It's hard to tell at this point. Wacom's manufacturing has been terrible since the mid 2000s.
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Microsoft Announces Surface Book i7, Desktop PC 'Surface Studio,' and Windows 10 Creators Update
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It's hard to tell at this point. Wacom's manufacturing has been terrible since the mid 2000s.
Yes, and:
- 4x USB 3
- SD Card
- LAN
- Mini Display port
It is interesting that MS is going after the creative / graphic design market with what may well be the largest Wacom-like touchpad computer available. I'm still not sold on the touch-screen aspect, designing right on the screen that you're looking at. There is the very real issue of either tiring from holding your arms / hands up in the vertical plane while looking at and touching the screen, or of your head and neck getting tired when looking and working on a [mostly] horizontal plane.
I think the ideal solution is a large format glass trackpad / keyboard sitting on the flat horizontal plane, while you look straight ahead at the screen in front of you in the vertical plane. That, of course, goes completely against MS's idea of making every screen touch capacitive, but it would be significantly easier to work with than the touch screen concept they're trying to sell.
I think the ideal solution is a large format glass trackpad / keyboard sitting on the flat horizontal plane, while you look straight ahead at the screen in front of you in the vertical plane. That, of course, goes completely against MS's idea of making every screen touch capacitive, but it would be significantly easier to work with than the touch screen concept they're trying to sell.
The lineup looks pretty interesting, especially the drawing board. By comparison Apple spent the last 4 years with their MacBook Pro and innovated a little strip to replace the F keys :-/
Apple needs to pull an iPhone 6 and give in the hype and pressure. We need touchscreen iMacs! We need new form factors that make them make sense like the Studio. We need touch screen portables that hinge both ways and Apple Pencil support across all devices. With such a huge sprawling ecosystem Apple should be shamelessly copying Microsofts efforts to make create a cohesive connected product line.
We bitch about Android fragmentation but Apples might be even deeper and the new Surface line up with the Xbox and Windows 10 at the base of everything is clearly the way of the future for any major tech brand.
We bitch about Android fragmentation but Apples might be even deeper and the new Surface line up with the Xbox and Windows 10 at the base of everything is clearly the way of the future for any major tech brand.
Ooh whilst I think the new Surface Studio will cost too much in the UK I wonder how much the new Surface Book will cost?
Wonder how many times you'll be falling asleep tomorrow during Apple's "The Watch List" announcement.
No they had the courage to remove it
sorry couldn't resist. I don't know in all honesty, I'd like to see what ports are in the back
Thinking about this, having owned all the surface stuff, and presently own a SP4 and S3, i'll bet this new desktop is something to behold in person. Better than Apple stuff. (My main gear is Apple)
But your going to pay for it. And it makes much more sense to me to buy components at that level. I don't want a huge fold down thing. I'm sure many businesses could use this though. (Does remind me of the Surface table they have.)
But your going to pay for it. And it makes much more sense to me to buy components at that level. I don't want a huge fold down thing. I'm sure many businesses could use this though. (Does remind me of the Surface table they have.)
Height adjustment on an all-in-one. Something the iMac has been missing since the G4.
of what? Apple never really reconciled the imac to the classic cinema monitor design. They produced the chin: the imac looks lovely in profile but its an ugly duck from a straight on view. Add in drafting board mode, puc accessory, pen function...you must be deep deep in the bubble to call this derivative
Agreed. There needs to be real innovation shown tomorrow, particular in the wake of Apple's quarterly earnings announcement. All it takes is the perception that Apple isn't innovating and they risk serious revenue loss from evaporating customer loyalty.
Beautiful looking devices. And if these are true to the tradition of the Surface line, then the first updates to Windows and drivers will cause things to break. I highly recommend waiting 6-9 months before purchasing one. That is how long it typically takes for basic things like device drivers to become stable.
ROLF.. The Sony Vaio line used brushed metallics and chrome LONG before apple did.
It's a great design, though Apple put the CPU behind the display so that it is hidden away, then you just have a beautifully simple aluminium stand on the desk. The iMac may have the "chin" but the Studio has the CPU in a box in plain sight. The touchscreen is not going to have wide applicability, which is why this is a professional set up not a consumer one (as reflected also in the price).
It's certainly got the wow factor, but productivity in day to day use is what is key. Windows is still frustrating and you'd have to rip macOS and my favourite Mac apps from my cold, dead hands!
It's great to see other companies catch up with, if not rip off, Apple, and with the Google Pixel phones and this Studio and its intro videos undoubtedly inspired by Apple, it's no surprise that Apple's simplicity of approach can appear a little dated for the fanboys who really want to be wowed.
I agree that Apple are in catch-up territory now on the design side and although their products are solid, they have waned a little. The lack of a substantial re-think of the iMac for years is almost unforgivable. I replaced my last iMac with a 5k Retina version last year, but the design was essentially the same, despite being nearly 5 years between upgrades, and there was only a built-in graphics options.
Apple Watch, it seems to me, has been a substantial and inconvenient distraction from core products.
It's certainly got the wow factor, but productivity in day to day use is what is key. Windows is still frustrating and you'd have to rip macOS and my favourite Mac apps from my cold, dead hands!
It's great to see other companies catch up with, if not rip off, Apple, and with the Google Pixel phones and this Studio and its intro videos undoubtedly inspired by Apple, it's no surprise that Apple's simplicity of approach can appear a little dated for the fanboys who really want to be wowed.
I agree that Apple are in catch-up territory now on the design side and although their products are solid, they have waned a little. The lack of a substantial re-think of the iMac for years is almost unforgivable. I replaced my last iMac with a 5k Retina version last year, but the design was essentially the same, despite being nearly 5 years between upgrades, and there was only a built-in graphics options.
Apple Watch, it seems to me, has been a substantial and inconvenient distraction from core products.
Looks like Microsoft just blew past iMac with innovation and great design.....God I miss Steve Jobs!
that is exactly what I was thinking .... could not have said it better ... seriously ... its as if Apple is only making different size phone and tablets these past few years ....
Although 980M performance is noticeably faster than the high end M395X option for iMac I would've preferred 980M in the base model and 1080M in the high end model.
They're beating Apple at their own game, and that's great, because that means Apple will have to fight back. I absolutely love these designs; unfortunately, I can't really stand Windows, so it would take quite a disaster on the Apple front for me to move to a different ecosystem.