{"id":121420,"date":"2017-10-17T17:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=121420"},"modified":"2017-10-17T17:15:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T15:15:20","slug":"microsoft-surface-book-2-a-powerhouse-for-gaming-and-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/121420-microsoft-surface-book-2-a-powerhouse-for-gaming-and-productivity","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface Book 2 \u2014 a powerhouse for gaming and productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has unveiled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/surface\/devices\/surface-book-2\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Surface Book 2<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 available in two sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said the laptop offers \u201cpowerhouse performance\u201d in either a 15-inch or 13.5-inch form factor.<\/p>\n<p>The PCs are available with 8th-gen Intel Core i5 or i7 processors, Nvidia GTX 1050 or 1060 discrete or integrated Intel HD graphics, and up to 16GB RAM.<\/p>\n<p>The laptops also feature PixelSense touch displays with resolutions up to\u00a03,240 x 2,160, up to 1TB SSD storage, and USB-C ports.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft said the Surface Book 2 can be set up in multiple positions, depending what the user needs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Laptop Mode<\/strong> \u2013 Traditional laptop experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tablet Mode<\/strong> \u2013 Detach the display and use it as a tablet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Studio Mode<\/strong> \u2013 Fold the PC to draw on the display.<\/li>\n<li><strong>View Mode<\/strong> \u2013 Flip the screen and use the keyboard as a stand to watch media.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Surface Book 2 starts at $1,499 for the 13.5-inch model, and $2,499 for the 15-inch model. Pre-orders open from 9 November.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-121424\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Split-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-121422\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Surface-Pro-2-Image-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4ck5RbTQj28<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/121012-microsoft-rolls-out-game-gifting-for-xbox-one.html\"><strong>Microsoft rolls out game gifting for Xbox One<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Book 2 \u2013 available in two sizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":121426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[21,91,25204,25206,13351],"class_list":["post-121420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-headline","tag-microsoft","tag-microsoft-surface-book-2","tag-mixed-reality-mr","tag-virtual-reality-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}