New Surface Book update announced with many improvements

The ‘Ultimate laptop’ just became even more…ultimate.
Today, Microsoft announced a new Surface Book update that brings much improved battery life, graphics, and general performance.
Here are the main factoids:

• 2 times the graphics performance of Surface Book (3 times the Macbook Pro 13″)
• Battery life of 16 hours, about a 30% increase
• new thermal management system

It was thought to use the new Kaby Lake processors from Intel but instead they have stayed with Skylake for this update.
Pre-orders are being taken for release and will cost a whopping $2399.
The original Surface Book was never designed to be a gaming machine, however this update means it is now far more capable of playing some of the latest games on reasonable settings. We’ll have to wait until it is released to see what people do with it.
Are you looking to pick one up? Let us know!