Surface Book review: Microsoft builds a better Windows laptop — and more

It’s wearing off, the dual shock of Microsoft building its own laptop and then the realization that it was not exactly a laptop. Now we’re left with the product of that surprise and minor deception: The Microsoft Surface Book. Put simply, it’s a very good premium laptop that is an occasionally unnerving mix of brilliance and pre-production hiccups.

I should back up a bit. Not everyone knows that Microsoft delivered its first-ever laptop and that it's actually a tablet with a detachable keyboard — and even that doesn’t explain it fully. Like its Surface Pro 3 cousin before it, Surface Book may sometimes look and work like a tablet, but it’s designed to live as an above-average-power laptop that also happens to have an ultra-high-res touchscreen and works with a dedicated Bluetooth pen. Read more...