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Microsoft Announces Ultra-Thin, Pixel-Dense Surface Studio Touchscreen PC (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft's first Surface-branded desktop PC now exists, and it is called the Surface Studio. The PC features a 28" display with 13.5 million pixels, which means the display is roughly 63 percent denser than a "4K" screen at 3840x2160 resolution. That screen is also an astonishing 12.5mm thick. The specs we know so far: an integrated 270W PSU, 2TB "rapid" hard drive (meaning, hopefully, an SSD portion in a "hybrid" configuration, but that is not yet confirmed), 32GB RAM, a quad-core Skylake CPU, and a Windows Hello-compatible front-facing camera. In his demonstration of the device, Panos Panay, Microsoft's head of Windows hardware, held up a piece of paper to demonstrate "true scale" resolution density, so that holding that paper up to the screen would offer like-for-like comparability. He also showed off live color gamut switching, which visual designers will clearly appreciate.Update: 10/26 17:59 GMT: FastCompany has an in-depth story on Surface Studio and how it was conceived.
Wow. Just. Wow.
The top-of-the-line 5K Retina Display iMac is only $2299!
And for all that, it's only got a 3840 X 2160 display, where the iMac has a jaw-dropping 5120 X 2880 display.
Is MS nuts?
Sure the CPU and likely GPU is somewhat better, especially on the base configuration; but that's going to change for the iMac soon, too. By the time this is in full-production, the new iMacs will be out, and MS will be playing "catch-up" yet again.
Even if you crank up the iMac all the way to the top with BTO options (4 GHz i7, 32 GB RAM, 3 TB Fusion Drive, AMD Radeon R9 M395X with 4GB video memory), you STILL only get to $3499, which is WELL below the top-end of the Surface Studio's top-end at $4199!!!
Who woulda thought that Apple would be the less-expensive choice...