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CNET News - Microsoft Surface Book turns into a clipboard

2015-10-06
this is now the fitness most powerful PC ever created it weighs only one point six pounds it's that thirteen and a half inch screen we talked about it is seven point seven millimeters thin don't worry your USB ports there in the base it's that same three by two aspect ratio you're familiar with it is modeled in metaphor after an a4 piece of paper to give you that natural feel it's a clipboard look at it what did the surface team do how did the engineering team pull it off I'm going to show you the hinge this here is what's known as a dynamic fulcrum it's what we call it internally it's total dork talk but hold on we did it purposefully we want it to be able to give you all that power in the top of the device all that battery all the energy you need to make it a full clipboard experience if you're the architect you get a walk around with it if you're on a jobsite you walk around with it if you're my friend who's an NFL quarterback or a friend who's a coach or a friend who's this and you're using it and writing you get to use it as a clipboard but when you plug it in you need to be able to extend this base to be able to give the perfect balance for lap ability in the product watch how the basic set it stands itself check it out see how long that got is that pretty cool that's and that is the hinge designed by my team out and ready they are just phenomenal the work they're able to do now how do we separate it how do we get away from the clickety clackety clack and levers and this and that and what how do I get it off it's so simple we use a technology called muscle wire invented by Microsoft and within the muscle wire basically you throw you throw a charge into it it expands and contracts elegantly and what it does is it locks in the screen or doesn't and so basically when you want to remove the top it's a fool by the way it's a full laptop you see this is the whole point of it I'm supposed to use it as a laptop and never think twice it is the ultimate laptop but at any given time if I want to I just pull it off that's it and now that quickly got elegantly I can move with this device and I could just plug it back in so simply and it locks in it's just a laptop that's all it is and it comes together just like that I've shown you something here that is the most powerful laptop on the planet it has touch it has pen it has more pixels than any screen in its class and it does this just like that now this this is the ultimate laptop
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