![]() You might think I’m saying that the 15-inch Surface Book 2 is just a terrible product. It may seem like I’m being overly harsh on Microsoft here. ![]() Surely you recognize that the two are a poor pairing, and that you’re just rubbing a customer’s nose in what amounts to a serious engineering faux pas. In fact, I’d avoid mentioning them on the same web page. If I were you, I’d avoid referencing the 15-inch Surface Book 2 and the Surface Dock in the same breath. They add up, and your non-removable battery is going to die much sooner than it should. And I mean that literally - not only is it a serious inconvenience to have a battery that’s constantly running low on power, but all those extra charge cycles are like a thousand cuts. What this means in practice is that if you use the Surface Dock with your 15-inch Surface Book 2, then you’re either limited to using the integrated GPU - and wasting your significant investment in such a powerful notebook - or you’re going to kill your battery. That means you might get only a few hours into a working session when the system decides it’s time to slow things down. With only 60 watts, chances are you’d tap into the battery the second you accessed the GTX 1060. Now imagine using the GPU for editing video or running any of the myriad creative apps that use the discrete GPU’s power to speed things up. If I’d played long enough, it would have throttled the GPU to avoid depleting the battery entirely. The machine burned through 30 percent of its battery life after less than an hour of playing. I tested a 65 watt USB-C power adapter with my 15-inch Surface Book 2 a few weeks ago, by running Diablo 3 - not exactly an intensive gaming test. The Surface Dock makes the power problem worse by providing only 60 watts to the system.
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