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    Surface Book 2 15" and Netflix 4K video on external monitor

    Thank you very much for this information, wynand32. Not sure why others here were confused or going off on tangents. If other notebooks can push HDCP 2.2 on external wired displays, and the SB2 cannot, it's a SB2 issue. This is technical support 101? I was quite eager to purchase the SB2...
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    Samsung vs Toshiba SSD (now with poll)

    To clear up some misconceptions: all NVMe drives (Samsung, Toshiba, Intel, etc.) had issues with AS SSD's benchmark, but it's just a quirk of NVMe and not indicative of real performance. That's not the major concern with the Samsung SSD. The Samsung SSD just uses much worse NAND (TLC without...
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    SD card only goes in half way

    It's also a "size" issue. To cram more battery in, I think. But, I can see both being a motivation, haha.
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    Interesting Start up of my New Surface Book

    Lots of users had this. It seems like Microsoft forgot to 'reset' the devices before shipping them out out. But, everyone else I had heard....a reboot (a shutdown isn't enough) or two made it boot up properly.
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    Surface Book Charger Led Indicator

    I agree. It would've been nice to know "fully charged" so you feel confident just whisking it away instead of having to open it, turn on the screen, check the battery level, etc. I think it's more akin to those old Dell laptops: the light just means the charger has power. #wishlistSB2
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    Disable discrete GPU?

    That's great to hear about the iGPU bugs getting addressed.Did they hint at when that next firmware/driver update might be dropping? I'm surprised there are so many issues regarding Intel's GMA drivers...usually, they aren't fast, but at least they're stable. But...that didn't exactly answer...
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    Disable discrete GPU?

    Err, I agree: it's an old video. But, what evidence do you have for the contrary, that Optimus is even less power efficient than at its inception?
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    Disable discrete GPU?

    Err, I think the dGPU is by default off. See this video and Anandtech's description: It doesn't "disable" the dGPU, but just makes sure it doesn't turn on. From all the threads we've seen so far about bugs, I think there are about 100 different reasons why you would want to disable it...
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    i7 vs. i5 Looking at both

    I'm waiting for Anandtech's review. I hope it will give some insight. Not the Surface Book, but here's an look at Haswell i5 vs i7 in MacBook Air: The 2013 MacBook Air: Core i5-4250U vs. Core i7-4650U
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    Disable discrete GPU?

    Oh, gosh. Lots of feedback, few solutions. Yes, you can force the system to only use the integrated GPU: Surface Book Tip: Manage the Discrete GPU - Thurrott.com Battery life, bugs, heat, etc. Not sure why this was a hard question, guys.
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    Surface Book uses Samsung TLC (low write speeds)

    I thought I would cross-post here. Oddly, even though the SB uses PCIe NVMe SSDs, it puts up very low write speeds. The 128GB SSD has even slower write speeds than a hard disk (yes, the old spinning kind). See the unusually slow write speed in NotebookCheck's review. The PM951 uses TLC...
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