Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop Studio the other day as a mobile version of the desktop computer "Surface Studio" mainly for creative users.
The most obvious difference from a competitive product is the way the screen shifts from the laptop to the tablet mode, but it would be faster to see the image below than to explain.
In personal opinions, placing displayrests at the top of the keyboard is an exquisite method to realize this mechanism, and the keyboard does not contact the table.
The intermediate position of "stage mode" can be used to watch movies with quad speakers, play games, and work with mouse and keyboards.With a small magnet, the display is fixed to the predetermined position until the user moves again.
The dual hinge on the display is a common concept in the ACER Conceptd Ezel series, etc., but I think it is a good idea to adopt this mechanism for the laptop used for creative purposes.
The main drawback of Surface Laptop Studio is the overall thickness.The base part is probably smaller than the entire chassis to make it look thinner than it actually, but 18.The thinness of 94mm is within acceptable range.
As a result, magnetic Surface Pen (129).A place that is perfect for storing $ 99) has been born.I haven't actually tried it, but it is doubtful whether the shape is increasing the comfort or vice versa.
Aside from the design, is there a strength as a laptop for creative use?In this field, high -speed dedicated GPUs are required, so you can expect enough performance with the existence of NVIDIA RTX 3050 TI alone.For corporations, RTX A2000 is installed.
The CPU options include Intel Core i5-11300H or Core i7-11370H, both of which are 35W processors, so they have been used in thin and lightweight laptops higher than the conventional 15W processor.It is performance.
Since Thunderbolt 4/USB-C is equipped with 2 ports, it is possible to easily assemble a fixed workstation by connecting a display or external storage using a dock like Anker PowerExpand Elite.
As a whole, this new Surface Laptop Studio is designed to be a good choice for Surface Book 3, as it is created with very various usage scenes.You can expect a much better creative experience than Surface Book 3.If it's a simple sketch, a new Surface Pro 8 may be the best device.
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