16 GB of RAM.
The Surface Book also includes a feature that we don't usually associate with laptops - dual-cameras. The hybrid laptop has a 8 megapixel rear camera along with a 5 megapixel front camera.
The trackpad in the Surface Book is made of glass. Enclosed within a magnesium casing the laptop weighs 1.5 kg and comes with SSD storage options ranging from 128 GB to 1 TB.
The Surface Book also includes in its package the Surface Pen with an eraser that again competes with the Apple Pencil for the MacBook Pro which doesn't have an eraser.
The slightly lesser priced model with 512 GB SSD is available at $2,699. Nonetheless, the new Surface Books are unlikely to be shipped for another 7 to 8 weeks.
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