At its Windows 10 event in New York today, Microsoft announced its first desktop computer: the Surface Studio all-in-one PC. The new PC features a 28-inch display with 13.5 million pixels (192 PPI), but its biggest unique feature is its “zero gravity” feature that lets you position the device at any angle you want, even if it’s completely flat on your desk.
Pre-orders for the computer started today and you can get it for $2,999.
Panos Panay, Microsoft's chief technology officer for all devices, explained that this computer has the "thinnest LCD display ever made" for a desktop computer, measuring 12.5mm. Its resolution reaches 4500x3000, so yes, the ratio is 3: 2. You can also enable different color modes on the fly, DCI-P3 and sRGB.
Panay was also very proud of the fact that the computer has real scale, or as he put it, “an inch on the screen is an inch in real life.”
That was just the screen.
Other specs you might be interested in include a GTX 980, 32GB of DDR4 RAM, a 2TB PCIe SSD, SD card support, four USB 3.0 ports, Ethernet, built-in 2.1 speakers, mini DisplayPort, and three fans. There's also a line-array microphone array at the top of the display and a Surface Studio HD Camera that natively supports Windows Hello.
As its name suggests (Surface Studio), Microsoft's desktop computer will come as a device that turns your desk into a studio. The all-in-one Surface device includes a large display that can be placed on a flat surface, bringing back memories of Microsoft's original Surface table computer.
In addition to a mouse and keyboard, the all-in-one device also supports touchscreen and a stylus (Surface Pen). There's also a new optional Surface Dial touchscreen accessory for another input source.
As you can see, Microsoft is thinking about the future with powerful tools capable of reproducing and creating holographic and 3D objects.
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