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Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by mwfunk »

xenobioticants wrote: post #429
Osiris wrote: post #70

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When he started introducing the Studio, he said a lot of words and by the end my first thought was he was just spouting buzz words and it didn't feel at all coherent or have anything to do with the product. It felt like he was just repeating words over and over again as a stall tactic to increase suspense. The presentation was a ton of fluff.

Aka every Apple presentation ever. Those are filled to the brim with hyperbole ('magical', 'courageous', etc.) yet everyone somehow considers them the golden standard.

They're the least cringey maybe, I don't think anyone considers them to be high art or anything though (certainly not in the last 5 years). Large PR events for the mass media are always going to be at least a little cringey, no matter who's giving them. 'Courageous' is going to be used sarcastically for the next decade, no matter what computers people prefer.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by binarycrusader »

nailer wrote: post #419
munchbunny wrote: post #235

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I've had some minor gripes about the reliability of the hinge connection, the behavior of the FN key, and DPI switching on Windows in general. That said, ever since the Intel firmware fixes addressing the power management issues, the Surface Book has been the perfect general purpose mobile computer for me. Crisp screen, solid keyboard, long battery life, lightweight, and the stylus has been sufficient for replacing g…

Did the Intel firmware fixes come via Windows Update or did you have to do something specific? DPI oddness (moving between low DPI external monitor and high DPI internal one triggered it) seems much less now.

They arrive via Windows update.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by [deleted] »

nailer wrote: post #419
munchbunny wrote: post #235

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I've had some minor gripes about the reliability of the hinge connection, the behavior of the FN key, and DPI switching on Windows in general. That said, ever since the Intel firmware fixes addressing the power management issues, the Surface Book has been the perfect general purpose mobile computer for me. Crisp screen, solid keyboard, long battery life, lightweight, and the stylus has been sufficient for replacing g…

Did the Intel firmware fixes come via Windows Update or did you have to do something specific? DPI oddness (moving between low DPI external monitor and high DPI internal one triggered it) seems much less now.

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Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by ChuckMcM »

rsync wrote: post #453
ChuckMcM wrote: post #422

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That is pretty cool. Oddly enough something I've been thinking about would be a high dpi "ribbon" screen, something that is perhaps 14 - 16" wide by 3 - 4" tall. To sit just behind my nice mechanical keyboard. That screen would have application specific tool bars with large icons and easy to tweak controls (sliders, buttons, etc). That would allow me to give over my "big" display to the project workspace, whether it…

These exist and they are called "bar type displays" and are usually used for gate information in train terminals. NEC has a fairly inexpensive one that you can buy on amazon for $675[1]: Nec Display Multisync X431bt Digital Signage Display ... however the resolution is relatively low - 1920x480 There are others that are in the 4k range but I can't find the link right now ... [1] http://www.necdisplay.com/p/large-scre…

That NEC display is nearly 4 feet long. I am thinking the same width as a full size keyboard so on the order of 15 - 18". 1920 x 480 would be ok for a display that was 18" wide and 4" tall. Although I'd prefer it be 3450 x 768 (192 dpi)

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by flukus »

reitanqild wrote: post #329
mikestew wrote: post #278

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no consistent way of selecting from cursor to end of line Cmd-shift-right arrow. There are others, but that's the one I use and I don't recall it ever not working.

You might very well be right now but IIRC between 2009 and 2012 this was hit-and-miss for me. I cannot remember which applications anymore but I was a Java programmer back then as well.

I'm guessing this is a casualty of non-native java based apps.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by RileyKyeden »

illuminati1911 wrote: post #420
mozumder wrote: post #26

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As an Apple (Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, PowerBook, PowerMac G5) user for 15 years, of photo processing & inDesign layout, I agree. XCode & iOS development is going to keep me on Apple for now, though, but the Linux subsystem for Windows is really appealing. The BSD Unix environment is the whole reason I went with Apple in the first place. OS X is basically a Unix workstation & perfected anything the Linux desktop wanted t…

"Linux subsystem for Windows is really appealing." Have you actually tried it out? I thought nobody anymore believed in this after the first versions came out and people actually had a chance to try it in action. There are endless amounts of bugs, unimplemented features, complications between 2 filesystems, permissions, applications etc. When MS announced this I was pretty hopeful. Not that I would change my dev-comp…

There's a reason you have to go out of your way to install it. It's nowhere near a final product.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by mwfunk »

mars4rp wrote: post #389

after reading couple of criticizing comments, I can't stop thinking how this people would have reacted if Apple released exactly the same product!!!

Much more negatively, I would assume. I know I'm much more inclined to cut MS some slack just because it's exciting to see them try new and interesting things. They're still making the computer equivalent of concept cars here, so some degree of high price/low volume/odd choices is to be expected.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by lips »

vvanders wrote: post #310
thebakeshow wrote: post #279

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SSDs have a definite positive performance impact for editing photos, especially when using programs such as Lightroom that also manage photo libraries/databases

Actually Lightroom works well with hybrid drives. You're using going to be building 1:1 previews anyway on a fast scratch drive and RAWs on a cheap storage option. Any RAWs you're working with will be in ram anyway.

Develop mode definitely hits your raws. I just switched from SSD(1)-boot/SSD(2)-cache/HDD(1)-raws to full SSD and the difference was substantial.

This looks like an amazing experience, I'm just worried about performance in my workflow. That said, the future is bright.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by aq3cn »

gthtjtkt wrote: post #132

$2,999 and the best GPU option is a last-gen mobile card? The default 965M is a crappy budget card (half the performance of the 980M), and if you want the 980M you have to pick the $4,199 configuration. And hybrid drives!? This thing starts at $2,199 and you can't even get a full SSD? I know 2D designers probably won't mind the GPU, but they could definitely benefit from a true SSD. Hell, the recently announced Razer…

Wacom Cintiq 27QHD 27 In. Creative Pen & Touch Display by Wacom

$2,799.95 https://www.amazon.com/Wacom-Cintiq-27QHD-Creative-Display/d...

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by KayL »

canucker2016 wrote: post #426
KayL wrote: post #65

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Thanks. Too bad it doesn't show on this page: https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/product...

If you look at the "Compare Surface Models" section below the "Tech Specs" section, you'll see the following listed under Surface Studio in the last group titled Ports: Four full-size USB 3.0 Ultra-High Speed Full-size SD card reader Headset jack Mini Displayport Ethernet

they just added back.
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