Asus rog or surfacebook? Which should i buy?

[marcu5fen1x]

After thorough research i have shortlisted asus rog gl552vw -dh71 and surfacebook 8gb ram dgraphics i76600U 256gb ssd

Mainly i would be programming on my laptop with some gaming occassionally. Gaming isnt a very big focus. Portability and low temperatures is. Cleary the asus rog is more powerful than surfacebook and cheaper, but the tablet feature of surfacebook appeals to me as i do a lot of reading on my laptop and that thing will come in handy.
In the other hand surfacebook doesnt have hdmi or usb type c ports which are a big dissapointment. I want a very sturdy and good build quality laptop as i would be travelling a lot.
I am confused which should i go for?

 

[CTurbo]

I would not get the dual core i7 when you could still get the Asus ROG with the quad i7 6700hq and 16GB ddr4 RAM for less than $1000.

 

[jaslion]

After thorough research i have shortlisted asus rog gl552vw -dh71 and surfacebook 8gb ram dgraphics i76600U 256gb ssd

Mainly i would be programming on my laptop with some gaming occassionally. Gaming isnt a very big focus. Portability and low temperatures is. Cleary the asus rog is more powerful than surfacebook and cheaper, but the tablet feature of surfacebook appeals to me as i do a lot of reading on my laptop and that thing will come in handy.
In the other hand surfacebook doesnt have hdmi or usb type c ports which are a big dissapointment. I want a very sturdy and good build quality laptop as i would be travelling a lot.
I am confused which should i go for?

Do yourself a favor and get the asus. The surface book is really pricey and isn't all that great. If you really like reading a lot maybe get yourself a dirt cheap E-reader those usually are a more pleasant experience in comparison to a tablet (hurts the eyes less).

 

[Avram Piltch]

Such an interesting question. If gaming isn't important to you, get the SurfaceBook because it weighs a lot less and lasts much much longer on a charge (12 hours in our tests):

http/www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/microsoft-surface-book