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Microsoft Surface Studio Reviews: Apple Fans Might Be 'Tempted to Switch Camps', Despite High Price
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Windows has always 'gone and got those' drivers, but that doesn't make it any less of a mess.
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You're used to the way Windows works, and not used to the way Macs work. Many windows users in my office are the same way.
Windows people generally have 100 icons on their screen, a mess of windows open, hard time finding the apps on the bottom of the screen, and mac users are generally better organized on the screen, less than 10 icons on the screen, swipe back and forth between apps easier and cleaner. It's just what I've noticed now and in the past 20 years. Might be that most windows users are not technically savvy - because most windows users don't care about computers and OSs in general - they just use what they're given at their office, because Windows dominates.
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Your right but not all of them..
I just put W10 on my kids box and it grabbed all them RAID drivers, WIFI, MB drivers, graphics drivers the whole lot it didn't grab all of those when I put W7 on that box.
Yes, and that's exactly what it was meant to be. The difference between Windows and Mac users overall.
The recent Apple launch was weak sauce. It's time for them to release a 17" MacBook Pro that has a detachable screen and runs OSX with all the touch capabilities of an iPad. The pencil can be smaller and concealed in a slot (like the good old palm pilot). 5K Display. SSD. Robust CPU/GPU.
Retail price $3,499.
Retail price $3,499.
A strawberry is generally red.
A lemon is generally yellow.
But I guess I can't use generalizations to describe differences? Why?
Because the generalization of yellow of lemons is similar to the generalization windows users have 100 windows open? Called moving the goal posts.
But it isn't the end of the day. It looks like Microsoft is already having trouble keeping up with the demand. Nice problem to have.
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I had a different experience.
I own two Cintiq's, the older 21ux desktop model and the Windows Cintiq Companion 1, and several of their Intuos Pads (even a very old one that used an RS-232C connector).
So, I've been a Wacom customer for a long time, but...
I tried the Surface Studio in a Microsoft store and I liked it a lot. To me, it felt great drawing on it, much like a marker on smooth paper, with just a nice little grip that the rubber tip gives. I couldn't detect any lag. The pressure sensitivity on the light side isn't so perfect as the Wacom pens, but it does seem good enough. Palm rejection was absolutely perfect in my own tests. The screen is superior to any Cintiq I've seen, and it does seem to make it kind of exciting to work on.
I tested on the base model, i5 8GB.
One Caveat - I didn't get to try it with Adobe Illustrator, which is my application of choice.
What application were you using when you experienced lag?
People have accused Apple on these forums of dialing back iPhone 7 production(for various reasons). Maybe Microsoft is doing the same thing to create an illusion of demand. /s
Photoshop and Clip Studio Pro.
Photoshop more so, especially when set to full screen. I was sketching some character designs, and between the fact that I'd be done with a pass of the stylus before the line showed up and the extra lines when my hand would occasionally hit the screen, I decided to stick with my MBP/27HD combo.
You have my condolences, the brief time I had a Companion, I wanted to throw it at a wall.
I like MacOs much more than Windows 10, but the applications are pretty much the same.
I could wish that Apple had created the "MacArtist Studio" but they're not seeing past their bottom line these days.
The iPad Pro can't run the software that artists use and want. it's a major problem and will keep it from being widely accepted by artists. This is the reason that everyone is still looking for devices like the Microsoft Surface product line. You can see that the Surface Studio is generating a lot of excitement and interest. And you can also see that there is a lack of excitement around the iPad Pro. The iPad Pro is a good product, held back by not using an Intel processor, and consequently, running iOS instead of MacOS. That leaves out Adobe, and the iPad Pro is unlikely to capture the same market that Surface does, without Adobe. That left the door open for Microsoft and it's why there's so much buzz around Surface Studio. Check out this artist's take on the Surface Studio :
https://www.penny-arcade.com/news/post/2016/10/26/the-surface-studio
Knowing Apple, the problem I see with them doing a 27' iMac with Touchscreen/Apple pencil support is that it would kind of mean they would have somehow to "adapt" macOS to Touch and that would necessarily be sub par and relatively crappy. And it would go against their overall philosophy of having different OSes for different user input method, a philosophy that served them very well and imo will continue to do so in the future.
iOS and macOS are better by not trying to be everything for everyone.
And building a complete all-in-one iMac with Touchscreen without having a touch OS would be very weird for Apple, because consumers kind of expect of Apple a complete integration of hardware and software.
However, what I could very well see them do is basically ship an Apple made external monitor with touch screen / apple pencil. This way I can see them only supporting Apple Pencil and touch as a "compromise" in macOS, being mostly useful in creative apps.
Also, Wacom really need competition.
iOS and macOS are better by not trying to be everything for everyone.
And building a complete all-in-one iMac with Touchscreen without having a touch OS would be very weird for Apple, because consumers kind of expect of Apple a complete integration of hardware and software.
However, what I could very well see them do is basically ship an Apple made external monitor with touch screen / apple pencil. This way I can see them only supporting Apple Pencil and touch as a "compromise" in macOS, being mostly useful in creative apps.
Also, Wacom really need competition.
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"impressive"... if the definition of impressive equals evil. Apple ceased caring about its customer base years ago. Its all about making planned obsolescence iToys for them. The professional or family users have been kicked to the curb.
The counter point is that planned obsolescence is a tin foil hat theory and Apple does care about its customers as evidenced that they are still raking in the money. With hundreds of millions of customers they won't be able to please everybody.
I wouldn't switch, but I would buy it and use it for work too. Great tool for us musicians too, plus I could actually game on it; win win.