Meanwhile, the Surface Pro 4 has been announced to rival the Apple iPad Pro. With Surface Book, Microsoft won’t be fighting against Dell, Lenovo, Asus, HP and others rather it has created a benchmark on which partner OEMs will develop their products. Any universal Windows app will eventually be able to take advantage of this. A $1700 version, along with the $1500 version touted today by Microsoft, don’t have a dedicated GPU and therefore rely on onboard graphics pushed by Intel’s 6th generation i5 processors.
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Just like it did with the Surface tablet, which was launched in 2012 as a tablet which could double as a laptop, Microsoft is trying to invent a new device category with the Surface Book. But unlike any Apple laptop, you can remove the keyboard to make it much thinner and lighter. It is 8.4mm thick, features a 12.3-inch display and is said to be 30 per cent more powerful than the Surface 3. The battery lasts 9 hours according to Microsoft.
Now that we know about the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL, current Windows Phone users may be wondering when they will be getting their hands on the new OS.
They feature Continuum for phones, so the handsets can work like PCs, and PureView cameras with 20-megapixel sensors, triple LED natural flash and 4K video capture for “faster focus and crisper images and videos even in challenging conditions”.
Microsoft has confirmed that it will start rolling out Windows 10 to existing Lumia smartphones from December. Microsoft Band 2 has also a new barometer that you can use whether you’re hiking or climbing the top of any mountain.
In addition, Wired explained that the Microsoft laptop also carries a “killer display” which can be converted to a very useful tablet when needed.
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Microsoft introduced the HoloLens for the developers, the world’s first fully untethered holographic computer, powered by Windows 10. This free update will be a complete redesign built on the cornerstone of Windows 10 and provides the fastest and most social Xbox experience ever.
