Microsoft silently adds $1,199 model with 128GB storage to Surface Book 2 lineup

If you badly want the "most powerful Surface ever", but can't afford a 13.5-inch Core i5 variant with a 256GB SSD, a new 128 gig Surface Book 2 configuration costs "just" $1,200 in the US.

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Microsoft Surface Book 2 will be expanded to ‘all Surface markets’ through April

The 15-inch Surface Book 2 powerhouse is going up for pre-order in 17 new markets today ahead of an even wider expansion alongside the 13-inch version "through March and April."

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Microsoft Surface Book 2 comes in two sizes, with crazy horsepower in tow and fitting prices

Out of nowhere, the 2-in-1 Microsoft Surface Book 2 has been presented, with 8th Gen Intel Core inside, top-notch graphics options and all-day battery life.

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Microsoft firmly ‘stands behind’ the Surface family’s ‘quality and reliability’

The entire Microsoft Surface family of tablets and laptops has been deemed unreliable by Consumer Reports, which Redmond is trying hard to negate.

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iPhone and Android cameras don’t care for Vic Gundotra | #PNWeekly 264 (LIVE at 3pm Eastern)

Are Android phone camera experiences really "years behind" the iPhone experience? That's what one former executive Googler said. We dive in on our show.

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Microsoft exec claims iPad Pro family is ‘clear example’ of Apple’s unoriginality

This may just be the most vicious verbal attack on Apple from a Microsoft official in a while, with the iPad Pro essentially called a copycat.

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Samsung Galaxy Book enters Windows 10 convertible scene in 10.6 and 12-inch sizes

The new Windows 10-powered Samsung Galaxy Book follows in the footsteps of the TabPro S, rivaling the Surface Pro family in versatility and productivity.

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Microsoft follows another round of Surface Pro 4 deals with some rare Surface Book discounts

The fall 2015-released Microsoft Surface Book 2-in-1 laptop, Performance Base not included, can be yours at up to $250 off list until February 25.

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Microsoft shaves up to $430 off Surface Pro 4 bundles, $400 off Surface Book for Christmas

Admit it, you procrastinated and waited so long for the perfect holiday tech deal that you’re now suddenly running out of time to get your special someone an impressive gift earning you unlimited free passes for guys’ nights out and forgotten anniversaries in the new year.

The good news is it’s still not too late. But obviously, it will be soon enough, so you may want to order something off Microsoft’s “Holiday Super Sale” inventory ASAP. Yesterday would be a great time to complete your last-minute Christmas present/bargain hunt.

Now, we know what you’re thinking. How in the world is a $1,300 Surface Pro 4 a bargain? Well, it’s the Intel Core i7/256GB SSD/8GB RAM configuration you’re looking at here, bundled with a black Type Cover keyboard.

Normally, the versatile and super-powerful tablet/laptop hybrid package costs a whopping $430 more, so yeah, despite the extravagant price tag, this is a solid last-minute holiday deal. The same goes for a few other Surface Pro 4 variants combined with Type Covers, featuring 16GB RAM, Core i7 processing muscle and between 256GB and 1TB solid state storage, themselves discounted by a cool $429.99 off list each.

Then you have the even beefier and costlier Surface Book convertible laptop, available starting at $1,300 (down from $1,500), and with up to $400 savings in a trio of ultra-high-end versions. Don’t forget about renewed $450 Acer Liquid Jade Primo and $650 HP Elite x3 bundle offers either, or the crazy affordable $100 AT&T Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Windows 10-ready phone.

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Microsoft will shave up to $430 off Surface Pro 4, $400 off Surface Book this Black Friday

Still a little disenchanted you won’t be able to purchase even a lightly revised Surface Pro 5 with one of those fancy new Intel Kaby Lake processors inside for the holidays? How about the refreshed Surface Book with Performance Base? We’re guessing that one strikes your fancy, but simply feels too darn expensive.

Well, the “first-gen” models are definitely not too shabby, despite their somewhat advanced age, and at the right price, we bet you won’t give Kaby Lake or the battery life-enhancing “Performance Base” a second thought on Black Friday or Cyber Monday.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen in love with Microsoft’s in-house convertible Windows 10 tablet/laptop designs, there are big discounts coming on “select” Surface Book and Pro 4 configurations.

Between November 24 and 28, the higher-end, higher-res, more “professional” 13.5-incher shall cost $1499 instead of $1899 with Core i5 Skylake power, a 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM and discrete dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GPU, while a 128GB i5 Surface Book featuring integrated graphics is to set you back $1249 after a $250 markdown across Redmond’s “full retail channel.”

As for the 12.3-inch Surface Pro 4, you’ll be able to save a whopping $430 on a 256GB i5 8GB variant bundled with a black type cover, or $200 off the list price of a 128GB i5 4GB config. That’s in addition to what third-party sellers like Best Buy have up their sleeves, and other Microsoft-direct Black Friday deals on the Xbox One S, Lumia 950, 950 XL and numerous Windows 10 PCs.

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Surface Book i7 sales start today from the Microsoft Store

Microsoft calls it the “Surface Book with Performance Base,” and with a beefed up quad-core Intel Core i7 processor inside, a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX965M GPU, more fans and more batteries chucked in below the keyboard, we can see why the base unit is getting all the performance attention it needs.

We’ll keep calling it the Surface Book i7. Seriously, it rolls off the tongue.

And it has rolled off of pre-orders and into shipments, too. Specifically, Microsoft in the US and Canada is opening up sales for the revised detachable laptop.

The base memory option has 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM for US$2,399/CA$3,129 while the 512/16 version is $2,799/$3,629. The 1TB/16GB version will begin sales on November 28 at $3,299/$4,379.

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Surface Studio, New MacBook Pro, and Google’s Pixel Packs Power | #PNWeekly 224

A big week for computers! Both Microsoft and Apple announced refreshed hardware for more powerful portables, and we got a first look at the Surface Studio. Plus both the Pixel and Pixel XL have finally arrived in the Pocketnow offices, so we can start sharing our thoughts on Google’s flagship phones. These stories, plus we’ll tackle your tech questions, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!Watch the live video broadcast from 2:00pm Eastern on October 28th (click

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That Mac trade-in deal is back at the Microsoft Store

Turns out that there was a little jumping of the gun earlier this week when it came to a big deal off of a new Surface.If you have a MacBook of any kind dating back all the way to 2006 and are interested in switching ecosystems, consider heading to the Microsoft Store with our source link down below and you can get up to $650 toward a Surface Pro 4 or a Surface Book. Your Mac will be appraised via an online process and, if you get approved for an exchange, you’ll be instructed to ship ...

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Microsoft Surface Studio, Windows 10, & Surface Book Event Highlights (Video)

At Microsoft’s 10/26/2016 event we got to see some new hardware and some Windows 10 software updates that will be coming soon. If you’d like, you can watch the full event live stream on demand right now.Microsoft got to show off some new features for their Windows 10 Creatives Update coming in the spring, as well as a spec boost for the Surface Book, and a completely new type of desktop computer called the Surface Studio. It seems like Microsoft is really targeting content designers ...

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