Surface Book 2 unboxing & initial review (all here)

[unruledboy]

Finally got my hands on the dream machine Surface Book 2. Originally was hoping for the 15' one, but it won't be available in Australia now, and I can't wait, got the 13' 512G & 16G, dGPU 2GB.

I had to Uber twice, interchanged train several times to get this, because MS won't allow DHL to leave at front door while I was at work, and DHL was not allowed to deliver to a service point because the newsagency said the package was too big...

I am now typing the post via the SB2

I installed lots tools (I am a developer), synced onedrive, lots of disk activities and CPU intensive stuffs, did not hear fan noise.

The good:

• The keyboard is solid
• the performance is satisfactory
• no fan noise
• no heat

The to do:

• One thing though, sometimes the sreen brightness dims automatically (gets darker), I believe it is the battery saving kicks in.

The weird:

• After I opened the screen for the very first time, Windows automatically started....

The bad:

• Got a BSOD after coming back from sleep

 

[wynand32]

Which SSD is listed in Device Manager? Just curious...

 

[ALI IBRAHEM]

Do you notice any light bleeding in the screen or yellow spots like the previous models

 

[Nuspieds]

Congratulations (but sorry you couldn't get the 15", though)!

The to do:

• One thing though, sometimes the sreen brightness dims automatically (gets darker), I believe it is the battery saving kicks in.

Check "Settings > System > Display" to see if the "Change brightness automatically when lighting changes" is enabled.

 

[unruledboy]

Got a BSOD after coming out of sleep...

 

[theveterans]

Got a BSOD after coming out of sleep...

Firmware updates would sort it out. It's probably a driver not waking up and has thrown a stop code

 

[unruledboy]

one thing is annoying, lack of dedicated home/end keys, had to keep switching Fn