

Like the original Surface Book, it's simply a great laptop beyond even the gimmicky detachable display: It's fast and responsive, with a touchscreen, a Surface Pen stylus, a killer keyboard and the best non-Apple laptop mouse touchpad I've ever used.Īfter a week or so with the Surface Book with Performance Base, my big takeaway is simple.

So imagine my pleasant surprise when Microsoft announced the Surface Book with Performance Base, a new model that's basically the same as the old model, but with some extra horsepower under the hood and a much longer-lasting battery. When I first tried the Surface Book, Microsoft's first-ever full-fledged laptop, I thought it was just shy of perfect - fast, responsive, with a touchscreen display that actually lifts off the base to become a tablet. The Surface Book with Performance Base is a small but powerful upgrade to the original Surface Book.
