Microsoft is ramping up the power on its Surface Book, with an Intel Core i7 processor, improved Nvidia graphics and longer battery life. It's ramping up the price tag, too: The new model, which is officially called the "Surface Book with Performance Base" will cost $2,399.
This top-end Surface Book will now have battery life that lasts up to 16 hours on a charge, while also sporting new a new GPU that will offer more than two times the power you'd get on a competing MacBook, according to Microsoft.
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On the inside, the new Surface Book with Performance Base sports a 6th Generation Core i7 CPU, Nvidia GTX 965M graphics. Depending on which configuration you get, you will have either 8 or 16GB of RAM and 256, 512 or 1TB of SSD storage.
Microsoft said the new Surface Book will also get a second fan to help ensure that even with more horsepower, overheating won't be an issue.
The new Surface Book is available for pre-order now, with shipments starting sometime in November.
