What's Hot: Versatile convertible. Very slim and light. Distinctive watchband hinge adds a touch of class. Good performance, high res display.

Lenovo's Yoga design has been copied by many manufacturers over the years, and if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then their industrial designers are geniuses worthy of the highest praise (in fact they are pretty awesome). But that imitation poses a problem for Lenovo since you've now got a host of similarly designed laptops to choose from--the HP Spectre x360, Toshiba Satellite Radius models and Asus Flips to name a few. Can Lenovo fend them off with their 4th generation model, the Yoga 900 Windows 10 convertible Ultrabook? The Yoga 900 replaces the Yoga 3 Pro, a machine whose industrial design was definitely praise-worthy, but whose Core M CPU felt less than Pro. The 900 brings back the power with Intel 6th generation Skylake dual core CPUs, and at launch the Yoga 900 is available only with the more powerful Intel Core i7. The design is very similar to the Yoga 3 Pro, and that's a good thing because it's one of the thinnest and lightest convertibles on the market. The watchband hinge is attractive and unique. Better yet, it's robust and last year's Yoga 3 Pros with the same hinge have held up well.

DESIGN AND BUILD
The Yoga 900 is a premium Lenovo laptop aimed at consumers (ThinkPads target business users). Thus it's more daring and stylish than the unassuming black rectangle that is a ThinkPad. The machine is available in gold and my old favorite Clementine orange as well as the duller and more conventional silver. The sides and keyboard deck are rubbery black that feels great and is grippy. Those rubbery sides are also good for absorbing impacts--if you're like me, and manage to bump door jambs and airline seat backs when toting the laptop, then this is a wonderful thing. They also create more grip and stability when using the Yoga in tent mode. Unlike a ThinkPad, the Yoga won't double as a self-defense weapon, and it will likely dent, rather than the hardwood floor, if you drop it. Again, it's not business rugged, it's consumer chic. It's not delicate, just typical of consumer oriented construction.


This isn't a seriously classy unibody machine carved from a block of aluminum like the 13" MacBook Pro or magnesium alloy like Surface Book. While it's unfair to expect a Yoga to be like a ThinkPad (different model lines, different promises), with a starting price of $1,200 and an as-reviewed price of $1,400, the Mac and Surface Book are fair competition. The Yoga looks great, but it doesn't look like the quality piece that those two do. In fact, the similarly priced HP Spectre x360 looks and feels more high end too. It's not that the Lenovo looks cheesy--anything but! It's just that materials and a high end finish (at least on our silver model) aren't where your money is going. Instead, Lenovo puts the chic into the once lowly hinge. They started with the Yoga 3 Pro that introduced the watchband hinge, and it's back here and better--it's tighter and is now silent when you open and close the laptop. It's interesting that hinges are becoming a thing--first the watchband hinge and now Microsoft's snaky fulcrum hinge. Anything is fair game when trying to jazz up a laptop without compromising ergonomics or sturdiness. The watchband hinge certainly is distinctive and striking, and more important--it works well.


The Yoga 900 feels fairly sturdy and the frame is rigid with no flex, though the removable bottom aluminum panel has some flex and the keyboard deck sounds slightly hollow when typing or thumping on the very pleasant trackpad. Again, it's not a cheaply made machine, but it doesn't exude high end. There's a payoff for the lighter and thinner panels though--this is an insanely light and thin laptop. In fact, since convertibles, aka 2-in-1s weigh even more than laptops due to more complex mechanisms and required extra reinforcement, we're even more impressed with the 2.8 lb. weight (yes it gained a few ounces vs. the 2.6 lb. Yoga 3 Pro, and that's fine with us). The Yoga 900 is so slim you might mistake it for a pure tablet at first glance. The charger is even more compact and light vs. traditional laptop bricks. It's a portable lover's dream.
COOL CUSTOMER
The two internal fans and airy spaces inside mean the Yoga 900 is a fairly cool laptop. The bottom gets warm but never burning hot, and it's noticeably cooler than the Spectre x360 with Core i7 when both are pushed hard with gaming or video export. The fan is silent when doing productivity work and is audible when gaming, should you push it to the limits with GTA V or Battlefield 4, but it's not vacuum cleaner loud and any slim laptop will run the fan at max speed when gaming.

PORTS: USB-C IS HERE
The Lenovo tapers with a faint hint of a curve toward the front, and the rear needs to be thicker to house the USB ports (it's still slim at the rear). Most ports are on the left: charging (using Lenovo's dual purpose charging + USB 2.0 port), USB 3.0, USB-C 3.1 and a full size SD card slot. The right side has another USB 3.0 port, the power button, 3.5mm combo audio, Novo button (for OneKey Recovery) and screen rotation lock. Note there's no HDMI or mini DisplayPort, so you'll need to source USB-C to HDMI or DisplayPort cables, just like 12" MacBook owners. Happily, unlike that Mac, USB-C isn't your only port!

13.3" QHD DISPLAY
There's good news and bad news. First the good news: the Lenovo Yoga 900 has a very high resolution 3200 x 1800 display, as did its predecessor. Windows 10 and many desktop programs now handle hi-DPI displays well, so you'll enjoy sharper images with less zooming out in Photoshop and in video editors. The display is made by Samsung, and from what we can tell it's a PLS (like IPS display but with a Pentile matrix). There are no skewed yellows here as with the Yoga 2 Pro and its older generation Samsung QHD panel, and color gamut is good at 96% of sRGB and 75% of Adobe RGB. Color calibration from the factory favors increasing perceived brightness and blues, as do many laptops in this price category (calibration brings it nicely in line). Brightness is good at 300 nits, and the ambient light sensor isn't too twitchy (you can disable auto-brightness if you like).

The bad news: at first look, particularly after reviewing the very high end display panels used in Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book, the Yoga's panel didn't impress. Our usually colorful and sharp desktop backgrounds and test photos lacked a little clarity and pop. Once we ran tests with our Datacolor Spyder colorimeter the culprits were clear: unimpressive contrast and an astronomically high black point. Contrast is just 300:1 and black levels registered at 1.36--I can't remember testing a panel with a black level above 1.0. Lower numbers are better here since it indicates how much light transmits when displaying black. Competing products range from 0.28 to 0.56, with most hovering around 0.39. What does this mean to you? Blacks look gray when brightness is turned up and contrast isn't high because that requires not just high brightness (which we have here) but deep blacks. Text loses a bit of its sharpness when contrast isn't high, but at 50% brightness, it still looks fairly crisp.

Where does that leave you? If you're not a graphics pro, hobby photographer or content producer, then the display is pleasing enough. Photos and videos look colorful and bright. They're simply lacking the contrast and crispiness of the better panels in the $1,000 and up Ultrabook space. Our other complaint? The bezels are large, particularly the bottom bezel. I actually don't like tiny bezels on tablets because they leave no room to hold the machine, but that bottom bezel is simply unattractively large.
The display supports 10 point multi-touch but it does not have an active digitizer for pen use. You can use a capacitive stylus like those made for the iPad and Android tablets, but it's not as precise as a display purpose-built for pen use, and you won't get palm rejection (the ability to rest your hand on the glass while writing and drawing).
LENOVO YOGA 900 VIDEO REVIEW
BENCHMARKS
PCMark 8 (Home, accelerated): 2697
wPrime: 16 sec.
Geekbench 3: 3163 single core, 6778 multi-core
3DMark 11: P1587, X426

PERFORMANCE AND HORSEPOWER
It's all good here: the Lenovo Yoga 900 runs on the new Intel Skylake 6th generation platform. At launch, it's available only with the 2.5 GHz Core i7-6500U with Turbo Boost to 3.1 GHz, and we imagine Core i5 models might come later. This is no underpowered Core M, and the laptop is fast. This is a ULV, 15 watt dual core i7 notebook, like most Ultrabooks. It's not a quad core powerhouse like Lenovo's ThinkPad W541 workstation or the Dell XPS 15. Those are much larger machines so we don't expect a 45 watt quad core here, but I know some of you are still confused about the different flavors of Core i7 on the market. The laptop uses Intel HD 520 integrated graphics that shows a nice performance boost compared to the outgoing 5th gen Broadwell lineup. There is no dedicated graphics option. Lenovo offers ThinkPad Yoga models with NVIDIA 940M graphics if you need that in a convertible.

RAM is soldered on board and you can get it with 8 or 16 gigs (you can't upgrade it yourself since RAM is permanently attached to the motherboard). The SSD is upgradeable and it lives in an M.2 slot. Lenovo went with mSATA SSDs rather than the faster PCIe, which surprises us given the price. Of course, most users won't notice the speed difference between the two in daily use. Lenovo sent us their high end model for review with 16 gigs of RAM and a 512 gig Samsung SSD (Lenovo also uses Hynix and Liteon SSDs). The Intel 8260 dual band WiFi AC card with Bluetooth 4.0 card lives in another M.2 slot on the motherboard. Speaking of upgrades, if you remove 10 Torx T-5 screws on the bottom panel, you can remove the base cover to access the 66 Whr battery, SSD and wireless card. That's typical of Ultrabooks and Yoga style convertibles and clearly much better than most pure tablets like the Surface Pro 4.

The Yoga 900 feels fast and responsive and it benchmarks similarly to the few other dual core 15 watt Skylake laptops currently on the market. It's a bit faster than the last gen Broadwell Intel CPUs, but by a small margin. Intel has focused instead on reducing heat and battery consumption in their last few generations, and on boosting integrated graphics performance. The HD 520 does benchmark appreciably faster than the outgoing HD 5000 graphics in Broadwell, and that means a more enjoyable experience when playing cutting edge 3D games, driving a high resolution external monitor and playing high bitrate video. You'll have to stick with 720p and very low settings for 2014 and 2015's demanding games, but older games and casual games will play fluently. If gaming with today's hot titles iis a requirement, I'd look at something with dedicated graphics. The laptop performs very well in Adobe Photoshop CC and it can handle RAW files from dSLRs and TIFFs with 10 to 20 layers easily. It's fast enough for Visual Studio, SQL server and light CAD work for school.
KEYBOARD AND TRACKPAD
If you've tried the Yoga 3 Pro, then you already know what the Yoga 900 keyboard feels like. One important change is that Lenovo added a 6th row up top for dedicated multimedia control keys. Lenovo makes some of the best keyboards in the business in their ThinkPad models, but the Yoga, formerly a member of the IdeaPad consumer line before Lenovo dropped that moniker, gets a different keyboard. It still has the island design and ergonomic smile-shaped keys, but there's less travel, a bit more noise and less crispness. It's not a bad keyboard by any means, but it's not among my favorites. The keys have short travel, necessitated by the extremely thin chassis, and they feel a tad mushy compared to the best keyboards on the market like the ThinkPads, some HPs, Dell XPS, MacBook Pro and Surface Book. The keyboard is backlit and you can turn it on by hitting the Fn and spacebar keys, just like ThinkPads.

The glass trackpad is smooth and responsive. It handles two-finger gestures like scrolling nicely and shows little lag. Like the keyboard, it's not at the top of the heap, but it's better than many Windows 8 laptop trackpads. Microsoft's new focus on trackpad quality might not have eliminated the gap between Mac and Windows trackpads, but it is narrowing in fits and spurts.
BATTERY LIFE
Lenovo increased battery capacity by 50% in the Yoga 900 compared to the Yoga 3 Pro, in part due to reviews that complained about thoroughly average battery life and also because the Yoga 900 is using more powerful CPUs. The 66 Wh battery is sealed inside, though it's easy to access and replace if you remove the bottom cover. The charger is a big wall wart model rather than the usual small laptop brick with two cord sections. It's light, fairly small and easy to throw in a bag. As with most PC makers, Lenovo is optimistic in their battery life claims. They say it can run up to 9 hours on a charge, and perhaps it could if you set brightness to 20% and set the power management and processor state to extreme energy saver. In more typical real world use with brightness set to 50%, WiFi on and keyboard backlighting off, we averaged 7 hours on a charge. This is in mixed productivity work--email, web, MS Office, some photo editing in Photoshop and streaming an episode of House of Cards via the Netflix Live Tile app.

CONCLUSION
It's hard to not love the Lenovo Yoga 900's style--it's impossibly thin and light and that watchband hinge literally shines. This is a tablet, laptop and presentation/movie watching PC in a single package, with the usual caveat that 13.3", 2.8 lb. tablets are best used resting on a table rather than your arm. It's stylish, reasonably well built and it has a high resolution display. It's not one of the better high res displays on the market however, though it will suit non-graphics oriented users. The Yoga is fast, and the internals are reasonably within reach for upgraders. The laptop keeps its cool and never got hot to the touch or noisy. Given the price tag, we wouldn't mind more rigid body panels and more contrast in the display--the Asus Zenbooks, HP Spectre, Surface Book and MacBook Pro look and feel classier, though none are as light and portable as the Yoga 900.
Specs:
Display:13.3", 3200 x 1800 PLS touch screen display. Intel HD 520 integrated graphics. USB-C port.
Battery:4 cell, 66 Wh Lithium Ion rechargeable, sealed inside.
Performance:2.5GHz Intel Skylake 6th generation Core i7-6500U processor with Turbo Boost to 3.1 GHz. Intel HD 520 graphics. 8 or 16 gigs DDR3 RAM soldered on board. 256 or 512 gig M.2 SSD (mSATA).
Size:12.75 x 8.86 x 0.59 inches. Weight: 2.84 pounds.
Camera:720p webcam (does not support Windows Hello)
Audio:Built-in stereo speakers, mic and 3.5mm standard stereo headphone jack.
Networking:Integrated 2 x 2 dual band Intel AC 8260 WiFi 802.11b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth 4.0.
Software:Windows 10 Home.
Expansion and Ports:2 USB 3.0 ports, 1 USB-C 3.1 port, 1 USB 2.0 port (combined with charging port), 3.5mm audio and SD card slot.

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Microsoft Surface Book
What's Hot: Stunning and high quality design, fast, optional dedicated graphics, lovely display, versatile design. Good battery life.
What's Not: Expensive! Gap between display and keyboard will bother some. Solo tablet battery life is short.
Reviewed November 1, 2015 by Lisa Gade, Editor in Chief (twitter: @lisagade)
Here's something you don't see every day--Microsoft making a laptop. Sure, they've made the OS that powers most personal computers since the beginning, but they've left hardware to their partners. Of course, this isn't so different from Microsoft making a tablet that could also be your computer--Surface Pro. But it is different. Powerful Windows tablets are wonderful products, but they're still anything but mainstream. Laptops power much of the world, and despite rumors of the post-PC era, that doesn't seem like it's changing soon. But just in case, Microsoft has you covered since the Surface Book is a laptop that acts and feels like a laptop, but can separate into two pieces, leaving you with a 13.5" tablet that weighs 1.6 pounds.
While Surface Pro 4 is a tablet first and a laptop second, the 3.34 lb. Surface Book is a laptop first and foremost. There are no compromises in keyboard, trackpad or computing power here. In fact, it's a very powerful Ultrabook, though it's not the supercomputer Microsoft would have you believe when they first showed it off in their launch event. As an undocked tablet (or clipboard as Microsoft calls it) it lacks the ports of Surface Pro 4 (we're talking only about the tablet portion). It has only a 3.5mm audio jack and charging port, so you won't be able to use USB devices or external wired displays with the tablet portion unless you buy Microsoft's $199 Surface Dock. The base of course, has a typical selection of 13" laptop ports.

Surface Book is the dream machine of Ultrabooks with a price tag to match. The base model is $1,500 and that doesn't even include the dedicated graphics that (in some graphics benchmarks and games only) make it twice as fast as the 13" Retina MacBook Pro. That was a lofty claim on Microsoft's part. The model we look at sells for $2,100 and it has a 6th generation Intel Skylake dual core i7 CPU, 8 gigs of RAM, a fast NVMe PCIe 256 gig SSD and NVIDIA dedicated graphics switchable with Intel HD 520 integrated graphics. There are even more expensive models if you opt for a bigger SSD and 16 gigs of RAM, and the most expensive model is an insane $3,000 (16 gigs RAM, 1 TB SSD). The machine has an absolutely lovely 3000 x 2000 PixelSense IPS display with multi-touch and an active digitizer that works with the included N-Trig pen. Now that Windows 10 and Adobe CC programs have ironed out many of the problems with Windows display scaling, I can say I absolutely enjoy the high resolution panel for photo and video editing. Dual band WiFi 802.11ac (Marvell Avastar), Bluetooth 4.0, a front 5MP camera that supports Windows Hello facial recognition for login and a rear 8MP camera with 1080p video recording round out the features.
Note that since the NVIDIA dedicated GPU is in the base, you can in theory turn any Surface Book into the dedicated graphics model, but the challenge would be finding the base for sale separately. The dGPU requires a higher wattage power supply, so Microsoft actually ships different chargers with the integrated and dedicated graphics models.
DESIGN AND BUILD
As with Surface Pro, Microsoft designed a beautiful and unique machine. It trades on its good looks and unusual design, so we'll explore that in greater depth than we usually do with laptops. The magnesium alloy casing feels rigid and premium, the fulcrum hinge is fascinating and functional, and both the keyboard and trackpad rival the Mac's. When you go to Starbucks, no one notices laptops unless they're Macs or Surface Pros. The Surface Book gets noticed because the hinge is that striking and the finish is at first blush standard stuff, but as your gaze lingers you realize you haven't seen anything quite like it. If Leica designed a laptop, it might look like this: it has their Spartan and clean industrial angles and a matte metal finish that at some angles might strike you as painted on and at others as metal. The sculpted lid open cut-out is the only thing on Surface Book that looks just like a Mac. The rest is pure Microsoft, and that's a good thing. Speaking of opening the Surface Book, it's quite hard to do with one hand thanks to a strong magnet that keeps it firmly shut.

There's a gap between display and keyboard when the Book is closed. We assume that's a byproduct of the fulcrum hinge. At the front edge, top and bottom do touch, but there's a triangle of space that widens toward the back. It's odd, and I'll leave it up to you to decide if you think it looks bad-weird or good-weird. Structurally it's extremely rigid and unlikely to collapse with normal pressure (even an accidental sit). On a positive note, it prevents the keyboard from leaving residual hand oil marks on the screen. On the downside, it does leave a small space for items to wander into when traveling in a bag. I'd keep pens and AAA batteries in a different compartment in that bag. I find the wedge design a bit easier to grip and I always use a separate compartment for my laptop in my bag, so the design doesn't bother me.
PORTS AND THE OPTIONAL SURFACE DOCK
Ports are average for a 13" Ultrabook: two USB 3.0 ports, a mini DisplayPort, 3.5mm audio and a full size SD card slot (a card will stick half way out rather than sitting flush with the casing). Both the tablet section and the keyboard base have charging/dock connectors and batteries, so you don't have to dock the tablet to the keyboard to charge the tablet. Surface Book uses the same magnetic charging connector as Surface Pro 3 and Pro 4, and that port also carries data so it can work with the new $199 dock. That optional dock adds 4 USB 3.0 ports, 2 mini DisplayPorts cable of driving two 4K monitors, Ethernet and 3.5mm audio, and charging.

The dock works with the Surface Book in laptop mode and with just the tablet portion (you can connect it to the keyboard or tablet's connector). That means you can have access to several USB ports, displays and Ethernet even when the tablet isn't connected to the keyboard. That's a very useful feature-- say you want to play Xbox One games remotely using just the tablet. Those games rely on a controller rather than a keyboard, so you could use the tablet section solo, and plug in a USB Xbox One game controller to the dock. If you're using the tablet as your drawing tool in your lap and need a connected big or high resolution monitor for proofing, you can do it via the Surface Dock. Nice.

DYNAMIC FULCRUM HINGE
The Surface Book's hinge expands and contracts a bit as you raise and lower the display--it's something like a lobster tail. The idea behind the design is that it allows for a smaller footprint when the laptop is closed and provides better balance when open (2-in-1s tend to be top heavy and wobbly when you touch the screen). With the tablet weighing 1.6 lbs. and the base having near identical weight, it still feels a little top-heavy compared to a traditional laptop where most of the weight (and brains + battery) are in the base. And yes, the display still bounces when you firmly tap it. It does not bounce if you don't touch the screen. If you simply hate that bounce, the Surface Pro 4 and Vaio Z Canvas are close to rock solid, but they're more tablet-centric designs.
The other interesting design element is the release and lock assembly. Sure, Surface Book uses magnets to help you align the two halves and to keep them securely together as do other 2-in1's, but it adds a much more complex lock/unlock electro-mechanical mechanism that uses muscle wire to bind and unbind the tablet from the keyboard. Press the lock/release button on the keyboard and wait for its LED to turn green. You'll hear a little mechanism inside do it's thing and you can detach the tablet from the keyboard. That's easier done with two hands since the magnets still hold the two pieces together. If you need the dedicated GPU in tablet mode, you can mount the tablet backwards and use it in presentation mode, or lay it flat against the keyboard for a tablet-like form factor. The wedge shape gives the display an ergonomic tilt in this position.
How sturdy is the assembly? There's no way the tablet will come loose from the keyboard when the two are locked together. The fulcrum hinge locks down and doesn't move when the tablet is removed, so it won't flop around and get broken. Can you undock the tablet when the Surface Book is turned off? Yes, you can. Would the electronic release no longer function if the keyboard's battery was down to 0%? Probably not, but the computer typically shuts down before it drops to 0%, so there's always a bit of power left. How long will this fancy new electro-mechanical thingy last? We can't say because no one has employed anything like this before. We hope it's good for years and years of use, but we just don't know.
DISPLAY
Microsoft put a premium and unusually sized 13.5", 3:2 aspect ratio PixelSense display on Surface Book. It's one of the nicest laptop and tablet displays on the market, and for those who find Surface Pro 4 and other 12" Windows tablets displays too small the Surface Book might be a better fit thanks to its screen that's a little bit bigger than the average 13.3 inch 16:9 Ultrabook's. That 3:2 aspect ratio is perfect for dSLR photo editing and the added height is useful for web and reading too. It also means that the tablet isn't as awkwardly tall and narrow when held in portrait mode. The display uses optically bonded Gorilla Glass 4 that reduces reflections, though it's still a glossy and reflective display. It does not use the annoying PW backlighting that some folks can actually see pulsing on and off (yay!). Resolution measures 3000 x 2000 pixels for a very good 267 PPI.

The display is extremely bright at 411 nits, as measured by our Spyder4Pro colorimeter. That's over 100 nits brighter than the 15" Retina MacBook Pro. Contrast is high at 1430:1 (Microsoft claims even higher) and black levels are excellent at 0.29. Each Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 is factory color calibrated, and that means you get accurate colors out of the box. We did slightly improve on calibration using our Spyder to correct for a slightly lower than ideal gamma and slightly high white point. The Book covers 99% of sRGB and 75% of Adobe RGB, not unlike other high end tablets and Ultrabooks. It's the brightness, black levels, contrast and factory calibration that set it ahead of much of the competition. If you work professionally in photo or video production for the web, this display is superb. If you do print production or video for TV and cinema, you'll want something that covers the full Adobe RGB spectrum like the Vaio Z Canvas or a professional external monitor.
Tip: since there are no brightness control keys on the keyboard and the Windows 10 quick setting only offers brightness changes in 25% increments, use Fn + del and Fn + backspace to change display brightness more granularly (this works on Surface Pro 4 too).
PERFORMANCE AND BENCHMARKS
Here's where things get interesting thanks to the high price tag and Microsoft's incessant bragging at the Surface Book launch event. This is not going to outperform a quad core laptop like the Dell XPS 15, Asus Zenbook Pro UX501 or the 15" Retina MacBook Pro. How could it when it has 2 core running at a lower voltage vs. those quad core machines? It does significantly beat 5th generation Ultrabooks running on similar spec Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs however, which is impressive since Skylake wasn't supposed to meaningfully increase CPU performance (very good tuning on Microsoft's part?). Conversely, what should be a wickedly fast NVMe SSD shows good read speeds (above the average mSATA or PCIe Ultrabook SSD) but not impressive write speeds.
Microsoft claimed that the Surface Book is twice as fast as the 13" MacBook Pro with Retina display, and that's close to a lie. That Mac has a 28 watt CPU and Intel Iris graphics vs. the Surface Book's 15 watt CPU and HD 520 integrated graphics, so there's simply no way the Surface Book could be computationally 2x faster. In reality, in benchmarks tests of CPU performance, they're in a dead heat. The Mac is still running on Broadwell 5th generation CPUs, and it may pull ahead of Surface Book when Apple updates it with 6th generation Skylake. Our review unit runs on the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7-6600U with 8 gigs of RAM soldered on board. It's also available with 16 gigs of RAM and there's a less expensive Core i5 option (performance reduction is around 7 to 10%). You can build to order on Surface.com, mixing and matching CPU, RAM, SSD and GPU options to suit your needs and budget.

HEAT AND NOISE
Like Surface Pro 4, Microsoft has employed hybrid cooling that's quite effective at spreading heat evenly across the back to avoid hotspots. The laptop is generally quiet and it's never gotten uncomfortably hot to touch, but it does get quite warm when playing a game like Tomb Raider or processing video in Adobe Premiere. Remember, the heat is in the tablet section rather than the base, so it won't toast your legs (even the dedicated GPU model's base never goes beyond a little warm). The system has two fans and you'll hear them as you would with other Ultrabooks--when working it hard playing games, compiling very long programs or when exporting 1080p video. It's not what I'd call loud by any means. Thermal throttling isn't an issue here, and the laptop is able to spend healthy amounts of time in Turbo Boost in long sessions.
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NVIDIA DEDICATED GRAPHICS
Where the Surface Book does pull ahead is in graphics if you opt for the model with custom NVIDIA dedicated graphics. Then it's anywhere from 50% faster to twice as fast in games and graphics benchmarks, depending on the graphics benchmark or game (there aren't many cross platform graphics benchmarks, alas). Now this custom NVIDIA GPU doesn't get a recognizable model number, but from the specs like clock speeds, 384 CUDA cores and benchmark results, it's similar to the NVIDIA 940M, which is at the lower end of NVIDIA dedicated graphics for laptops. It has 1 GB DDR5 VRAM vs. the usual 2 GB DDR3 VRAM for the 940M. That means Surface Book's dedicated graphics memory is faster but there's less of it. Given the high resolution of the display and the ability to also drive two 4K monitors, I'm really surprised that Microsoft went with just 1 gig of graphics memory. This isn't a gaming laptop given the GPU performance and VRAM amount, and it won't compete with the MSI Ghost Pro or the Razer Blade. It is sufficiently powerful to enjoy some current demanding 3D titles like Battlefield 4, Fallout 4, Tomb Raider and GTA V at 720p resolution and low settings with reasonable frame rates (with Tomb Raider you can go up to 1080p). It's certainly much better than the HD 520 integrated graphics, which struggle to run those games well. Older games like Skyrim, Civ V and less demanding games like Minecraft and League of Legends will run fine at 1080p and medium settings. Compared to the 940M, we averaged 3-5 fps better in some games thanks to the faster VRAM.
NVIDIA's software will auto-pick the GPU to use with a particular application, and you can override this by right-clicking on a program's icon and select the "run with GPU" option. You get the NVIDIA control panel but not the full GeForce Experience. You can install GeForce Experience to optimize game settings, but the other features won't work since this uses a proprietary graphics driver.
THE COMPETITION
How about the Windows competition? You won't find a tablet with dedicated graphics, and it's rare on 13" and 14" Ultrabooks. We do occasionally see the NVIDIA 940M in convertibles like the 14" ThinkPad Yoga, but the tablet doesn't separate from the base, so it is a different design. Of course if you remove the tablet from the keyboard, it will run on integrated graphics, and Microsoft's solution is to mount the tablet the other way round, so you're using a 3.34 lb. tablet, which is almost the weight of the ThinkPad Yoga 14. The dedicated graphics are significantly faster than integrated graphics used on competing Ultrabooks, and that's impressive for a product that can be used as a (heavy) tablet.
And for the very budget conscious, there's the Acer Aspire E5 with 5th gen Intel Core i5 CPUs (we assume it will be updated to 6th gen soon) with optional 940M for a modest $649. What do you give up when going with that Acer laptop? It's "just" a laptop and it doesn't covert into a tablet. It lacks a touch screen and that screen is TN rather than IPS. It's also lower resolution. The keyboard lacks backlighting, the trackpad is so-so and the plastic casing rattles. It lacks an SSD too. OK, so that's the extreme in terms of competition. More likely competitors would be the 13" Retina MacBook Pro that lacks a dedicated graphics option and of course is a laptop rather than a convertible/tablet. Then there's the Asus ZenBook UX302 with 28 watt dual core CPUs, similar dedicated graphics and a Gorilla Glass lid. Sadly, Asus never updated it, and it still runs on the Intel Haswell 4th generation platform. It too is a premium laptop rather than a convertible.
For tablets and convertibles there's Microsoft's own Surface Pro 4, which uses the same internals except there's no dedicated graphics option. It has a smaller screen and a funkier (though still quite usable) keyboard. The Vaio Z Canvas is a pure tablet with detachable keyboard that's twice as fast as Surface Book in terms of CPU speed, and it has a higher gamut display, though it lacks dedicated graphics and makes do with the fairly capable Intel Iris Pro. The Toshiba Portege Z20t is a compelling but also expensive convertible with Wacom pen, but it runs on lower performance Core M CPUs. HP will soon release their Core M Surface Pro 4 clone, the HP Spectre x2 and Lenovo will have the Miix 700 (also a Core M Surface Pro clone). Perhaps the closest is the lovely HP Spectre x360, a premium 13.3" convertible with a 360 degree hinge, high resolution display option and support for a Synaptics pen (but no GPU and the tablet and keyboard are permanently attached like the Lenovo Yoga models). Honestly, there's really nothing quite like Surface Book on the market, and that was Microsoft's intention: to build something new rather than directly competing with their own customers, the PC manufacturers.
KEYBOARD AND TRACKPAD
I own a 13" Retina MacBook Pro, so you could say that sets the bar high. I also use and review lots of Lenovo ThinkPads--again, setting a high standard. I simply love Microsoft's backlit keyboard, it feels awesome and I type like a champ on it. With 1.5mm of key travel, it's similar to other Ultrabooks on the market, but if you're used to thicker ThinkPads with really deep key travel it will feel short. The island style keyboard has good damping, is quiet and tactile. The white backlighting on silver keys can be hard to see in certain medium lighting situations, but then I simply turn backlighting off using the dedicated keyboard controls and the problem is solved.

The oversized glass trackpad is one of the few that doesn't make me thank the gods for the pen and touch. It works nearly as well as a Mac trackpad, and is accurate and works well with gestures like two-finger scrolling. Good stuff!
PEN AND INKING
Microsoft Surface uses the same updated N-Trig digitizer technology as Surface Book 4, and the experience is identical (as is this section of the review). It supports 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity vs. 256 levels in Surface Pro 3 (the change is in the display's digitizer, not the pen). The pen is included and it's updated too with a softer nib (pen tip) that's quieter and feels less slippery on the glass. Microsoft sells a 5 pack of alternative nibs for slight variations in feel, and the nib pack is included if you buy a spare $59 pen (available in a few colors). The new pen has a rubbery eraser that... erases... and a single hidden side button that by default acts as a right click. The pen attaches to the right side of the display via strong magnets--it provides a handy place to store the pen when using the laptop but the magnets aren't strong enough to ensure the pen stays in place when bouncing around in a bag.

Writing and drawing feel more fluid, though still not quite as buttery as Wacom EMR digitizers and pens. N-Trig beats Wacom for better tracking near the edges of the display and it has less parallax (pen offset). I do digital drawing and painting as a hobby, and I might be inclined to agree with the folks at N-Trig who once told me that 256 vs. 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity matters less than good pen pressure tracking and registration (aka good pressure curves). I can't say I feel the added pressure levels, but I do notice improvements in pressure curves that better mimic pen and brush on paper and canvas. This is certainly the most responsive and enjoyable N-Trig experience yet, and that's not faint praise. It's similar to the Vaio Z Canvas, which also features an updated N-Trig digitizer but uses an older DuoSense 2 style pen. Speaking of that, the pens are interchangeable. The new Surface Pen will work with any N-Trig tablet, including the Vaio and the Surface Pro 3 (Surface Pro 1 and 2 used Wacom, so it won't work with them). As with Surface Pro 3, Microsoft has WinTab drivers for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book if you're using a legacy program that requires WinTab for pressure sensitivity (pre-Adobe CC programs, older versions of Corel Painter).
LAUNCH BUGS
Update Nov. 2, 2015: Microsoft released driver and firmware updates to fix the display bugs, and so far they seem to be working well. We'll leave this section a bit longer until we're sure the bugs are squashed.
Again, Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book are in many ways the same machine, and they share many of the same bugs at launch. Hopefully in a few weeks or months, these issues will be resolved, but until then we'll note bugs here. We've seen a few display driver crashes; the new Intel HD 520 driver has been problematic on several different computers brands and models we've tested. When this happens, the screen sometimes inexplicably goes black and we had to put the Book to sleep and wake it up to get the display working again. Other times we simply saw a display driver crashed error message at the bottom right corner, with no interruption in workflow. Microsoft expects to have a driver update with a fix in November. Multiple 4K monitors attached to the optional $199 Surface Dock sometimes misbehave with respect to display scaling (graphics driver strikes again).
BATTERY LIFE
Surface Book has a battery in the tablet and a larger battery in the base (69 Wh total). They can be charged independently. The tablet itself lasts 3 hours on a charge, and the tablet + keyboard lasts around 10 hours on a charge with brightness set to 40% and WiFi active in a mix of productivity and streaming video tests (dGPU model). With a bit of additional power management like dropping brightness further, the integrated graphics model likely could reach Microsoft's claimed 12 hours on a full charge. As 13" laptops go, that's quite good battery life and it significantly outlasts the Surface Pro 4.

CONCLUSION
Windows 2-in-1s are always a compromise, as we noted in our Surface Pro 4 review, you don't get the very best tablet possible or the very best laptop. As a tablet, the relatively large screen, pen, light weight and slim dimensions still make Surface Book one of the better tablets on the market. It's also one of the most powerful among tablets and 2-in-1s, but it's not nearly one of the most powerful laptops similar money could buy. As a laptop it's not the lightest (convertibles rarely are) and the compromises the fulcrum hinge introduces (thicker at the back, gap between halves when closed) are worth noting, though it's nothing we'd call heavy unless you're looking at the super-light laptops like the 2.8 pound Dell XPS 13 and Lenovo Yoga 900. Beyond that, there are few compromises in terms of laptop ergonomics beyond a slightly top heavy design. Upgradeability takes a hit since the RAM, SSD and wireless card are in the factory sealed tablet section.
With those caveats out of the way, this is assuredly one of the most luxurious, attractive and speedy 13" machines on the market. It has a rare combination of detachable tablet, dedicated graphics and an active digitizer with pen. The Surface Book ships with a clean install of Windows 10 Pro, so there's no bloatware to deal with. The keyboard is superb, the trackpad is excellent and there are enough ports to keep us reasonably happy. For those who need HDMI, VGA or Ethernet on the go, USB adapters will do the job, and Microsoft's Dock turns the tablet or entire Surface Book into a machine with a wealth of ports. The large display (closer to the real estate of a 14" laptop) is one of the better on the market in terms of brightness, resolution, factory color calibration, contrast and gamut. It's a pleasure to look at and is easy on the eyes. If you're in the market for a Windows convertible and particularly favor the detachable design, this is one of the best and also most expensive choices. If you just want a high quality laptop with no need for tablet or convertible use, you can save money with the Dell XPS 13, Asus ZenBook UX303 (still on Broadwell) and in the convertible world the HP Spectre x360 and Lenovo Yoga 900. If you want the pen feature with a Core i5 or Core i7, the choice further narrows down to the Surface Pro 4, HP Spectre x360 and the somewhat elusive Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14 Skylake model with Wacom AES pen for tablet hybrids.
Specs:
Display:13.5", 3000 x 2000 IPS PixelSense display. Intel HD 520 integrated graphics, optional NVIDIA dedicated graphics with 1GB DDR5 VRAM. Mini DisplayPort.
Battery:Lithium Ion rechargeable in tablet and in base, 69 Wh total. Compact charger with USB charging port included.
Performance:Dual core Intel Skylake 6th generation 2.4 GHz Core i5-6300U and 2.6 GHz Core i7-6600U CPUs availabe. 8 or 16 gigs RAM. 128, 256 and 512 gig and 1 TB SSD options.
Size:12.30 x 9.14 x 0.51 - 0.90 inches. Weight: 3.34 pounds (3.48 lbs. with NVIDIA graphics). Tablet weighs 1.6 punds.
Camera:5MP front camera supporting Windows Hello facial recognition and 8MP rear camera that can shoot 1080p video.
Audio:Built-in stereo speakers, mic and 3.5mm standard stereo headphone/mic jack.
Networking:Integrated dual band Marvel Avastar WiFi 802.11b/g/n/ac and Bluetooth 4.0.
Software:Windows 10 Professional.
Expansion and Ports:2 USB 3.0 ports, mini DisplayPort, 3.5mm audio and SD card slot.

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They're so different, yet they're after the same market. The iPad Pro is a huge iOS tablet that Apple believes can replace your laptop with the optional keyboard. Throw in the new Apple Pencil and it's clear that Apple is jabbing at Microsoft's Surface products. The Surface Pro 4 is a mature tablet that can replace your laptop and even work as your main computer. It runs Windows 10 and can do everything you'd expect from a PC. How do they compare? Watch our video to find out!
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What's Hot: Huge screen is great for movies, spreadsheets and video editing. Fast! Excellent pen.
What's Not: Very expensive, Pencil and Apple keyboard pretty much unavailable for a month. As big and heavy as a 13" MacBook Air when paired with keyboard.
Reviewed November 14, 2015 by Lisa Gade, Editor in Chief (twitter: @lisagade)
The iPad Pro is a weird beast; neither fish nor fowl, as the cliche goes. It's as big in terms of footprint as a 13" Ultrabook (say Apple's own MacBook Air), and the price with accessories exceeds that of the 13" Air. It's Microsoft's Surface Pro 4, minus the pro OS. This is an iPad, so it runs iOS rather than Mac OS X, which can be severely limiting or liberating, depending on your preferences. The upside is that this 12.9", $799 to $1,079 tablet is instant-on and pretty hard to fatally screw up by your own hand or via malware (iOS viruses and malware are very rare). For IT folks, it's heavenly because it's user-proof. On the other hand, a device this size and at this price should do more than run mobile apps, at least if you're looking for a true laptop replacement.
Apple touted the optional $99 Pencil and $169 keyboard case as the must-haves to turn this into a productivity powerhouse. The world's most expensive pencil will be wonderful for artists and those who take notes long hand. For the rest, the very finger-friendly OS doesn't need help from a skinny pointing device, unlike Windows with its still sometimes small touch targets. Apple says the iPad Pro really shines when you connect the optional keyboard. It is ironic that Steve Jobs once said that laptops shouldn't have touch screens since you have to reach across the keyboard to touch the screen, and that (according to Jobs) induced muscle strains and pains. You will need to touch the screen since neither Apple's nor Logitech's keyboard cases have a trackpad (I assume it's not supported by the magnetic data connector that the iPad Pro uses to talk to keyboard accessories). Now that Tim Cook is at the helm and products like Microsoft Surface and Lenovo Yoga style 2-in-1s have proved popular, Apple has changed their tune.

Apple's keyboard case is a mixed bag--it has no iOS or multimedia keys, isn't backlit and it offers only one position for the display (err, tablet). The Pencil and keyboard add $270 to the already pricey tablet's bill of sale, but your credit card may be safe for now. Apple launched the iPad Pro in stores in ample quantities on November 11, 2015, but Pencils and the Apple keyboard are backordered 4-5 weeks. This is an unusual supply chain gaffe for Apple, a company that mastered inventory management when Tim Cook was COO and driving that chain like a champ. For those who need productivity now in the form of a keyboard, thankfully Logitech's superior and less expensive $149 keyboard case is available now (we have one in for review). It is backlit, has iOS and multimedia keys and a more traditional keyboard compared to Apple's fabric-covered keys that remind me of the now discontinued Surface Touch Cover. The only drawback is that the Logitech keyboard weighs 1.6 lbs. as does the iPad Pro, so together you're carrying 3.2 lbs. (heavier than the 13" MacBook Air).
On the bright side, the iPad Pro has the lovely IPS "retina" quality display you'd expect from Apple. It's sufficiently bright for use in a well lit room and colors are rich and well balanced. The 2732 x 2048 display lacks the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus' 3D Touch (the technology doesn't work on displays this large). At 264 PPI, it has pixel density similar to the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book. Like those two, it supports a digital pen with pressure and tilt sensitivity as well as palm rejection so you can rest your hand on the glass as you write or draw. I tested the Pencil, though we couldn't get one in for extended review, and in the period of time that I used it, I was impressed with tracking speed and parallax. The effectiveness of the tilt sensor outshone Wacom's tilt feature. Latency is very close to Surface Pro 4's N-Trig digitizer and pen, as is parallax (perceived offset of the pen tip to inking location). For Apple's first go at pen digitizer technology, it's every bit as good as Wacom EMR and N-Trig (in fact better for tilt).

The tablet is also very fast and responsive thanks to Apple's new dual core A9X CPU and the ample 4 gigs of RAM. We couldn't make it stutter, and it's faster the the iPad Air 2 when using Apple's recently introduced split-window multitasking feature. Benchmark scores show that this is the fastest iOS device yet. There are few cross platform benchmarks, and some like Geekbench, are more accurate when testing within a platform-- their numbers don't always make sense or jibe with other benchmarks that test CPU performance in a platform-centric way. So take the scores with a grain of salt when looking at comparisons with Windows PCs and Macs.

The more important thing is the OS and what you can do with that processing power. We'll never know if the iPad Pro can run Adobe Photoshop CC faster than a MacBook Air or Surface Pro 4 because it doesn't run Mac OS X or Windows. Apps for the iPad are less complex and less demanding, and Adobe's iOS apps lack the rich features available in their desktop products. For those who run Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Xcode or VMs like Parallels, the iPad Pro can be a great companion but not a replacement for a computer that can run those programs. If your needs are light and you spend your time in Word, Excel and PowerPoint (there are capable iOS versions from Microsoft and Apple has their compatible though not quite comparable free iWork suite), do email, web browsing, social network and stream videos, then the iPad Pro (and iPad Air 2) can easily meet your needs. If you use Photoshop or another photo editor just to edit camera phone photos for social sharing and your video needs are met by iMovie on the iPad, then the Pro could be your machine. Though there's nothing quite like Logic Pro for music production on iOS (or Windows!), Garage Band and third party audio programs are a blast for live recording with post editing and multitrack work. iOS still lacks a file manager and direct access to the file system, so you'll use iTunes on the desktop and cloud services to get documents and media on and off the tablet. There's no USB port for peripherals and no card slot. It's still not quite a computer in the traditional sense.

The iPad mini 4 on top of the iPad Pro. The iPad Pro is available in silver, space gray (pictured) and gold.
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At 1.6 lbs. the iPad Pro weighs as much as the original 9.7" iPad and it's insanely thin at 6.9mm. It weighs the same as Surface Book's clipboard (tablet section), but is thinner. It's a tiny bit lighter than the 1.73 lb. Surface Pro 4. It's noticeably heavier than the 1 lb. iPad Air 2, though I found the large dimensions to be more challenging than the weight. This is a big tablet and I sometimes felt like I was twirling a pizza. It has dual band WiFi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, a fingerprint scanner that works with Apple Pay for online transactions and the LTE model has a GPS with GLONASS. The cameras are the same as on the iPad Air 2: a 1.2MP front FaceTime camera and a rear 8MP camera that can shoot 1080p video, 120 fps slo-mo and time lapse video.
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BATTERY LIFE
Apple tablets and laptops have very good battery life and their runtime claims are generally accurate. Apple claims the WiFi-only iPad Pro is good for 10 hours of use and the WiFi + LTE 4G model can run 9 hours on a charge. In our tests with the WiFi model, this has proven accurate with brightness set to 50% and WiFi turned on. We use a mix of productivity and streaming video when we test battery life. Gaming will greatly reduce runtimes (and the iPad Pro handles games like a champ). Apple ships the tablet with a 12 watt iPad charger and a Lightning cable. You can use the charger or a computer via USB to charge the tablet (the charger will be much quicker). Charging times aren't lightning fast as with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 phones and tablets, but we topped the battery up from 56% to full in a decent 1.7 hours. The iPad Pro has a 38.5 Whr battery that's sealed inside.

The tablet has the same connections as the iPad mini and Air: 3.5mm audio jack and a Lightning port. That Lightning port supports USB 3.0 speeds, but Apple ships it with a 2.0 cable. The bigger chassis allows room for more speakers, so Apple has bestowed it with 4: 2 at the top and 2 on the bottom. Sound quality is very natural and fairly full for a tablet, though it's not wildly loud (that's what the headphone jack is for).
CONCLUSION
I like Apple products and own several-- the 13" Retina MacBook Pro, iPad mini 4 and the Apple Watch to name a few. Try though I might, you can tell that I haven't managed to fall in love with the iPad Pro. It's as expensive as a high end 13" laptop, but it's hobbled by its mobile operating system that won't let me be as productive as I am on a MacBook or Surface Pro 4. I do need pro apps support, file system access and other amenities of a desktop OS. You, of course, may have very different needs. If you've been happily using an iPad Air and have wished only for a bigger screen or a roomier keyboard, than this could be the device for you. The price is still a consideration in a world where the $500 iPad Air 2 had set the high watermark for mobile OS (Android, iOS and the retired Windows RT) tablet prices.

Beyond the impressive but currently unobtainable Pencil, the iPad Pro doesn't do anything more than the iPad Air 2--it runs the same OS and apps and the OS isn't particularly tailored to make better use of the added screen real estate (look at that icon grid with so much dead space between each icon). Will that change in the future--does Apple have great plans for new iOS features for this giant screen tablet? We don't know since Apple isn't saying. Will third party apps come up with great redesigns for the iPad Pro? That likely depends on how many of their customers buy a Pro.
For artists, the pen is absolutely lovely and easily competes with most anything on the market except perhaps the Wacom Cintiq. It's a great sketching tool, though once again you won't have access to full featured programs like Clip Studio Paint/Manga Studio 5, Illustrator, Painter 2016 or Photoshop CC and its quirky brushes. For note takers, the Pencil is leagues ahead of capacitive styli and Bluetooth pens for the iPad. If you're a student who takes a lot of handwritten notes, a hard sciences or engineering person who writes formulas and equations or a designer who needs to brainstorm sketches, then the biggest iPad yet could be perfect. The Samsung Galaxy Note series of Android tablets also offer a very good (Wacom) pen experience, but Samsung's slow model refreshes and the lack of quality Android tablet apps with pen support put it behind the iPad Pro.
Specs:
Display:12.9" IPS touch screen with digitizer for optional Apple Pencil. Resolution: 2732 x 2048.
Battery:38.5 Whr Lithium Ion rechargeable.
Performance:2.26 GHz dual core Apple A9X CPU. 4 gigs RAM, 32 or 128 gigs internal storage.
Size:12.00 x 8.68 x .27 in. Weight: 1.6 pounds.
Network: Wi-Fi model: Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac with MIMO; AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon models add 3G and 4G LTE for data. All models have Bluetooth 4.2 and use Apple's new Lightning 8 pin connector for USB.
GPS: Cellular models have GPS with GLONASS as well as digital compass. WiFi models use WiFi-based location triangulation.
Cameras: Front and rear cameras. Back 8MP camera can record up to 1080p video and front 1.2MP camera can record 720p video. Both cameras have a BSI and face detection. Rear camera has HDR for photos.
Ports: 3.5mm combo audio and Lightning port.
Software: iOS 9.1 with Garage Band, Photos, iMovie and iWork suite (Pages, Keynote and Numbers). Email, Safari web browser, Calendar, Contacts, Photo Booth and more.

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