You're looking for something on which to do some serious work, not just a graphics tablet, but a creative workhorse of a machine that can handle graphic software such as Maya, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, maybe some video-editing work with Adobe Premier Pro or Cyberlink PowerDirector. 1.7 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-8350U Quad-Core.NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU (6GB GDDR5).1.9 GHz Intel® Core™ i7-8650U Quad-Core.
Heaviest of the portable Surface solution It also comes in a lower-priced Core i5 version, but the bump down in processing power (and smaller 13.5" screen with no discrete GPU) may be too great a sacrifice for heavy hitters.ĭiscrete GPU-not found in any other Surface products The price is fairly lofty on this one but, thankfully, the keyboard is included, so there are no hidden surprises in the cost (more on that later). Most power users won't care about the detachable aspect, but the power of this unit cannot be ignored. Not only does the processor meet your needs, but this laptop/hybrid (yes, the screen still detaches from the keyboard) also comes with its own discrete GPU and a 15" 3240 x 2160 PixelSense Display, so it can handle the toughest applications around. You're going to want to go with the Surface's most powerful portable, which right now is the Surface Book 2, in the Intel® Core™ i7 configuration. You don't want to waste your time on an underpowered laptop, regardless of how appealing a smaller, lighter hybrid may be. Typically, heavy-duty programs that take a lot of skill and knowledge to navigate.
Using big-league Windows apps like CAD, maybe some SQL server projects, a dash of Linux dabbling. Now, some products may merge into each other, but if you keep to your initial focus when you get into it, it should be clear what product suits you best. Fortunately, there's an easy way to tell which product is right for you: simply start with what type of user you want to be, match it against the applications you want to use, and then pick from readily made lineups that Microsoft offers. There are now multiple lines of Surface products, and the landscape can be very confusing. Much like Apple's iPad, the Surface mantra was smaller, lighter, faster.īut that success has bred some excess. Microsoft knew it was on to something, and in the subsequent years, the company has created a brand that is unsurpassed for mobility, style and power, and in doing so has redefined the pantheon of portable computing. The original Surface was riddled with problems, and not well received by the tech community, but so was the original iPad. Debuting in 2012, the Surface filled a niche into which we didn't know we'd foray: a small tablet-sized computer that promised to be a replacement for bulky laptops. If you have shopped for a laptop or tablet in the last decade, you have definitely come across the Microsoft Surface lineup.