For me, the spec is all right. 980m is still better than the GPU on top end iMac now.
And that sexy screen worth $3000 alone for me lol
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For me, the spec is all right. 980m is still better than the GPU on top end iMac now.
And that sexy screen worth $3000 alone for me lol
Bahahahaha
If they are touchscreen, Apple's in deep trouble. Thank goodness they've had the discipline to not go that route.
Of course, I'm going to reserve all final judgments until after I see what Apple does tomorrow. They have the resources to make Microsoft look like a joke, and I think if Steve Jobs were still alive, that's exactly what he'd be doing tomorrow. My biggest worry is that it's Tim Cook's show now, and he thinks we should all be using iPads to replace our Macs. Ugh.
Microsoft's target audience for "most" of their products is enterprise. An enterprise company is willing to spend $4200.00 for a Surface Studio if it means results. You all continue to forget that even the Surface lineup targets enterprise and the consumer market is simply spillover.
You're right, I did forget that. And since I'm really much more a "consumer" than an "enterprise," I have to get my head examined for even considering jumping ship and buying a Microsoft Surface Studio! I think seeing that video presentation and then looking at the prices made me realize that I had temporarily lost my marbles. Thanks for the reminder!!
I am sat here using a perfectly good HP AIO desktop with a touchscreen. Except it might as well not be because I haven't touched the screen in about 2 weeks. Why? because the monotonous task of doing my business accounts is much easier done with a keyboard and mouse than getting my grubby fingers all over a screen.
The studio looks fantastic but for anyone who isn't a creative there is a limited use for it. I know we all like to think of ourselves as "creatives" - makes us sound edgy and individual - but lets face it, this is pretty niche.
The studio looks fantastic but for anyone who isn't a creative there is a limited use for it. I know we all like to think of ourselves as "creatives" - makes us sound edgy and individual - but lets face it, this is pretty niche.
Unlike Apple, this is directed at the professional content creators so I agree, but I think the price point is too high. I'd love to get one, but not for 3k
"If you're not an artist or an architect..." I think you missed the point here. That is precisely the market this is designed for. It is a lucrative market, and one that Apple has pretty much owned. I doubt that a soccer mom is going to buy this to update Facebook with soccer pictures. But a professional photographer or graphic designer is a different story. My daughter just dropped over $3K for a year old spec'd MacBook Pro as a graphics design student. To get tablet ability with a Mac, she'd need to spend another $1K for an iPad Pro and pencil. So not seeing how their price is much different from Apple here.
Think of how far Microsoft has stepped up since Nadella took the reins from Balmer.
What mentality? That a $3,000+ machine with a professional-centric screen isn't for someone that's just checking e-mails and doing spreadsheets? If someone has money to just burn like that, more power to them. But that's exactly what this computer is for ... a niche market. Dunno what point you're trying to make.
Not to derail the discussion terribly, but the The Windows "iMac" thread was already up and running discussing MS' AIO product.
Oooooooh.
Dang. $3000 is a lot for the Surface Studio. It is an awesome piece of tech, and I don't doubt that it costs a lot to make a touchscreen that large. But I feel that the Surface Studio is about $500 off the mark. I feel that $2500 appears to be much easier to stomach than $3000.
This is only niche product because of price point. People don't have to use the touch or tilt functionality if they don't want to.
But, because the product is so expensive for what it is at this point, it most certainly is niche. Only creatives would bother buying it for the tilt and touch/draw functions.
That will undoubtedly change in the next few years as the novelty wears off and price comes down in relation to its specs.
However, this form factor, touch/pencil or mouse navigation, is undoubtedly the new standard in desktops.
But, because the product is so expensive for what it is at this point, it most certainly is niche. Only creatives would bother buying it for the tilt and touch/draw functions.
That will undoubtedly change in the next few years as the novelty wears off and price comes down in relation to its specs.
However, this form factor, touch/pencil or mouse navigation, is undoubtedly the new standard in desktops.
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It's the tech in the screen. It's nearly 5K with all those touch features. It seems reasonably priced to me. I'm sure if the product does well it will go down in price over time.
Oh, I dunno, maybe trying to sell PCs in decent enough volumes to justify making them?
That doesn't make this not a niche market for professionals. It's the same as the Mac Pro. It's not designed for everyone.
While I don't believe anyone can deny that the innovation in the new Surface Studio far outpaces anything Apple has done with the desktop in recent years (aside from the 5K display which was brought to the masses), I do question the practicality of the touch screen.
Yes, for minor edits in photoshop I can see it, but MS' video showed the lady tilting the screen down and doing all this drawing with her arms all up in the air. I don't know about you, but I'd get tired pretty fast. It just doesn't seem practical.
2k is my upper limit on a computer and so I agree. We can talk about how this is directed towards professionals or the enterprise sector till we're blue in the face, the fact remains - 3,000 is a lot and I can't justify that
I'm sorry you're living in another reality, but Apple is clearly showing focus on the non-professional market. It's not made up.Yeah, sure.