

There’s nothing concrete in terms of release date, but Bowden has heard that Microsoft will hold a hardware event in the fall as per usual, and speculates that it could be in October, as with past years. Given the dramatic design change, Bowden says the device likely won’t be branded a Surface Book at all, and will instead be named the Surface Laptop Studio or Surface Laptop Pro. The sources also say that the trackpad will be larger this time around. On the subject of power, Windows Central’s sources say that the new version will include Nvidia RTX graphics and dynamically adjusting, high-refresh rate 14-inch panels. With an all-in-one build, Microsoft could give the Surface Book a bit more grunt with a 6- or 8-core processor.

The current Surface Book family only permits U-series processors thanks to the break-away design where the CPU has to live in the tablet section. This wouldn’t just be advantageous in terms of flexibility, but would provide another benefit: more powerful chips.
