Microsoft Surface Book 2 review: a powerful yet pricey laptop-tablet combo

With prices starting at 1,500, this isn't a casual purchase - but with its detachable screen, this could be the best Windows 10 power-user laptop going

The first generation Surface Book was a feat of engineering that took Microsoft's Surface tablet PC and turned it on its head, making it a laptop first and a tablet second. The Surface Book 2 refines a few things, adds much more power and finally adopts USB-C.

If you're primarily a laptop user, who occasionally wants to take just the screen with you and needs some brawn for your processing duties, the Surface Book 2 is the machine for you. But getting your head around what the machine can do is the first challenge.