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That's the same reason I got a Surface Pro. (Well, one of them.)

I can play almost any modern game on the darn thing, which is quite impressive.

Even The Witcher 3 will run on it, I understand (haven't tried it myself). At low settings and low res, granted.

I could not get around the noise the fan made, though. It's not really a good gaming machine, IMHO. And yes, I know it doesn't intend to be one, it's just that even for casual gaming it becomes a really uncomfortable device. Gets hot, noisy and screen is rather small.

> Gets hot, noisy and screen is rather small.

Definitely true, and burns through battery like crazy.

But it is still impressive something that tiny can run modern games at all. And frankly it does a really good job.

There are better laptops for mobile gaming, but not in that weight and size class or even close.

Have you tried running virtual box on that? I'm looking into something a bit more portable than my Toshiba.

I haven't, I'm afraid.

Virtual Box runs great on the Surface Book (although, that was my justification for the pricey, 16GB RAM option).

Excellent. Thank you.

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