The Surface Studio!



Well, that didn't take long to get real-world analysis of the Surface Studio and I'm not talking about someone spending 10 minutes at a store checking it out and just regurgitating whatever other "reviewer" is doing for their YouTube Channel. I check in over at Penny Arcade from time to time for these more in-depth reviews of the Surface and Gabe had it for over a week. Lucky bastard! He does a great job of selling the device to artist more than anything else. I'm sold.

Tested: Microsoft Surface Studio Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NhyDiiaXic

Long time subscriber to their channel, but I wasn't expecting them to do a review of the Surface Studio. They did a great job here. I actually think it's the best review for this type of product because they actually went out and got a couple of professional artists to help out. What better way to really put the Surface Studio to the test than having people that do art for a living and actually are one to use Wacom in their own work. With that said, the one thing that is keeping me at arms length, which BTW, has nothing to do with it not being a 'Gaming PC', but has to do with the fact that you can't upgrade parts. It's mentioned in passing here, but I had heard from another review where they were concerned over the idea of the PC Computer dying. Think about it, should it ever brick (and it will one day), the buyer will be f*cked. They won't be able to replace any parts. If you have a bad motherboard or a hard drive that tanks, you're sh*t out of luck. You will have to junk it all, even if the Monitor and keyboard works. That would be a huge, pricey paperweight. Can't justify paying the minimum of $3K for something that will eventually fail and who knows how long the PC would even last. I'm hoping that the Surface Studio line is a huge success because that will be more incentive for Microsoft to do different Size monitors which would drive the price down substantially. Not everyone has the table space for something so big. Not everyone wants to even work on something as big as this monitor. So, here's hoping we get different size versions of this moving forward. As of now, my money will be heading to the Surface Book 2.

SURFACE PRO KILLER FOR CHEAP - EVE V


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo0nrLZ5Ew4

This is great. More legit competitors like the Eve V will eventually drive prices downward. If this is as good as it's being made out to be, Microsoft will have no choice but to start dropping their ridiculously overpriced Surface line. Yes, I'm a huge fan of the Surface and love the one I have. But the prices are a joke. You know they are tacking on the extra cost just for the Logo alone. So, I really hope that the Eve V and other competitors are successful and force the price drop sooner rather than later.

Introducing Microsoft Surface Studio 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmVAbB3M-4Y

Introducing Microsoft Surface Pro 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAueQoU8TQQ

Introducing Microsoft Surface Headphones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFe_ZYtfsZg

Some big video drops today. I'm not seeing anything other than these ads, so I'm still in the dark about specs. Couple of things I want to know right off the bat, for the Studio, does it allow for upgrades? That was the sticking point in the first one. Once it crapped out, you would have a very very expensive paperweight. And how about that Surface Headphone. Does it only work with Surface products or is it a traditional universal headphone? If it only works with Surface, they just shot themselves in the foot by limiting their prospective buying base.