Symfony Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 I just bought a refurbished Surface Book since my Dell XPS 13 died on me the other day. It will mostly be used for work and possibly art. Specs are: Core i5/8GB RAM/128GB Storage (SSD) I believe if I take the screen off, I can upgrade the SSD to a larger size, but for now the 128GB should be okay. In terms of features, I really like the extended battery life with the base and the possibility to add a dGPU with a second base. I like the pen and tablet capability especially for drawing, and "tent mode" which is essentially tablet mode but with the keyboard attached (extra battery life). Attached are some photos I took, one comparing to my 2012 MacBook Pro for size. (The surface book is much lighter) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xernicus Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 It would be an arduous task, but the Surface Book has a replaceable M.2 SSD indeed. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Book+Teardown/51972I've been looking at getting one- seems like they'd be quite well built and versatile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symfony Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 It would be an arduous task, but the Surface Book has a replaceable M.2 SSD indeed. https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Microsoft+Surface+Book+Teardown/51972 I've been looking at getting one- seems like they'd be quite well built and versatile. yeah, I took a look at the ifixit page before I bought it, I'm not sure I'll ever really need it but i think I could pull it off if i needed to. ill probably go hunting for the performance base before replacing the ssd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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