

The original Surface Book was succeeded by the Surface Book 2 in 2017, and recently Microsoft launched the third generation of their most powerful notebook computer.

First launched in 2015, the Surface Book took an unusual approach to convertible laptops, incorporating an electromechanically detachable screen, and putting processors in both halves of the laptop.

Microsoft has certainly been an innovator in the space as well, and the Surface Pro series has become the baseline for an entire category that did not exist in any volume before their launch.īut almost certainly, one of the quirkiest designs to come out of the Surface group has been the Surface Book. Some of those designs, such as the thin-bezel laptop, have been adopted by almost all players in the industry. The PC industry has introduced some remarkably exciting designs over the last five years or so.
