The Surface Studio is an all-in-one PC, designed and produced by Microsoft as part of its Microsoft Surface, Surface series of Microsoft Windows, Windows-based personal computing devices. It was announced at the Windows 10 Devices Event on October 26, 2016, with pre-orders beginning that day. The first desktop computer to be manufactured entirely by Microsoft, the Surface Studio uses the Windows 10 operating system with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Anniversary Update preinstalled. However, it is optimized for the Windows 10 Windows 10 Creators Update, Creators Update, which was released on April 11, 2017. The product, starting at $2,999, is aimed primarily at people in creative professions such as graphic artists and graphic designer, designers. Two years later, in October 2018, Microsoft announced its successor, the Surface Studio 2.

Features

Hardware

The Surface Studio has a 28-inch 4K resolution, 4.5K "PixelSense" display with 4500 x 3000 pixels, equivalent to 192 dots per inch, dpi. The screen, the thinnest ever built for an all-in-one PC at 12.5 millimetres thick, is capable of being used in both the DCI-P3 and sRGB color spaces, and features a unique hinge design that allows it be tilted to a flat position, in a manner similar to the Wacom Cintiq. The bezel (screen), bezel of the display contains a 5.0 megapixel camera and a Windows Hello-compatible backlit infrared camera. The central processing unit, CPU is located in the base. Its compact design contains a 6th generation (codename "Skylake (microarchitecture), Skylake") Intel Core i5 or Intel Core i7, Core i7 processor and either a NVIDIA GeForce 900 series, GeForce GTX 965M or GeForce 900 series, GeForce GTX 980M graphics processor (both dependent on configuration). The system can be configured with up to 32 GB of DDR4 Random-access memory, RAM and a 2 terabyte hard drive. It also features four USB 3.0 ports, a Mini DisplayPort, an SDXC card reader and a Phone connector (audio), headset connection. Unlike many desktop PCs, the Surface Studio supports Microsoft's InstantGo, Modern Standby (formerly known as InstantGo) specification, enabling background tasks to operate while the computer is sleeping. A firmware update was released in April 2017 that enabled Cortana (software), Cortana to be summoned via a "Hey, Cortana" voice command from sleep, provided the Studio is running the Creators Update.

Accessories

Microsoft specially designed its Mouse (computer), Surface Mouse and Keyboard (computer), Surface Keyboard to work with the Surface Studio. It is also compatible with the Surface Pen and a newly created accessory, the Surface Dial. The latter consists of a round disk that can be placed on the display and rotated to perform various actions, such as scrolling, zooming, adjusting the volume, among others, with precision. Software developer, Developers can utilize its Application programming interface, APIs to integrate its functionality into their own products.

Reception

The Surface Studio received generally positive reviews from technology critics. Many praised the large high resolution display, with Tom Warren of The Verge calling it "truly one of the best desktop monitors I’ve ever used". There was also praise for the design and build quality. Criticisms included the high entry price of the device, the all rear-facing I/O ports and the use of last generation Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs.

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