Surface Studio Comes To Australia This April


Microsoft has announced that the Surface Studio, the all in one machine that allows creators to transition from a regular PC to a drawing surface will be released in Australia on April 27 and will start at $4698.

For those who are keen to check the machine out before taking the plunge, it is on display now at the Microsoft Store in Sydney, but people can purchase the unit either direct from Microsoft or through JB HiFi or Harvey Norman.

Each machine comes packed with the Surface Studio unit, a keyboard, mouse and the Surface Pen, in addition, you can also buy the Surface Dial, which will allow faster and more natural use of various programs. The good news there is that the Dial can be bought on its own and as long as your computer has bluetooth, you can use it.




Here are the tech specs for the unit, of course, each of the three models will be different, depending on cpu, memory, storage and video card options.

Display
Screen: 28 in PixelSense Display
Resolution: 4500 x 3000 (192 DPI)
Color settings: Adobe sRGB, DCI-P3 and Vivid Color Profiles,
Individually color calibrated
Touch: 10-point multi-touch
Aspect Ratio: 3:2
Surface Pen
Zero Gravity Hinge
Processor
Quad-core 6th Gen Intel Core i5 or i7
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 2GB GPU GDDR5 memory or
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 4GB GPU GDDR5 memory
Storage
Rapid hybrid drive options: 1TB or 2TB
Memory
8GB, 16GB, or 32GB RAM
Wireless
Wi-Fi: 802.11ac Wi-Fi wireless networking, IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n compatible
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Xbox Wireless built-in3
Dimensions and weight
Display: 25.09 x 17.27 x 0.44 in (637.35 x 438.90 x 11.4 mm)
Base: 9.84 x 8.66 x 1.26 in (250.00 x 220.00 x 32.20 mm)
Weight: 21.07 lbs max (9.56 kg)
Connections and expansions
4 USB 3.0
Full-size SD card reader (SDXC compatible)
Mini DisplayPort
3.5mm headset jack
Compatible with Surface Dial onscreen interaction1
Cameras
Windows Hello2 face sign-in camera
5.0MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video
Audio
Dual microphones
Stereo 2.1 speakers with Dolby Audio Premium
3.5mm headset jack
Buttons and keyboard
Physical buttons: Volume and power
Surface Pen
Surface Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Security
TPM chip for enterprise security
Enterprise-grade protection with Windows Hello2 face sign-in
In the box
Surface Studio
Surface Pen
Surface Keyboard
Surface Mouse
Power cord with grip-release cable