What I Think Of The Surface Book 1

	Recently I bought a surface Book 1. I bought it to replace a HP windows tablet
that I was using for basic tasks at work. I like the tablet form factor because
I work with alot of different devices and sometimes there is not a good surface to
work from. The Surface Book seems to be the best form factor for me because it is
both a laptop and a table, not a tablet with a keyboard. The one I got has the I7,
16GB of ram, 500GB SSD and the 965M GPU.

	I am not going to talk too much about the device its self, there are alot of
reviews to tell you that. it feels well built, feels like a tank but the port
selection is quit lack luster in 2022. If you need a usb c port you can get an
adapter for the surface connect port, The device doesnt support thunderbolt but
you can use a dongle to charge, connect a display, and connect usb or other
devices.
	
	The performance is quite adiquate in 2022. While you can get better
performing computers for cheap, I believe the comptuer makes up for it in
other features. I will mention that I had issues with playing youtube videos
in the brave browser. They would studder and hang every once in a while. The
way I fixed it was going into windows settings and setting the gpu to the IGPU
instead of the dedicated card. It also lets me remove the tablet with it open.
	
	I just got the computer today but I hope to keep updating this as I
use the computer.
	
	Here is my update after owning it for several weeks. It apears the one
I got has a bad battery in the clip board. I can't let it get too low
on battery or it will shut down on me. The performance is fine for what
I do. It's not a gaming powerhouse or a workstation, but since I have a
mac mini for editing videos at work I dont have any issues for what I need
it for. I love the keyboard and trackpad, The screen is amazing. I am using a
usb c to surface connect adapter for charging and have had no issues. For how
old it is it works amazing for my needs.

	I have been using it for over 6 months, It is running ubuntu great with a
custom kernal. I have had no preformance issues and have even played some
very light games at times. I find it great for day to day tasks. The only
issue is that the screen seems to have a battery that is starting to have
issues. If I push the tablet hard without the base, sometimes it might shut
off, But only in tablet mode. I also find the lack of ports anoying at times.
The only decent dock I can find is from microsoft and uses the surface
connector. Overall I can recomend this device even in 2022.