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How Microsoft's new laptop compares to the MacBook Pro

Microsoft unveiled its first laptop, called the Surface Book, during its big event on Tuesday, and it's being touted as the MacBook Pro killer.

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It does have a sharper and slightly bigger screen, and you can ditch the keyboard when you don't need it. But the MacBook Pro also costs $200 less than the Surface Book for some pretty similar specs.

In the end we don't see a lot of Apple fans switching, though Microsoft came out stronger than anyone expected.

We compared the most important specs from the base models of both the Microsoft Surface Book and the latest 13-inch MacBook Pro: 

Apple MacBook Pro compared to the Surface Book
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