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    Disable discrete GPU?

    Turning off the dgpu might save battery power and it might generate less heat. Dunno, but maybe.
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    Does the battery on screen get charged by base?

    Nope, gotta have a charger. But you can plug the charger into either unit.
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    A tale of two Surface Books ...

    I bought two Surface Books. Same model - i5/8Gb/128Gb, same retailer, same price. They were delivered in identical boxes on the same day. When I powered on the first Book, it froze within a few minutes, requiring a reboot. After that, it froze frequently - every few minutes, requiring in each...
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    Solved Surface Book Built-in Speakers Good, But Headphone Problems

    My friend had this problem on his SP3, with his external speakers. He had to select them from the audio control panel every time he plugged them in. It was very annoying, and I'm surprised it wasn't fixed this time around.
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    Canadian Surface Book Launch a Disaster

    The nature of these massive product launches is that people without issues will consider most criticism to be an overreaction, while people with significant issues will consider the whole product launch to be a failure. In fact, both propositions are true given the two different perspectives...
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    Canadian Surface Book Launch a Disaster

    It looks like it was only BestBuy Canada orders that were affected. Stupid me for ordering through BestBuy, but I thought it would be easier to return the product to my local BestBuy, if I had any problems, rather than have to ship it back to MS. The BB customer service rep I spoke to just now...
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    Canadian Surface Book Launch a Disaster

    Every time I google "Surface Book Shipping Canada" to see if anyone knows what is going on with shipments to Canada, I see all these news headlines saying "The New Surface Book is NOW AVAILABLE IN CANADA!". Well, not exactly ...
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    Canadian Surface Book Launch a Disaster

    It appears that MS forgot about all of its customers in Canada. After promising delivery of Surface Books on October 26, through MS online and its partner BestBuy, it seems no customer in Canada has actually received a Surface Book. The status of my order, with BestBuy Canada, is now "Out of...
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