Microsoft Unveils $2,999 Surface Studio

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/26/2016 10:48 PM | source: | 38 comment(s)

Ahead of an Apple event Microsoft announced the Surface Studio. A 28-inch All-in-one desktop PC that mixes the popular tablet while being with a desktop for consumers. It uses a super slim 12.5mm touchscreen display, according to Microsoft the world's thinnest LCD monitor.

The 13.5 million pixels 4500x3000 resolution display (3:2) display features "TrueColor" technology aimed at filmmakers and photographers, report techtimes. The Surface Studio is equipped with a quad-core i7 processor, a NVIDIA 980M GPU, 2 TB hard drive and 32 GB of RAM.

It also has four USB 3.0 ports, with slots for a SD card, Mini DisplayPort, audio and ethernet cables. Along with its 2.1 surround sound speakers that are located in the front of the display, the PC also comes with a microphone so that the consumer can use Cortana from across the room to increase their productivity. The Surface Studio features a hinge (made up of two chrome arms that make up the base) that allows it to be folded down nearly flat with a push. It's ability to change orientation transforms it from being just another desktop PC to essentially a large tablet, as the desk turns into an art studio with the desktop becoming a virtual piece of paper or creative space.

This feature is ideal for marking up Word documents or creating 3D content with its update to the Paint app that is now being called Paint 3D. This means the touchscreen on this PC also works with the Surface Pen, but Microsoft also announced a new gadget called the Surface Dial, which is a creative tool that works on the screen of the Studio and triggers menus like screen brightness or scrolling—ideal for artists, designers, architects and the like.

Surface USD	2999 USD	3499 USD	4199 USD
Processor	Core i5	Core i7	Core i7
RAM	8GB	16GB	32GB
GFX	GTX965M 2GB	GTX 964M 2GB	GTX980M 4GB
Storage	1TB	1TB	2TB

Microsoft's Surface Studio has a retail price of $2,999 for the Skylake i5, GTX 965 M, 8 GB DDR4 and 1 TB storage version. The top model Skylake i7, GTX 980 M, 32 GB of DDR4 RAM and 2 TB storage model would cost $4199. Preorders for the new PC start today, with the computer to be released "in limited quantities" this holiday season.

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