Microsoft Surface Studio To Take On Apple iMac? All In One PC With Touch Screen, Surface Dial, More
PrakashMicrosoft has shown pure innovation with the extension of Surface line to all-in-one PC- Microsoft Surface Studio. It was announced at the Windows 10 Devices Event on October 26, whic is aimed particularly at creative professionals and set to compete against Apple's iMac.
The design of the Surface Studio boasts a huge 28-inch screen with full touch capabilities. Its display could be pulled down to 45º angle over the desktop.
It has PixelSense Display with 4500 x 3000 resolution at 192ppi and allows for ten concurrent points of multitouch. It comes with palm recognition technology which ignores resting your palm while working with Surface Pen, which has 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity.
You'll have the option of choosing a 1TB or 2TB Rapid Hybrid Drive; 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB RAM; and a 6th Generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processor. Graphics card choices include an i5 Intel 8GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M with 2GB GDDR5 memory, an i7 Intel 16GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M with 2GB GDDR5 memory, or an i7 Intel 32GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M with 4GB GDDR5 memory.
Input/output includes 4 USB 3.0 (one high power port), a full-size SD card reader, a Mini DisplayPort, a 1 Gigabit Ethernet port, and a 3.5 mm headset jack. Wireless is 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0. The Surface Studio runs Windows 10 Pro. It also includes a Surface Pen, Surface Keyboard, and Surface Mouse.
It comes with a unique Surface Dial, a round dial that can be placed on the screen of the Surface Studio to perform different actions including scrolling, zooming, adjusting the volume, switching color palettes, and more. However, it is sold separately for $99USD.
You can preorder the Microsoft Studio now and it will be shipped early 2017. The entry level variant starts at $2,999USD and goes all the way up to $4,199 if you max out all the specs.
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