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Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by bryanlarsen » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:17 PM UTC

klintwood wrote: post #49

artursapek wrote: post #19

The hardware quality gap between Windows machines and Macs is closing quickly thanks to Microsoft's investments lately

I would actually say it's widening.

Why don't we at least wait one day for the big Apple announcements tomorrow before making this proclamation one way or another?

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by Osiris » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:18 PM UTC

it's interesting that they didn't announce the actual screen resolution, just the number of pixels. I found the answer in the ars article : 4500x3000

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by alva » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:18 PM UTC

Surface Dial looks very, very cool. Innovation in the HCI space is greatly welcome. Could not find any info on whether you can use 2 at the same time. That could have some incredible applications!

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by dragonwriter » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:18 PM UTC

digi_owl wrote: post #41

blackoil wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was the technology of original Pixelsense, now MS is just using the brand name for high quality display like 'retina' is for Apple.

It would be careless of them to water down the brand like that, after having developed the technology in the first place.

The current use of "Surface" itself is an example of Microsoft watering down a brand in much the same way; it might be careless but it's absolutely consistent with Microsoft's past behavior.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by smrtinsert » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:19 PM UTC

dorianm wrote: post #46

They can do all the marketing they want, I just feel like this is gonna be the buggiest thing I ever used if I tried it.

How's that? I tried an surface pro a while ago and the touch screen worked fine. They had some issues to work around scaling, but iirc those are mostly sorted out.

Frankly it looks amazing.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by protomyth » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:19 PM UTC

nkw wrote: post #44

KayL wrote: post #40

It looks great!! But no ethernet port, only 4 USB3. Absolutely not enough for a high-end PC user. It's a bit pricey. Looking forward to see they sell the display apart.

It has an ethernet port: http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/10/26/13380462/m... http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/10/microsoft-announces-s...

Microsoft's official tech spec page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-stud...

  Connections & expansions	
  4 x USB 3.0 (one high power port)
  Full-size SD ™ card reader (SDXC) compatible
  Mini DisplayPort
  Headset jack
  Compatible with Surface Dial on-screen interaction*
  1 Gigabit Ethernet port

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by fudgy73 » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:19 PM UTC

I think I'm sold at 3:2 display.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by WayneBro » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:20 PM UTC

jshen wrote: post #36

1st1 wrote: post #3

I have to say this is the first time in years when there's a feeling that MS has outpaced Apple. The product looks amazing.

My thought is that it doesn't matter because MS missed the mobile market. People will default to the products that best integrate with their phones, and that will be iPad Pro or .... whatever the android space has to offer.

Do you think a lot of people care about PC/phone integration? I don't see it outside of "contacts and email" which is already fully integrated everywhere thanks to the cloud.

People don't buy Macs because they work well with an iPhone as far as I can tell. They buy Macs for all sorts of other reasons, but that doesn't seem to be one of them.

Every corporate office in the world is running Windows. I'm pretty sure people are going to continue buying whatever they use at work, so unfortunately for HN, Windows is here to stay...(sorry!)

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by guelo » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:20 PM UTC

I'm not sure why you need the world's thinnest LCD for a desktop, it's not like you'll be mounting it on a wall or something.

By the way, that presenter is a pretty good actor, but he was trying way too hard in a way that was distracting. The way he called out someone in the audience at one point made it seem like he has standup comedy experience and was trying to connect with the audience but it made no sense.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by pritambaral » Wed, Oct 26, 2016, 4:20 PM UTC

blackoil wrote: post #8

rufugee wrote: post #6

If it will run Linux, I'll buy one immediately...

At minimum Ubuntu in Windows will be there.

That is not what a Linux user usually means when they say "If will run Linux". Windows Subsystem for Linux doesn't support (officially, or even cleanly) any graphical Linux apps, for one.