Forum member hands on reviews of the Surface Book

@mikecox,
Some questions:
- When it comes back up, is it booting, or merely resuming what you saw before the shut down?
In the past, it was simply waking up, this last time it was definitively shut down.

- When you 'restart' or 'shut down' and reboot, does it seem to perform this normally?
Yes
- Does your Surface Book shut down when in Tablet mode, normal mode, or both?
I have only removed the "Tablet" once, so I can't answer that question.

- Is there a chance some metal shavings, debris, or pieces of a vinyl cover, etc. are fouling a connector port?
I doubt it. I keep in on my desk 99% of the time. I do have it connected to a Docking station with an external monitor, speakers, USB Hub and a couple SSD.
 
Thanks for those responses. Still having the problem? How frequently?
 
Okay, @mikecox ,

We are volunteers around here, volunteering to help you if it happens again.
Let us know. I use two Surface Book computers, and would be very annoyed if this started happening.
 
Okay, @mikecox ,

We are volunteers around here, volunteering to help you if it happens again.
Let us know. I use two Surface Book computers, and would be very annoyed if this started happening.
Thanks, It's nice to know there are volunteers anxious to help!
 
New surface book, i7 13 inch.

Display is superb, well done. I am coming from ipad and the retina display would make my vision blurry, this thing does not!!

Speed is great, wifi in hotel is great, love the detachable screen but have not used it that way yet.

Some issues though:

Occasionally if screen is pressed or lifted, it electronically detaches and detach cue pops up. I cannot repeat this on purpose but it is doing it randomly but corrects itself. Going to windows store on return from trip to discuss.

Keyboard, while great, is pretty hard to read letters in a room lit with a light off angle to keyboard, it seems the backlit keyboard fights with the ambient light, and turns the letters invisible sometimes. Oddly when you stop typing the backlight goes away and you can see letters fine.

Battery, I've read these should last 13 hours, and doing nothing but internet surfing and a windows update I've burned through 50% in about 4 hours. It has not been recharged other than first charge though. It also burned through 1% a day idle over 5 days, not bad in my book.

Lid to keyboard "mag Lock". Will you kids please make it so it's not a childproof pill bottle to pry open the book?:) make the little lip a little bigger for us people with big hands:)

Without making it an ipad, maybe just a little more thought to edge of lid and keyboard radius, it is sharp compare to other devices, I think it could be more rounded.

Other than that, this is truly a step above anything apple.
 
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