Microsoft Surface Studio
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Well, it's not the Surface Book 2 (which I have been waiting anxiously for), but Microsoft announced its new
iMacall-in-one Surface PC, priced at an affordable $3,000-$4,200. There's also a weird dial doohickey.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzMLA8YIgG0
Not gonna lie: I want one.
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And the most important feature of all:
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@error So, they lack courage ?
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@error said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
There's also a weird dial doohickey.
Oh hey, they reinvented a paddle controller!
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@error said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Not gonna lie: I want one.
I'd wait for the specs... It looks very much catered to a specific market of
@r10pez10graphics designers, which the ad reflects. Other than that... Ever felt like you needed to lift your desktop monitor up to your eyes to see it better? Yeah, me neither.
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@Maciejasjmj said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Other than that... Ever felt like you needed to lift your desktop monitor up to your eyes to see it better?
Yeah, me neither.Then what you need is glasses, not a special monitor stand.FTFY
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@Maciejasjmj said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
I'd wait for the specs
The price seems less bad when you see they include the full complement of accessories. I figured they'd be sold separately.
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Would be great if this could be connect to a normal computer as a screen + input device.
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@Adynathos said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Would be great if this could be connect to a normal computer as a screen + input device.
I just bought a new top-of-the-line computer! I use it as a monitor for my old computer.
...Why would you want that?
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@error said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
The price seems less bad when you see they include the full complement of accessories.
The fucking chiclet keyboard, man.
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 4GB GPU GDDR5 memory
Huh, not going for 10 series?
Rapid hybrid drive options: 1TB or 2TB
And those are still a thing? At that price I think a 512GB SSD wouldn't be too unwarranted.
It looks cool, but it's not for me, unlike a Surface Book which I could reasonably see anyone buying as their entertainment/development/graphics tablet device.
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@Maciejasjmj Sorry I don't like my neck to be on the crook for the working day.
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@error said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
I just bought a new top-of-the-line computer! I use it as a monitor for my old computer.
...Why would you want that?I mean if they sold just the screen with the input devices, without the computer.
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@Maciejasjmj said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
a Surface Book which I could reasonably see anyone buying as their entertainment/development/graphics tablet device.
Yeah, like I said in the OP, I want the Surface Book 2 to be my next laptop. I was hoping that would be what they announced today. But that's not what we got.
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@error said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
I want the Surface Book 2 to be my next laptop. I was hoping that would be what they announced today. But that's not what we got.
What's that then?
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/microsofts-surface-book-pricing-details/
Looks more like a "1.5" than a "2", but here it is.
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The rumor mill has indicated that we may see a Surface Book with 4K display and better hinge as early as Q1 of 2017.
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If I drew more, I'd probably buy it immediately. Even so it's tempting, because I want to draw more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMklcdzcNcU
The controller thing is actually seriously cool.
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Looks pretty reminiscent of the XPS 27, but more elegantly (and powerfully, and 3:2-is-love-is-life <3) done.
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@pydsigner Microsoft seems really set on trying to enable new ways of working lately; hololens for science and construction, this thing for art and general creative work, the surface and surface book for journalists and other mobile roles and developers (I'd happily do dev work on the surface book!), the surface tables and walls for meetings.
It's kind of what I've been hoping for as Moore's law slows down. As going faster stops working, tailored approaches become more reasonable.
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@error said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@Maciejasjmj said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
I'd wait for the specs
The price seems less bad when you see they include the full complement of accessories. I figured they'd be sold separately.
Almost. The dial only comes with pre-orders, otherwise it's a separate $99:
The Surface Studio and Dial work so well together that it seems like an odd decision on Microsoft's part not to have bundled them. Instead, the Dial is a $99 add-on, sold separately. (Microsoft is throwing in a free Dial for anyone who pre-orders a Studio from Microsoft or Best Buy before December 1, however.) The Dial also works with other PCs that run Windows 10 Anniversary Edition, but only the Studio lets users place the Dial directly on the screen.
@Maciejasjmj said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Ever felt like you needed to lift your desktop monitor up to your eyes to see it better? Yeah, me neither.
Not exactly the intended usage:
Microsoft industrial designer Kait Schoeck (who is, incidentally, one of the inventors of the Surface Book's unique hinge mechanism) tells me how the display positions fit into her workflow. "I do my normal CAD, fast sketching, whatever, [in sketchpad mode]," she says. "And then kind of prop it up and zoom back and do little tweaks here and there."
(Same source. The article has lots of neat info, pictures, and video.)
I would definitely buy one if I could afford it right now. I'd been thinking of getting a Cintiq next time I have money built up, but I think I might go for this instead as a dedicated art system, rather than an accessory for my desktop.
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@Maciejasjmj said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@error said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Not gonna lie: I want one.
I'd wait for the specs... It looks very much catered to a specific market of
@r10pez10graphics designers, which the ad reflects. Other than that... Ever felt like you needed to lift your desktop monitor up to your eyes to see it better? Yeah, me neither.Think about it. If it hits the market with success and able to lower the price because of mass production, maybe one day we can have paperless classroom without the cost of children not learning how to write (that's a huge argument to push back the idea of e-classroom).
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Hmm, for some reason, I'm way more interested in this. I'm already a fan of their other ergonomic keyboard, and this seems to be an improvement. (Hope they release a nordic version of it eventually.)
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Why does it come with a tea light?
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Ooh, new Mac. I thought the apple conference thing was today, not yesterday 🤔
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Meh, the screen is nice but I don't see why you need to place all the electronics in a tiny box if it's going to be a stationary device.
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@anonymous234 said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Meh, the screen is nice but I don't see why you need to place all the electronics in a tiny box if it's going to be a stationary device.
1.Apple did it.
2.Apple has a lot of money.
∴ It brings a lot of money.
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@cvi said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Hmm, for some reason, I'm way more interested in this. I'm already a fan of their other ergonomic keyboard, and this seems to be an improvement. (Hope they release a nordic version of it eventually.)
$129 for a chicklet keyboard?
That better be some awesome keyboard!Also, WTF is Microsoft doing still using Flash on their webpages?
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@cvi said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Hmm, for some reason, I'm way more interested in this. I'm already a fan of their other ergonomic keyboard, and this seems to be an improvement. (Hope they release a nordic version of it eventually.)
$129 for a chicklet keyboard?
That better be some awesome keyboard!Also, WTF is Microsoft doing still using Flash on their webpages?
Given both Microsoft Edge and Chrome has builtin Flash support, I don't think Flash will go obsoluted anytime soon.
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@cheong said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@cvi said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Hmm, for some reason, I'm way more interested in this. I'm already a fan of their other ergonomic keyboard, and this seems to be an improvement. (Hope they release a nordic version of it eventually.)
$129 for a chicklet keyboard?
That better be some awesome keyboard!Also, WTF is Microsoft doing still using Flash on their webpages?
Given both Microsoft Edge and Chrome has builtin Flash support, I don't think Flash will go obsoluted anytime soon.
Considering having it in this page has no discernible benefit, what is it even being used for?
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@cheong said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@cvi said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Hmm, for some reason, I'm way more interested in this. I'm already a fan of their other ergonomic keyboard, and this seems to be an improvement. (Hope they release a nordic version of it eventually.)
$129 for a chicklet keyboard?
That better be some awesome keyboard!Also, WTF is Microsoft doing still using Flash on their webpages?
Given both Microsoft Edge and Chrome has builtin Flash support, I don't think Flash will go obsoluted anytime soon.
Considering having it in this page has no discernible benefit, what is it even being used for?
Live chat with store attendants? Finding ".swf" in page source and got lots of "easyxdm" things.
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@cheong said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@cheong said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@cvi said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Hmm, for some reason, I'm way more interested in this. I'm already a fan of their other ergonomic keyboard, and this seems to be an improvement. (Hope they release a nordic version of it eventually.)
$129 for a chicklet keyboard?
That better be some awesome keyboard!Also, WTF is Microsoft doing still using Flash on their webpages?
Given both Microsoft Edge and Chrome has builtin Flash support, I don't think Flash will go obsoluted anytime soon.
Considering having it in this page has no discernible benefit, what is it even being used for?
Live chat with store attendants? Finding ".swf" in page source and got lots of "easyxdm" things.
I see. Totally something that requires flash.
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@Tsaukpaetra there are hundreds of apps that are built in adobe flex which is quite complicated.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Totally something that requires flash.
The problem most likely isn't the front-end but the back-end that ties in with the call center in Timboektoe.
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@Luhmann said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Timboektoe
If was really hooked after reading Tim Book 1. But Tim Book 2 just didn't live up to the hype
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@bjolling said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
But Tim Book 2 just didn't live up to the hype
The series got back on track in Tim Book 3
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Considering having it in this page has no discernible benefit, what is it even being used for?
For the same kinds of things as on other web sites that take hundreds of kilobytes to serve you hundreds of bytes of information you’re actually looking for.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
chicklet keyboard
@Tsaukpaetra said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
some awesome keyboard
All signs point to no
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@Maciejasjmj said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
@anonymous234 said in Microsoft Surface Studio:
Meh, the screen is nice but I don't see why you need to place all the electronics in a tiny box if it's going to be a stationary device.
1.Apple did it.
2.Apple has a lot of money.
∴ It brings a lot of money.A∧B ⇏ (A ⇒ B)
