We show you everything Microsoft has presented at its event today

  • Microsoft has introduced the Surface Studio, a powerful computer designed for design and content creation professionals.
  • The Surface Book i7 offers exceptional performance and up to 16 hours of battery life for demanding users.
  • Microsoft is expanding its virtual reality offering with affordable headsets from brands like Dell and Lenovo priced under €300.
  • Microsoft's new products are designed to attract professionals who value quality and performance in their daily work.

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Do not miss the Surface Studio, the first desktop computer of the Redmond company, accompanied by a new laptop that Microsoft has dubbed Surface Book, continuing with the family of the same name. But not everything stays in the two new proposals at the software level at Microsoft, we also have a turn of the page for the Hololens, a new virtual reality equipment available to everyone and for computers with a considerably more modest budget. You do not want to miss anything, so discover with us all the news that Microsoft has presented today, there is much more.

We are going to open our mouths with computers, but not everything stays in the hardware, the Redmond-based company has also presented the Windows 10 Creators Update, a clear commitment to 3D, and has released the code of its Machine Learning tools, the culprits of Cortana's good performance. Microsoft has wanted to revolutionize the consumer technology market at all levels and it seems to have achieved it, open your eyes wide and do not miss absolutely anything that we are going to show you, because it will leave you with your mouth open, without a doubt .

Microsoft Surface Studio, a system to conquer the professional

Many criticized Microsoft's lack of initiative when it comes to desktop devices. Until now, most design and content creation professionals have opted for the Apple iMac, however, Microsoft has just struck the table by introducing the Surface Studio. This all-in-one from the Redmond company has inside it the most popular operating system on the planet, Windows 10, but to move it you will resort to the best hardware on the market, sparing absolutely nothing.

As for hardware we will find nothing less than the i7 range of Intel processors, pushed by the Nvidia GTX980M GPUs and of course 32GB of RAM. Although they are accompanied by 2TB storage on mechanical hard drives, we will always advise to do without the capacity a bit, to opt for solid hard drives, or SSD.

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The screen is another attraction, only 1,3mm thick with 3840 × 2160 (2K) resolution, LCD panel and Gorilla Glass protection. And here comes the good news, why do we want that panel protection? The answer is simple, because it is tactile, we can interact with the screen with our favorite tools, or with our fingers.

Regarding the design, far from what most users might think, it is the base where the hardware that moves the device is located, thus providing two lateral mobile arms that they will allow us to easily transform our Surface Studio into a touch screen at our fingertips, or move it to the top to leave it in a point of view that allows us to work with keyboard and mouse.

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It will also have accessories, a wireless keyboard and mouse, a stylus really similar to the Surface Book (and Pro), and a new peripheral device known as SurfaceDial. This will allow with simple gestures to manage parameters such as the colors of the brushes or the thickness of the pen. As for connectivity, they have not wanted to skimp, reader of SD cards, MiniDisplayPort, Ethernet and four USB 3.0 ports, and yes, it also has a 3,5mm Jack. 

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El Surface Studio will be available before the end of the year from 3.000 €. Yes, the price is not reduced, but it is a niche product, designed for software workers and professionals who will be willing to pay that amount to work with the best in the market. It is now possible to make a reservation in the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft Surface Book i7

Microsoft Surface Book

The Redmond company has also wanted to wash the face of its range of laptops. Now it comes with more power and autonomy than ever. This new range of notebooks is not for all audiences either, it includes some components that will delight the most demanding, but they will be too much for the usual market. For this, the company has seen fit to include hardware remarkably similar to the Surface Studio. Although at the design level they have wanted to keep quite continuous.

Although they have not wanted to give powers and brands, they have indicated that the autonomy will go up to 16h maximum, accompanied by a GPU twice as powerful as that included in the first generation SurfaceBook and up to three times higher than the GPU that includes the MacBook Pro 13 ″ currently on the market (although the new products will arrive tomorrow). However, according to our latest data, the graph is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 2GB GDDR5, almost nothing.

To move it all 8GB of input RAM, accompanied by 256GB of SSD that will cost € 2.400, on the other hand the 512GB version will cost € 2.800 and the 16GB of RAM and 1TB of SSD will be for only € 3.300. These prices won't be popular, but like the Microsoft Surface Studio, it's more of a professional niche product.

Microsoft's new virtual reality

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Virtual Reality is undoubtedly the leading technology of 2016 and will continue to be so in 2017. However, Microsoft has wanted to open borders, the news in this area will not remain at the level of Hololens. Microsoft has confirmed deals with a number of companies that will bring cheaper and more accessible virtual reality glasses for all levels of hardware to Windows 10. Dell, Lenovo, HP and ACER are some of those that will bring virtual reality glasses for less than € 300 during the year 2017.

This is definitely all that the Redmond group has presented today. In this way, they intend to give a twist to the computer market, by means of the same technique that Google used recently, launching a product under its own brand, with the intention of attracting a series of clients that opted for other firms, and above all attracting a certain audience that does not find sufficient seriousness in Windows devices for a guaranteed work and professional environment. However, the high price of these new products will significantly weigh down the number of sales, something that we believe Microsoft knows well, and is counting on it. In this way, a new future is presented for Microsoft in terms of hardware, far beyond peripherals and consoles.


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