Is the Surface Book 2 a MacBook Pro Killer? #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin this is the

MacBook Pro and it is Apple's most

expensive laptop now this is actually

the computer that we've edited all of

our videos for the last year on Hoover

starting at $2,400 it does not come

cheap that's where Microsoft comes in

with their new service book - now full

disclosure they actually did send this

out for review pover as a laptop

starting at $2,500 I'm curious to see

how it stacks up so I should do the

video on the original surface book a

couple years ago and there's a very very

weird concept so the idea here is that

you're getting a computer that on the

surface looks very much similar to

something like a macbook but you can

actually detach the screen and turn it

into a tablet this guy open and the

first thing we see is the wall surface

book itself what really makes this

unique is the hinge so as you can see

when you close the laptop it actually

doesn't go completely flat and that's

because so if you press the button here

for a second what you'll be able to do

is remove the actual tablet put these

two side-by-side and it first means they

look pretty similar but there are a ton

of differences so first of all while

they do have 15 inch display is each the

port selection is very different where

the MacBook has four Thunderbolt three

ports two on either side the surface

instead has a single USBC paired with a

surface connector for charging and

docking but importantly it also has two

full-sized USB ports and an SD card

reader when it comes to screens it is

really hard to argue with either of

these laptops but the surface is

slightly sharper with a resolution of

thirty to forty by 2160

compared to 2880 by 1800 on the MacBook

and the service has the added benefit of

being a touch screen where the surface

book 2 really excels in performance so

inside it has a core i7

8650 you a gtx 1060 16 gigs of ram and

anywhere between 2 and 56 gigs and 1

terabytes of SSD storage with a gtx 1060

inside this is going to be a very

powerful laptop when it comes to video

editing and eating gaming so to put

things in context a 1060 is usually what

you find in fairly high end gaming

laptops but one of the advantages of the

surface book is that still fairly thin

Microsoft has updated the surface book

design since the original so the main

things is that you can now just open and

close it without having to put a hand on

it to sort of steady it and the hinge

feels good so in tablet mode you do get

the full PC experience so the main thing

is you're pretty much losing all the

ports besides the headphone jack but

what's cool is you can just drop it

right back on even backwards and you can

have yourself a super cruel even weirder

than usual looking computer it might be

a bit low-key at this point but I really

appreciate the addition of a USB C port

so yeah it might not be thunderbolt but

I've actually moved a lot of my

accessories over to USB C at this point

and it is really nice to be able to use

a single cable to not only connect to a

monitor but also to get power into the

laptop speaking of power I love the idea

that I can use a single power adapter

for not only the laptop but also my

pixel or even a MacBook

I like the keyboard so the keys are on

the stiff side but unlike on the MacBook

there's actual travel here you know I do

think I slightly prefer the way that the

butterfly switches work on the MacBook

Pro but you're not going to be

disappointed with either of these

something interesting is that

Microsoft's slightly tapers the middle

of the keyboard and that comes down on

the sides and it's kind of hard to see

this on video but we're actually typing

what it means is that your fingers are

going to be slightly elevated which for

me alleviates a lot of wrist strain the

trackpad is decent so as you'd expect

from a Microsoft device it is a Windows

precision touchpad and that means that

not only do you get the additional three

finger gestures like swiping up to pull

up your desktops but it also tracks

really accurately as good as it might be

though it can't match the MacBook Pro

this trackpad is enormous I mean serious

it's like the size of my hand now yes

you can totally get by with the surface

but Apple has the best track pads in the

business as you'd expect from a device

straight from Microsoft there's

basically no bloat in Windows except

they're actually kind of is so a lot of

laptops this included have a few

different pre-installed games such as

march of Empires candy crush and while

that's fine on a 300 all a laptop I'm

paying over $3,000 for a laptop I don't

want to have any bloatware at all sure

it's easy enough to uninstall it just

feels weird that they're trying to make

a few extra bucks on something that's

this expensive where the surface book 2

really shines is in performance so

something by side with the MacBook you

can see that for shorter periods and

single-threaded tasks it does hold it

pretty well from the multi thread side

you're going to lose some performance

but the real star of the show here is

that GPU with the gtx 1060 inside while

you should be using this for video

editing i'm playing some rocket league

now actually we'll say that with this

much power you can play a lot more

demanding games at rocket League but

even at 2560 by 1600 with pretty much

all the settings cranked up this looks

really nice we're getting in order to

feel like 60 and 70 frames per second

and because this is Microsoft there's a

little bit of Xbox inside the surface as

there's an Xbox one wireless radio

built-in no it's interesting about

having a GTX 1060 and a laptop that's so

thin is that besides the battery the

base of it is totally dedicated to

cooling it so yes it's a little bit loud

but no worse than most gaming laptops

and it's a lot thinner for 15-inch

laptops battery life actually isn't bad

so the MacBook should go for around 10

hours where the surface is rated for up

to 17 hours now part of that is because

it has two batteries one in the screen

and one in the base but something to

keep in mind with both of these guys is

that when you're actually doing heavier

lifting such as gaming and especially

video editing expect that number to be a

lot less the surface has a pair of front

firing speakers in the screen and it

sounds good but the MacBook sounds

phenomenal it has two giant speakers

besides the actual keyboard and this is

hands-down the best sounding laptop I've

ever tried when it comes to price both

of these laptops are incredibly

expensive so the surface book starts at

$2,500

but that's only with a 256 gig SSD bump

that up to 512 and you're at $2,900 the

MacBook is $100 cheaper but I don't

think that's going to change anyone's

mind at this price point if you can take

advantage of the extra GPU horsepower

and especially the ability to use stuff

like the surface pen the surface dial

for maybe something like graphics work

then the surface can make sense however

when it comes to the MacBook it's just a

solid laptop all around it's thinner

it's lighter and while the touch four

might seem like a gimmick it really

doesn't affect the actual laptop itself

and stuff like touch ID is actually

really helpful to have the surface does

have a wider variety of ports but I've

got to say over the last year having

four Thunderbolt three ports on the

MacBook has come in handy quite a bit

the surface book 2 might be the most

incredibly engineered laptop you can buy

today everything from these hinge which

will maybe not perfect is actually a

really clever way of doing something

like this screaming everything you need

for a full 15-inch PC into the thin

screen they've done an incredible job

however the MacBook kind of wins in its

simplicity

both of these laptops are available on a

smaller 13-inch size and in that

comparison the GTX 1050 inside the

smaller surface book is a major

contender with

or pro however when you look at the

15-inch sizes the surface book is a hard

sell so what do you guys think about the

new surface book - let me know in the

comments below and I will catch you in

the next one