They started this trend with the Surface Studio, which is the only Surface model to date which supports the wider color gamut of DCI-P3 and P3-D65, but it also has a profile for sRGB, which is what most of the web and applications use. Microsoft also has started to add some rudimentary color management tools for the end user, with selectable color profiles in the action center.

The 13.5-inch model is 267 PPI, and the 15-inch model is 258 PPI. The overall density is slightly less than the smaller Book, but the difference is small. For the larger 15-inch model, the aspect ratio stays the same, but you get a few more pixels at 3240x2160.

The benefit of a hardware calibration over something you could do on your own is that you avoid issues with clipping the display to correct issues, and of course the other benefit is the display is the right color without any work involved by the end user.įor the Surface Book 2, the 13.5-inch model keeps the same 3000x2000 3:2 aspect ratio display as the original, and that’s not a bad thing, since it was arguably the best display we’ve tested in a notebook to date. It wasn’t always the case, but starting with the Surface 3, all Surface devices are now calibrated, and the Surface Book 2 is of course no exception. They continue to be the only major PC maker to hardware calibrate their displays at the factory, across the entire product lineup.

One area where Microsoft has consistently outperformed the competition is in the display department.

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