Microsoft Surface Book 2: Keyboard and trackpadĪs with the previous Surface Book, the second generation's keyboard is a high point. It also supports the Surface Dial, allowing fine-tuned controls for applications like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. The screen also uses Microsoft's PixelSense touchscreen technology, and the new Surface Pen supports more than 4,000 levels of pressure sensitivity, as well as tilt functionality for shading. At 462cd/m2, its brightness is also excellent.Īll of this means that everything from watching movies to editing media will be an absolute joy on the Surface Book 2. The 13.5in 3,000 x 2,000 panel is unbelievably sharp, and colour accuracy is very nearly perfect, with 96.6% coverage of the sRGB gamut. The company's first-party devices have truly outstanding displays, and the latest iteration does not disappoint. One of the reasons that the Surface range is so well-suited to graphic designers and the like is that Microsoft's displays are absolutely superb. While some artists and creatives might find the ability to remove the screen useful for stylus work with the Surface Pen, this laptop will likely spend most of its life sitting on your desk with occasional trips out of the office. In reality, the Surface Book 2 is best suited to a workstation-type role. Not that it's much less unwieldy in this form, as the 13.5in screen is too big to be comfortably used like a standard tablet and it still weighs over 700g even without the keyboard.

Of course, that's not the whole story - the Surface Book 2 is a convertible, allowing you to detach the screen and tote it around as a tablet.

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