Ever since Microsoft announced the Surface Book 2 last October, the new 15-inch model has sort of stood on its own. It only comes with a Core i7 and a dedicated GPU, giving it a much higher barrier of entry than its 13.5-inch sibling, which is offered with a seventh-gen Core i5 and no dedicated GPU for just $1,199.
One might have expected for Microsoft to lower the barrier of entry by releasing a Core i5 model of the 15-inch variant, or at least discounting it once in a while. But these things really haven"t happened, until today, as you can currently get up to $300 off of a Surface Book 2, including both the 13.5- and 15-inch models.
Here are the deals for the Surface Book 2:
| Size | CPU | RAM | Storage | Old price | New price | Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.5-inch | 7th-gen Core i5 | 8GB | 128GB | $1,199 | $1,199 | - |
| 13.5-inch | 7th-gen Core i5 | 8GB | 256GB | $1,499 | $1,299 | $200 |
| 13.5-inch | 8th-gen Core i7 | 8GB | 256GB | $1,999 | $1,699 | $300 |
| 13.5-inch | 8th-gen Core i7 | 16GB | 512GB | $2,499 | $2,199 | $300 |
| 13.5-inch | 8th-gen Core i7 | 16GB | 1TB | $2,999 | $2,699 | $300 |
| 15-inch | 8th-gen Core i7 | 16GB | 256GB | $2,499 | $2,199 | $300 |
| 15-inch | 8th-gen Core i7 | 16GB | 512GB | $2,899 | $2,599 | $300 |
| 15-inch | 8th-gen Core i7 | 16GB | 1TB | $3,299 | $2,999 | $300 |
There are some big differences in power between the lowest end model and the highest end one. For one thing, there"s a big performance jump between the seventh-gen Core processors and the eighth-gen chips. The new generation is quad-core, whereas the last gen was dual-core, so you"re getting a lot more out of the Core i7 model.
Also, all Core i7 models come with a dedicated GPU in the base, while the i5 models do not. The 13.5-inch Book 2 comes with a 2GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, while the 15-inch comes with a substantially more powerful 6GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060.
If you want to check out the Surface Book 2, you can find it here.