by HatchedLake721 on 12/7/2024, 4:09:58 PM
by cma on 12/13/2024, 4:28:26 AM
Microsoft has terrible pen technology for artists, still jittery slow lines years after it hurt the first Studio and other surface products.
by cosmic_cheese on 12/13/2024, 5:36:40 AM
Unfortunate that Microsoft never did much with this, because it’s a cool concept.
That said, one could probably produce something to a pretty similar effect with an external pen display (like Xencelabs 24"), VESA arm, and an M4 Mac mini, and it’d be more powerful, upgradable, flexible, and maybe even cheaper to boot.
by neya on 12/13/2024, 5:18:00 AM
Microsoft's problem has never been their hardware. You can argue their Surface and Surface pro line up is far far a better feat of engineering (stuffing a full blown desktop grade processor into a mobile tablet) than any iPad Pro. However, their achilles heel has always been their software. Though Windows has improved a lot over the years, its shitty data collection and privacy practices and changing around of UI elements randomly, unpredictable updates that may kill entire industries and bring the world to a halt [1] are actually what is stopping people from adopting their hardware in my experience.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_CrowdStrike-related_IT_ou...
by Terretta on 12/13/2024, 10:57:06 AM
Oh no!
Now what will every near future executive, analyst, detective, spy, or content creator in "cool" TV series (that isn't using a Macbook) use on their desk?
// And let's not even touch on (ahem) tablets:
by 8note on 12/13/2024, 5:54:33 AM
awwww. ive been hoping for a 3 to replace my current book 2
Surface Studio introduction from 2017, still looks amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-VvFlwsWic