The
laptop includes a 13.5-inch, 3000×2000 PixelSense touchscreen with 6 million pixels, and it includes an
Intel Skylake processor and a dedicated
Nvidia GeForce GPU with GDDR5 memory. It's also got PCI Express-connected solid-state storage. Microsoft claims it's the "fastest 13-inch laptop anywhere on any planet," a statement which we don't have the means to confirm, and that's it's "two times more powerful" than the 13-inch
MacBook Pro.
The Surface Book's screen detaches from the base to function as a standalone
tablet, and like the Surface Pro 4 it works with a Surface Pen that can be docked magnetically along the top of the screen. The dedicated GPU is in the base of the Book, and it will switch to the Skylake integrated GPU when the screen is detached—if you want all of the GPU power, you'll have to have the laptop docked.
