Surface Book 1 in 2023: Think Twice 

Absolutely love the Surface Book. Been using it as my primary laptop since 2016 with no major issues. Just replaced the keyboard battery today which was cheap and straightforward.

Truly a surface book video

That terrible battery life is all I needed to hear; I need a tablet to walk around with all day for work. I'll be right next to the base so that's not an issue but I don't want to deal with that battery life. Great review, thanks!

In summary, just two things to watch out for, the battery needing replacing and dust gathering in the hinge

6:30 You get insane battery life. I have a Book 2 15 and my battery is on the way out. I have begrudingly put up with it, but I am now more inclined to fix it. WOW nice job.

Bought a surface 3 at the start of oandemic and still going strong. The ability to use it with surface pen and doing normal pc stuff is unrivalled. Sure, its not powerful but i could atill use it for basic coding tasks.

Nice review! I still have a SB1 [had 2, 1 w/ perf base that I sold ], that's relegated to use for testing, and misc A/V processing task. Im a 30 year IT guy and the SB is my favorite laptop of all time!! I'm a 2-in 1 guy so I'm partial in the sense, but I also loved the look and screen of the Book. I'm going to see how well it will hold up to be able to stream 720-1080 livestreams. It's stationary on my desk 100% of the time so I figure I'll use it until the battery goes or it no longer has any utility for me. Thanks

Nice video work buddy.

Nice review. Really gave me a good insight into considering a second hand option of this. I needed it mainly for editing photos on light room. Seems a little outdated and too risky to purchase for todays software so have decided to pass. Thanks heaps for saving me time. Cheers

I live with a surface pro 4 i7 with 8GB. It’s such a powerful device for what I bought. Lasts 4-5 hours which is a whole school day for me.

Yo I was about the buy a book 1 from eBay as my budget was low but I guess now gonna go for book 2. Thanks man

6:18, Thankyou for that honest review. Can you please tell if you got any warranty when you bought it in 2019 & what was covered in that warranty ? Thnx loads🙏😃 All these Microsoft Surface devices look beautiful but it's obvious there will be problems down the road after just a few years because of its design and of course, Programmed Obsolescent .

Congrats on swapping out the battery in the tablet. My original SB1 batteries started to swell in 2020 just like yours. Unlike you, I tossed my unit out. I'm not debating buying a used SB3 because I miss using my old SB.

My SB1 just died on me without warning. I suspect it is a battery issue but can't be sure. How did you glue everything back, such as the screen? Did you use a special adhesive, and can you recommend one to buy for a home repair?

I got two surface books from recycling earlier on this year, both with swollen batteries, one screen came off fine and the other completely shattered and came away in pieces, still working, just shattered, my solution for the issue was just to rip the battery from the tablet and use the bottom case to power it, not entirely reliable, but enough for it to work properly and not be a hazard.

I ended up going down the Surface Laptop line instead, mainly for price reasons..... But yeah, the Surface Book 1 is why I fell in love with Surface in the first place. I totally understand why Microsoft went down the route of replacing the Book with the Laptop Studio....just far less things can go wrong, but I will forever appreciate what the Book 1 did.

I just bought a top spec original model surface book with a fresh battery for $108

Highly worth

After five years of use hardly any laptop will survive but software is truly optimised in surfaces hence still useful

They should've kept this series alive. what they are releasing nowadays is lame.

Is it worth buying in 2024 at 240 - Refurbished - Excellent condition ?

Doesn't the charger connect directly into the tablet? In to the bottom port that attaches to the keyboard.

Like every high tech product it becomes obsolete in time. I still have my Book 1, great for web surfing obviously for other task like content creation is Not great, awfully slow. The screen is great. In general High tech product has a life cycle of 18mths - 2 years depending on individuals.

The same swelling happened to mine😕

They are going for £150 in some UK outlets right now (about $180) I think?

Can anyone confirm is battery 1 in the monitor or keyboard. Thanks

How much cost to replace the two batteries?

good for basic coding task ? book 1

So you've had this thing for over 5 years and you're complaining about it that it's not good You plan on passing it down to your kids or?

Yeah buddy i just picked one up for 120 dollars from Walmart. Im so excited

I will say. It depends on how the batteries have been used as well. I bought a surface book1 from my step brother for 300 and he bought it new in 2016. It has always been plugged in so the batteries are still basically brandnew. No swelling yet. Though the tablet battery is unreliable and likes to shut off at 80%, though that could be because he never used it as a tablet so the battery was never properly calibrated

Found one sale for 280usd in good condition. Should i buy it?

Just bought one in perfect condition for 80 bucks!

my ssd stopped ,damm 4 months tnxs @microsoft

Consedring to buy one used for 250 euros

Does this support windows 11?

yeah but they are so cheap these days tho.. Like trash chromebook money cheap... and the screen is beautiful with it's 3:2 aspect ratio for certain stuff.. I bought a book 2 for 130$ just to read comics ( they look perfect with the 3:2 aspect ratio).. Plan it to use it plugged in so battery last as long as possible...

i dont agree with this video i use both the surface book and duo an im happy with both

10 hrs ? Holy f. I do in 3hrs lol

I just bought second hand for 250. Is it worth the price?