{"id":24520,"date":"2020-06-12T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2595748"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:30:00","slug":"how-microsoft-could-make-up-for-its-buggy-surface-book-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/12\/how-microsoft-could-make-up-for-its-buggy-surface-book-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Microsoft could make up for its buggy Surface Book 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A power problem, a flaky Surface Dock, and thermal issues—users have suffered through quite a bit.<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n
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Why did I put up with Microsoft’s Surface Book 2? Why did anyone<\/em>? That’s the question I asked myself recently as I tried to convince the Surface Book 2 to recognize my 4K monitor, yet again. <\/p>\n

Surface Book 2 users have suffered through quite a bit. There was the GPU bug that delayed a scheduled Windows update<\/a>. Thermal issues. Even a power issue<\/a> that was really never fixed. <\/p>\n

Most laptops survive PCWorld’s review process without exposing major issues. But as I look around at the shelves housing our review units, I can see that the Surface Book 2 had a rough time of it. Here’s the 15-inch Surface Book 2 whose discrete GPU failed, possibly due to overheating. This 13-inch model’s battery was dead on arrival. A second 15-inch Surface Book 2,<\/strong> about a year ago, decided to output nothing better than HD resolution (1366×768) on an external display.<\/p>\n

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