Microsoft Surface Book 2 Release Date and Specs

If indeed it is happening, Microsoft could build on what went right and iron out what went wrong with the Surface Book. But the thing that caught our attention the most was the Surface Dial-like input gadget. Do they think it’s mostly a desktop PC, or mostly a mega-sized drawing table? After that, the artist places the dial directly onto the display, which turned it into a virtually rotating color palette for the various paintbrush colors. Both devices get dedicated GPUs, but Microsoft uses the Nvidia GTX 965M and Apple uses the Radeon Pro 4GB. The best part is, Microsoft has kept this technology open for all. The tag line of “Welcome to your new work space” is scarily similar to Microsoft’s sales pitch to turn our desks into a studio.

Apple’s iMac, which wasn’t updated at the company’s October 27 event, is underpowered compared with the Surface Studio. Customers who want to pay a little extra can opt for a 3.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 chip. Will the new Surface Pro 5 eclipse the iPad Pro 2 series of Apple?

While there’s undoubtedly a great similarity between Dell’s unnamed creative PC hybrid and Microsoft’s Surface Studio, the two devices are not identical. However, it seems like there is hope since Surface Pro 5 is said to hit the store shelves in the spring of 2017 alongside Surface Book 2, according to CNET. For elaboration, Microsoft Surface laptops and tablets boast of interchangeability in function and appearance. We will update here once we have received more word on the matter.

Microsoft has yet to confirm its plans for the rumored Surface Phone.

And in the same way that you saw other companies (including Apple) copy the Surface tablet and Surface Book laptop design for their own devices, Panay says Microsoft is expecting history to repeat itself.

Whether the phone is in the works or not, it looks like the consumers will not be seeing the product this year.

How fast and how well Microsoft and Apple are innovating isn’t just down to the Surface Dial and the Touch Bar, but they’re useful points of reference: both new add-ons created to kickstart fresh interest in the traditional computer form factor.