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Microsoft Announces Surface Book i7, Desktop PC 'Surface Studio,' and Windows 10 Creators Update
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Wait... Bwaahahahahaaaa they have the "wheel", oh, my - gosh, what?! It looks like a hockey puck or a one of my cosmetic powder or moisturizer container, what a hot mess ! So, you have to occupy TWO freaking hands to draw now? You can't just up, point the pencil like a normal efficient human being to a corner or a side to bring up paints or tools, you gotta integrate this gigantic "wheel" that's ahem, soooo much so "in the way" of productivity. Umm, Fail. Fail. LMAO !!!!
And people say that Macs are expensive for the hardware you get... Think again, sadly misinformed masses.
It's commonly referred to as "twaddle" in the English language. Better known as "talking out of your bum."
I have seen the usual mackeeper crap and browser hijack but never a cryptolocker on a Mac unless the user had a vm which had access to the host file system, in which case it was the windows vm encrypting the Mac files it had read write access to. We manage a few studios which run Macs exclusively (~600 Macs) but none of the users have an admin account.
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The answer is obviously - No. But most people (by far) don't care about macOS. Besides, why would you pay so much money ad then cripple the computer by disabling touch screen?
Yup, I don't mind it tbh, generates cash and raises the issue of the IT budget. You gotta spend some cash on fkin backups, haha
IT seems to be the last thing they want to spend cash on unless the management are younger and have a better understanding of the cost of a total failure. The older punters look at the quote and go, 'nope' then buy a laptop with windows home on it /facepalm
How old are you? Legitimate question. Your frantic post and the ones on previous pages leads me to believe you're a stark raving child who's going through an "emo" phase.
They wont, its pretty much confirmed. Apple doesn't care about nor does it respect it's prosumers.
I was just thinking the other day that now that Apple has created the 'pencil' that there isn't a huge reason why they couldn't enable that on their other future products including the iMac.
I also wonder how stable the Studio setup is. The screen is very much larger than the footprint of the base. Unless the base weighs a lot (15+ KG) I fear you can't really put your hands down on the screen and lean on it too much, or it will topple. Certainly in raised mode.
If you look at the 27" Cintiq Ergo Stand, its footprint is comparatively much wider and weighs approximately 16KGs.
Better test drive this thing first.
Oh ok my bad. here ya go. This is is MUCH closer to it. Thanks for pointing that out. Its definitely a clear match now.
I wonder how much of that price tag is the fancy wheel gizmo that lets you select colors on the fly and all that. As sexy as that presentation might have been, I could certainly do without it... or the touch screen functionality. They definitely packed some fancy bells and whistles into this thing, that's for sure.
God? fanboy? I think the only fanboy here is you. Not only did I say I liked hybrids, but you're clearly perturbed by a negative comment about the brand that you love.
The reason why Apple doesn't have a touchscreen isn't just about the OS. They could have grafted one on like my Windows laptop running Windows 7. My company has been making them for years.
As for superior trackpads, you don't have to look far to see the many complaints and reviews about Windows trackpads and glowing reviews of Apple's trackpads. Could an argument be made that a precise, multitouch horizontal input device that's optimized for a desktop OS negates the need for a touchscreen? Absolutely.
Also, Windows 10 doesn't make touchscreen Windows devices a great tablet anymore than the smart keyboard makes the iPad a great laptop.
Just picked up a 1070 myself, and graphic performance aside (which is amazing upgrade from my 290x), the heat / power usage has dropped significantly. in just a few short years we went from CPU's at 90c with turbofans keeping them cool to 60c under load, and 30c idle GPU's that can handle up to 4k gaming.
I haven't been this impressed with GPU improvements since The voodoo3
I think most people realize that a comparable product from Apple would have had an even higher price.
yes and no. Newer processors bring more these days than just a "speed bump". they often come with more features, better thermal properties, added cache / bandwitdh / etc that will help in a lot of other aspects of performance. How about an integrated THunderbolt controller in newer CPU's so you don't need the extra chip space on your IC? the very reason we have the insanely small powerfull devices we have now is because of these revisions.
It's great that you have great performance. but you're not the only user. there are millions of others needs out there that very and many many of them need some of these added benefits. The fact Apple still makes a laptop that's good enough for you, isn't the same thing as saying it's good enough for everyone else who is looking for these features. By selling 3 year old hardware, at premium TODAYS prices, for many of us who are looking for newer machines that do need some of these features, it makes me look elsewhere instead. I'm not apposed to buying elsewhere, but I always look to the Mac lineup first. But when I look today and see $2500 for the entry price for the system I need, but without all these updates, and then I see the competitors who are having newer, up to date parts, and often far greater featureset outside of just CPU improvements (made possible by cpu improvements often too), and their entry price is only $2000, why should Apple continue to get my business?
This is why it matters. And hey, if you don't like that i'm sharing my opinion, tough. This is an internet message board
He just trying to be argumentative. Clearly my was a response to yet another poster that these looked like a 1996 pc. Who knew a reply would need to be fact checked to the exact year.No sh*t.
I was replying to your comment about how far off the other poster was.
What I posted was from 1996.
I did post him another one that IS 1996 tho. Maybe that will do but if not I dont really care.
Good grief! Microsoft's Jony Ive impersonator has out designed what Jony Ive could design! The question is whether Jony Ive can design as good as the Jony Ive impersonator who is impersonating Jony Ive and Microsoft...