When we set out to design the Surface Book
we set out to redefine the laptop.
Today, we will give you a tour of the technology behind Surface Book
and what makes it different.
Redefining the laptop required a focus on two objectives for the Surface team.
Best-in-class laptop fundamentals like performance, display, and keyboard.
And, delivering on design and engineering innovations
that set Surface Book apart.
Let's begin with a look at the display.
The Surface Book resolution is 3,000 x 2,000
or 267 PPI.
That's 6 million pixels.
But it's not just quantity, it's quality.
This display delivers an amazing 1700:1 Contrast Ratio.
And, 100% of the sRGB color space.
Each display is individually color calibrated at the factory to deliver
consistent true color.
In addition to a best-in-class display
a laptop should deliver great performance.
The Surface Book uses the sixth generation Intel skylake system on a chip
with integrated CPU and GPU.
And, it comes with optional 8 or 16 gigabytes of LPDDR3 memory.
And, a range of solid state drives from 128 gigabytes
all the way to a terabyte.
But, we didn't stop there.
The Surface Book also has a second more powerful GPU from Nvidia under the keyboard.
This custom Maxwell architecture GPU
and fast graphics DDR 5 memory
really light up graphic intensive applications like CAD, if you're designing something.
Or, for video editing which requires more processing power.
Beyond performance, a great laptop also needs a great keyboard.
Microsoft has been building keyboards for more than 25 years.
And, all that experience went into the Surface Book keyboard design.
The keys have 19mm center to center spacing
because, this is the most comfortable spacing for a wide range of hand sizes.
The top of each key has a 0.2mm dish that conforms to the shape of your fingertips.
In addition to being highly durable
the finish on the key caps provides a sure-footed grip without feeling sticky.
This attention to detail makes the Surface Book keyboard fast, accurate, and comfortable.
Looking around the outside of the Surface Book
You'll find a surface connect port for charging or for connecting to the Surface Dock
A mini DisplayPort
A standard headset jack.
Two USB 3 ports and a full-size sd-card slot.
Surface Book also has three cameras.
Two more than most laptops.
There's a rear-facing 8 megapixel camera with autofocus
great for capturing whiteboard notes and scanning barcodes.
And, a five megapixel Skype HD certified front-facing camera.
The third camera is infrared
and supports Windows Hello Face recognition for enterprise-grade authentication.
Now best-in-class laptop fundamentals are super nice
but, fundamentals don't redefined the laptop.
There are a number of design and engineering innovations that set the surface book apart.
One of those innovations is the detachable display.
This is the thinnest, lightest core i7 PC ever made
at 7.7mm thin and only 1.6 lbs.
They call it clipboard, because it's about the same size and weight as a clipboard.
And, it's an excellent writing surface for the new Surface pen.
It took a lot of innovative engineering to make the detached experience simple and elegant.
Detach key is debounced in software
to prevent accidental detach during normal typing.
Press and hold the detach key for a second to activate the detach mechanism.
The clipboard is ready to detach when you see the green indicators.
Before unlocking the clipboard we check that any work being done on the NVIDIA GPU
is properly saved and there's sufficient battery charge in the clipboard.
After I close the app, the clipboard is automatically unlocked.
The Electromechanical Release Mechanism uses muscle wire
a nickel titanium alloy that contracts when an electric current is passed through it.
We use this muscle wire property to lock and unlock the clipboard.
From the outside, all of this is a simple keypress followed by a satisfying click.
The Surface Book has two batteries.
A 52 Watt hour battery in the keyboard base
and, an 18 watt hour battery to power the clipboard when it's detached.
We wanted to make sure Surface Book users would have
ample battery charge in the clipboard with its detached.
So, we developed an algorithm we call Save The Top.
That charges the clipboard battery first
and discharges the keyboard battery first.
This increases the probability of maximum clipboard battery life whenever it's detached.
The surface book also has two GPUs.
The skylake GPU in the clipboard.
And the more powerful NVIDIA GPU in the keyboard base.
We designed the clipboard so it can be plugged into the keyboard base in reverse orientation
making the Surface Book even more versatile
and giving you more ways to be productive.
The result is a canvas for inking in graphics-intensive applications
that have access to both GPUs and all 70 watt hours of battery capacity.
We've also made advancements in our pen and inking experience.
The Surface Book's ultrathin display reduces parallax error
and makes the displayed ink appear closer to the pen tip.
The new Surface Pen never needs to be charged.
Consents 1024 pressure levels that can be used to change the appearance of the ink.
And, has an eraser where an eraser should be.
Finally, the Dynamic Fulcrum Hinge is another innovation that sets the Surface Book apart.
Although the clipboard is only 1.6 lbs
it's a complete PC and it's heavier than just the display.
This added weight in the top makes most two in one devicew top-heavy with a tendency to tip.
The Dynamic Fulcrum Hinge lengthens the base as it unrolls onto the table
and lowers the center of gravity of the clipboard
making the Surface Book stable in your lap.
So the hinge on the surface book isn't just an iconic design element.
It's purposeful engineering.
So that's Surface Book.
I hope that you enjoyed our engineering tour.
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