wraggster
October 23rd, 2015, 22:03
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/ac5c76c18eeff24291056de53e5b4872/202849307/surfacebook-1200-reversescreen.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/microsoft-surface-book-dgpu-1700/)If you're like most of us, you think Microsoft's Surface Book looks like an incredibly attractive laptop (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/21/surface-book-review/'), however adding on all the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiEQB67HOs (like a powerful NVIDIA GPU embedded in the keyboard) can make it a bit pricey. TechRadar (http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/laptops/microsoft-adds-cheaper-surface-book-with-nvidia-graphics-to-line-up-1307334?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=562933d704d3012f1b000001&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter)notes that the folks from Redmond have slid one more variant into the store (http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.325716000), allowing buyers to essentially choose between upgrading the base ($1,500) model's graphics instead of its hard drive. For $1,700 you can either have a version with a Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB storage and no NVIDIA discrete GPU, or the new version -- a 128GB model with dGPU. If you keep your larger-capacity files in the cloud or an external drive, that cuts $200 off the previous cheapest dGPU-equipped version without losing any power, but we won't blame you if only the $3,200 1TB top-of-the-line powerhouse (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/17/microsoft-1tb-surface-book-pre-order/) will suffice.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/microsoft-surface-book-dgpu-1700/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTiEQB67HOs (like a powerful NVIDIA GPU embedded in the keyboard) can make it a bit pricey. TechRadar (http://www.techradar.com/us/news/mobile-computing/laptops/microsoft-adds-cheaper-surface-book-with-nvidia-graphics-to-line-up-1307334?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=562933d704d3012f1b000001&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter)notes that the folks from Redmond have slid one more variant into the store (http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.325716000), allowing buyers to essentially choose between upgrading the base ($1,500) model's graphics instead of its hard drive. For $1,700 you can either have a version with a Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB storage and no NVIDIA discrete GPU, or the new version -- a 128GB model with dGPU. If you keep your larger-capacity files in the cloud or an external drive, that cuts $200 off the previous cheapest dGPU-equipped version without losing any power, but we won't blame you if only the $3,200 1TB top-of-the-line powerhouse (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/17/microsoft-1tb-surface-book-pre-order/) will suffice.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/microsoft-surface-book-dgpu-1700/