Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and provides a wide range of computer software services, and it was not until 2016 that Microsoft launched an all-in-one pen display to compete with the Wacom Cintiq, the Surface Studio. Microsoft's targeting of Surface Studio users is a professional demographic, breaking Wacom's monopoly on the high-end all-in-one pen display market.
The Surface Studio all-in-one pen display uses a PixelSense™ display with a resolution of 4500 x 3000, which is superior to Wacom's existing products in terms of detail and color. Microsoft had a chance to beat Apple's 5K resolution iMac, but considering the designer's sense of use, it decided to use True Scale display technology, and the size of the screen display is the same as the actual size, so that designers have better room to play. With a 3:2 aspect ratio, it is wider than the commonly used 16:9 screen, and multiple desktop windows can be displayed, making the high resolution of the screen more valuable.
The PixelSense™ display combines display and recognition, and the data obtained by the sensor forms a picture of all objects in contact with the screen, so that fingers and other objects placed on the screen are identified and displayed. Due to the use of backside scattered light multi-touch technology, relying on the infrared camera to detect the infrared light reflected by the touch object, to achieve the positioning of the touch position, if the indoor irradiation light or direct sunlight is particularly strong, the excess infrared light will be detected by the infrared camera, resulting in the system misjudgment of the touch function, affecting the touch effect of the screen, and the strong light should be avoided as much as possible when using.
The Surface Studio2 uses Intel's latest Core ™i7-7820HQ processor, which can provide more threads to the process than the i5-7300HQ used by Wacom, and is more efficient in execution. The graphics card has been updated from the original generation of GTX 965M/980M to GTX 1060/1070, which has greatly improved the video memory capacity and video memory bit width, making it smoother to use, and the price has also increased from $2399 to $3499 for the first generation.
However, Microsoft's Surface Studio uses an N-Trig stylus with only 256 levels of pressure, and when drawing with a small amount of force, the disadvantage is more noticeable, and the line changes are not as fine as Wacom. The default pressure curve on Wacom devices is also more natural than the N-Trig curve and also allows the pressure curve to be modified to suit individual needs, while the N-Trig does not have an easy way to modify the default curve, the pressure sensitivity is not as good as Wacom, and the latency is more noticeable.
In addition, since the Microsoft Surface Studio only supports Windows system, it may not be convenient for users who are used to MAC system.
