The article lies about Surface Book having 8GB RAM only. There's a 16GB option at the high end.<p><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-book/tech-specs#surfaceconfiguration" rel="nofollow">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-book...</a>
A bit confusing to just talk about i7 CPUs. That's not a specific product, but a family of processors. The speeds vary as well as number of cores. I don't think Surface Book has quad core option like Macbook.