Microsoft Surface Studio PC announced – $2,999 Base Price, It’s Stunning!

A PC Built for Creativity, Comes with world’s thinnest LCD

Microsoft has included a desktop PC among Surface lineup as the company has announced the new “Surface Studio” PC during its event in New York City today. It starts from $2,999 as a base price and goes up with three models. Pre-orders start now, available from December 15th.

The Surface Studio has the world’s thinnest LCD monitor with the thickness of 12.5mm which is a touchscreen. Measuring 28 inches diagonally the monitor is a pack of aluminium and the display serves with 13.5 million pixels – It’s 53% more pixels than a 4K display carrying about 8.8 million pixels across.

Frankly, this Surface Studio is named perfectly in relevance with its target consumers which are most probably in field of creativity – they are designers, photographers, videographers, animators or CAD experts etc. This PC actually claims to deliver everything they would need which they never could do before on a computer system.

Also Read: New Microsoft Surface Book lasts for 16-hour on battery

That 28 inch PixelSense display has 3:2 aspect ratio and delivers pixel density of 192 pixels per inch with the resolution count of 4500×3000 pixels. It supports color settings of Adobe sRGB, DCI-P3 and Vivid color profiles. The display is 10-point multi touch.

Surface Studio comes packed with NVIDIA GeForce GTX dedicated graphics in 2GB or 4GB GPU memory depending on which model you buy. Powered by 6th gen. Intel Core i5 or i7 Quad-core processor, the new Surface PC or Studio comes in three packages with 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB of RAM. Storage varies in only 1TB or 2TB Solid State Drive (SSD). You can read specs and prices after the break.

Full Specifications and Features

Tech Specs 1TB / Core i5 1TB / Core i7 2TB / Core i7
Price $2,999 (PKR. ~3,14,000/-) $3,499 (PKR. ~3,66,000/-) $4,199 (PKR. ~4,40,000/-)
Processor 6th Gen. Core i5
Quad-Core
6th Gen. Core i7
Quad-Core
Graphics 2GB GPU GDDR5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
4GB GPU GDDR5
GeForce GTX 980M
RAM 8GB 16GB 32GB
Storage 1TB SSD – Rapid hybrid drive options 2TB SSD
Display Screen: 28″ PixelSense Display
Resolution: 4500 x 3000 (192 DPI)
Color settings: Adobe sRGB, DCI-P3 and Vivid Color Profiles, Individually color calibrated
Touch: 10-point multi-touch
Aspect Ratio: 3:2
Surface Pen
Zero Gravity Hinge
Dimensions Display: 25.09 x 17.27 x 0.44 in (637.35 x 438.90 x 11.4 mm)
Base: 9.84 x 8.66 x 1.26 in (250.00 x 220.00 x 32.20 mm)
Weight: 21.07 lbs max (9.56 kg)
Wireless Wi-Fi: 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n compatible
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Xbox Wireless built-in
Connectivity &
Expansion
4 USB 3.0
Full-size SD card reader (SDXC compatible)
Mini Displayport
3.5mm headset jack
Compatible with Surface Dial onscreen interaction
Cameras 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video
Windows Hello face sign-in camera
 Audio Dual microphones
Stereo 2.1 speakers with Dolby Audio Premium
3.5mm headset jack
Buttons &
Keyboard
Physical buttons: Volume and power
Surface Pen
Surface Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Security TPM chip for enterprise security
Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in
In the Box Surface Studio
Surface Pen
Surface Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Power cord with grip-release cable