Re:Introducing Surface Book 2
by fredley on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:17AM
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This... looks nothing like a macbook. It's got a matte metallic frame and a black bezel, but that's about where the similarities end as far as it looks to me.
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Are we looking at the same thing? It looks incredibly similar to Macbooks.
Aside from the colours/finish, what's the same? Looking at the macbook in front of me and the image here they're totally different: the hinge, the keyboard, the vents, the ports, no touch bar, no speaker grills etc. Everything else is just laptop fundamental design, e.g. it is primarily composed of two slabs and a hinge, with a keyboard and trackpad in ergonomically optimal places.
Re:Introducing Surface Book 2
by freeone3000 on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @10:33AM
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No, macbooks close flat. This closes into a wedge, with the rear hinge approximately one-half-inch higher than the front when closed, with a gap between screen and keyboard.
In addition, macbooks are bezel-filled and sleek, where this emphasizes straight edges. Horizontal corners are rounded, but vertical edges are square.
Keyboard is also very square, instead of the rounded rects favored by macbooks.
About the only thing that's the same is that they're both aluminum white laptops.