Microsoft has always been in the software business, and it has not been in the notebook industry for too long, until 2012, when it released the first generation of Surface series 2-in-1 tablet products, and began to get involved in the notebook hardware business.
 
Different from other notebook manufacturers, Microsoft's products are all about 13-inch small screen products, mainly Surface series 2-in-1 notebooks, the main focus is ultra-thin and portable, the whole series supports ten-point screen touch, and has long been known as the industry benchmark in 2-in-1 notebooks, and has a strong guiding role in the design of 2-in-1 notebooks of other manufacturers.
 
However, the current notebook industry as a whole is developing in the direction of thinness and lightness, the advantages of Microsoft's Surface series of thinness are no longer prominent, and the shortcomings of poor heat dissipation performance are gradually revealed, at present, Microsoft's profitability in the Surface hardware business is not optimistic, and Surface's sales continue to decline, accounting for only about 10% of its annual revenue.
 
Microsoft's 2-in-1 notebook is the first to launch Surface Book 2, the new generation of products in addition to the low-end version with i5 7300U, the whole line is equipped with the 8th generation Core low-voltage flagship i7 8650U processor, and the high-end version has a GTX1050 graphics card, the performance is greatly improved, and the keyboard can also be removed as a tablet. However, the shortcomings are also very obvious, when the tablet is used, the battery life is only about 3 hours, and the whole body shape has reached the size of the mainstream all-round book, if you are very concerned about the thin and light body, you should consider it carefully.
 
The thinner and lighter models have Surface Laptop, if you measure it purely by the standard of thin and light books, 1.25kg weight and 14.5mm thickness are good enough, but Surface Laptop is a 13.5-inch traditional notebook, only 1 USB3.0 interface, the scalability is seriously insufficient, Surface Laptop is positioned as a high-end product in China, compared with other brands of thin and light books, the price is not advantageous, Moreover, the Surface Laptop currently on sale is only a 7th generation processor, which has lagged behind the mainstream in terms of configuration, and can be purchased after the configuration is upgraded.
 
It is worth noting that according to the data on the American "Consumer Reports", the Surface series has the worst reliability performance among all brands with a high failure rate of up to 25% within two years, and the American "Consumer Reports" has also withdrawn all the recommendations of the Surface series products. In China, users also generally report that Microsoft's after-sales service is terrible, the cycle is too long and the cost remains high, because the 2-in-1 notebook is more sophisticated than the traditional notebook, it is very difficult to repair it yourself, so please consider it carefully.