Part of ensuring a win moving forward is keeping the public interested in what it is doing.
That's a challenge Microsoft overcame Tuesday at what we expected would be the Surface Pro 4 event, but turned out to be the Surface Book event.
Based on our early looks, the Surface Book looks like it could be a fantastic Windows laptop.
Finally, there's a high-end Windows notebook that can go head-to-head with the MacBook Pro.
The Surface Book is a laptop replacement.
It adds the thing that the Surface Pro lacks: a stiff hinge.
It's still a tablet with a separate keyboard, but this time around, there's no kickstand.
The hinge holds the screen up and lets you hold the screen at whatever angle you want.
This fixes the lapability problem once and for all.
The "dynamic fulcrum hinge," as Microsoft calls it, is an unusual design.
With the system closed, it's semicircular, but open it up and it unrolls, slightly enlarging the footprint of the machine.
This helps keep the system balanced when it's on your lap.
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