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.
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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.
| Tech Specs | 1TB / Core i5 | 1TB / Core i7 | 2TB / Core i7 |
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| 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 |
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| Graphics | 2GB GPU GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M |
4GB GPU GDDR5 GeForce GTX 980M |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Cameras | 5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video Windows Hello face sign-in camera |
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| Audio | Dual microphones Stereo 2.1 speakers with Dolby Audio Premium 3.5mm headset jack |
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| Buttons & Keyboard |
Physical buttons: Volume and power Surface Pen Surface Keyboard Surface Mouse |
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| Security | TPM chip for enterprise security Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello face sign-in |
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| In the Box | Surface Studio Surface Pen Surface Keyboard Surface Mouse Power cord with grip-release cable |
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