The screen produces up to 130% of the sRGB gamut with a maximum brightness of 375 cd/m2, placing it right next to the best monitors we tested. One noticeable characteristic of the Microsoft Surface Book 2’s display is it is very vibrant with punchy colors. 4K movies look great on it even if the aspect ratio and pixels don’t match, so images and your artwork will surely be equally eye-popping. The screen looks comparable to Apple’s Retina displays, offering fantastic clarity and details for any type of image output. The Microsoft Surface Book 2 sports a 13.5-inch PixelSense Display with a 3000 x 2000 resolution and a whopping 267 pixels per inch. There is a pair of speakers on the front of the tablet, but they could use a boost in volume to go with its decent clarity. Having a wired audio connection is invaluable due to numerous factors such as audio quality, but Bluetooth audio equipment is much easier to use. Its also worth noting that the Microsoft Surface Book 2’s 3.5mm jack is on the upper half, so using wired ear or headphones means you will have a dangling cable in front of you.

The two Surface Connect ports can charge the device or transfer data, but you need an adapter for the latter. There is also a full-sized SDXC card reader along with it, and two USB 3.1 type-A slots on the opposite side. Connectivity on the Microsoft Surface Book 2 is great since it includes a USB-C 3.1 slot which can allow the device to dock with a USB-C monitor.

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