Surface Book reviews

The first reviews of Microsoft's new Surface Book are in - and it's kind of a mixed bag.Is the Surface really the ultimate laptop that Microsoft claims it is? Nearly. I say that because sometimes Iim using the Surface Book and I just wish Microsoft had made a pure laptop. The display wobble can be irritating, and the weird gap when itis closed means I have to clean the Surface Book every day. If Microsoft can fix the hinge in future versions and make it a lot less bulky then this could be great. It has a beautiful display, amazing battery life, and the keyboard and trackpad feel great. But even though thatis everything I want in a laptop, the accommodations Microsoft made to enable the tablet end up making the laptop experience less than ideal.I had hoped for a pure laptop too - while I appreciate what Microsoft is trying to do, the compromises seem rather serious here, for something not a whole lot of people are going to use anyway. Joanna Stern agrees:The design has some real flaws, though. The 3.3-pound, 0.9-inch-thick computer is chunkier than Iid like. And getting into it is like trying to crack a safe. The magnets that keep the system closed require you to throw too much back into it. Once youire in, thereis a slight but unfortunate wobble in the display. This is related to that high-tech hinge that releases the screen when you press an eject key.As for the Surface Pro 4? Well, it's exactly the same as the Pro 3, but with some minor enhancements. If you didn't like the idea of the Surface before, the Pro 4 won't change your mind.