At first, I was pleasantly surprised at how well the Surface Book handled itself under heavy load. Since I got the low-end Surface Book, I was worried that performance would be an issue.

Even the keyboard and trackpad have held up incredibly well, which is great news. The hinge itself still performs great and hasn't lost any stiffness. Everything else is working perfectly fine. These dents don't hinder usability or performance in any way and are just cosmetic. They're not incredibly noticeable, but they are there. I've also noticed a few dents here and there, likely from accidently bashing my bag on things when traveling or dropping my phone onto it. It doesn't happen all the time, but I've noticed this odd behavior more than once. Sometimes it'll happen randomly when typing away, other times it'll happen whenever I'm interacting with the touch screen. I believe it's due to the bend, but the touch digitizer keeps seeing touch input in places I'm not actually touching. It's an unfortunate design flaw, but one that not many people will encounter.Īt first, the slight bend was just a cosmetic issue and didn't hinder my use of the device, but over the last few weeks I've been noticing some oddities with the touch screen. This usually isn't much of an issue, but I wasn't thinking about the Surface Book's odd hinge, where the screen doesn't sit flush with the base, meaning weight can push down onto it and allow it to bend slightly. I often get a lot of laptops and devices in for review, and sometimes to save space I just pile a few of them on top of each other.

What I believe may have caused it is stacking one or two other laptops on top of it.

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