With the personal computer market in the doldrums and consumers increasingly expecting their operating systems for free, Microsoft is trying to juice Windows sales by offering tools to help users be more creative, playing in particular to its early start in augmented reality, where 3-D objects can be overlaid on what can be seen in real life. Dubbed the "Creators Update", its emphasis is on 3D and virtual reality. As a Forza Horizon 3 gamer myself on the Xbox One that Surface Studio display was just tremendous running the game on Windows 10.
The desktop is also powered with Intel's 6 generation processors and uses Nvidia GTX 980M GPU in the premium model. The update will add a wide range of new features aimed at getting creative work done, particularly involving 3D. Recently, the organization announced an as good as ever version of Paint, called Paint 3D, that will upgrade creativity in three dimensions. Along with all this, they unveiled a new feature called the "Windows capture 3D experience", that can capture 3D images of objects using the regular camera on any device. It isn't just a voice assistant either - you can also type commands, questions and Cortana features will follow you everywhere, too. Surface Book i7 incorporates Intel's i7 processor, and a larger battery which Microsoft has promised will last 16 hours.
This was the big one everyone suspected would be announced.
"Starving artists aren't going to be able to afford that", said Steven Kleynhans, an analyst with Gartner. Wednesday's announcements in NY come a day before Apple is expected to refresh its Mac lineup. Pocket-lint compared the two computers and it was revealed that although the Surface Studio is thinner and more flexible, the Apple iMac has more minimal footprint. As an integral part of the business-centric Surface family, Surface Dial also supports Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Powerpoint, Excel and others, according to Microsoft. Those potentially could allow for easy hardware expansion, though that element of the patent was not discussed Wednesday.
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In fact, it's well understood by considering the Surface Studio as the sketching surface, the Surface Pen Stylus as your pencil for creating the draft, and the Dial as the color palette. It also has a "zero-gravity hinge" that allows the computer to fold into different positions, taking on the appearance of a drafting table. The 28-inch all-in-one PC ships with a standard Surface Pen, an updated Microsoft Sculpt mouse, and keyboard.
Surface Studio pushes Microsoft into the high-end professional desktop computer market, particularly with artists where Apple's top-line machines have always been a favorite.
The new Microsoft PC will not be for everyone though, if only because of its US$2,999 (S$4,177) price tag.
