Microsoft's October Event Shows a lot of Promise

It seems that every company today has been increasing their stride to stand out. Where Apple has their ecosystem, they’re trying to increase their hardware performance. Where Google has had their reach and fingers dipped in various pools, they’re now unifying themselves with “Google” first. And where Microsoft has had hardware and software, they’re now trying unify their ecosystem…

Here’s where the Microsoft Surface Event showcased part of their vision of the future…

The Surface Studio – Wearing Cuban Links, Designer Minks!

The Surface Studio is probably my favorite thing from the event (with the 3D tech coming in a close second), I joked around with Louis during one our previous episodes of After Dark (our podcast that happens live on Fridays at 10:00pm Est time, and is later ported over to Google Play) that I’d like to see them expand their surface line into a phone as well as an All-In-One… Well glad that they listened and made an AIO!

The Surface Family grows!

Now, like many have stated already, the Surface Studio is a niche product. It is not targeting to be a top tier gaming machine that can render Pixar movies in a few hours – however – the device is capable of some above average gaming, and your above average video production.

With that in mind, along with the fact that this machine is $3,000 and more, these devices aren’t really trying to compete with items like iMacs or Google Whiteboards. What they’re doing is being their own genre of device while – as my good friend Lorenzo pointed out – poking their nose into the Wacom Cintiq-esque market. Along with the Surface Dial to tease unique integrated items, Microsoft is just trying to blast its way into the limelight – and they’re doing a great job in my opinion.

Would I ever buy a Surface Studio? If I had the money, yes. I think it’d be a great productive machine for offices be it programming, editing, photoshoping, drawing, designing, 3d modeling, and even writing. However, for $3000 I could probably build 2 machines that are more powerful and equip them with a drawing monitor.

Microsoft’s next swing at 3D with new Software and Hardware

Microsoft’s Paint’s new 3D update!

So right now I’m not the biggest supporter of AR, VR, and 3D tech — even if I’m working on some 3D things with Blender… But I was, again, pleasantly surprised with Microsoft’s update to their Paint program! They’re bringing in the ability to turn flat designs into 3D images that can be utilized in their Windows Creators software!

This seems like it will be useful for many people and is just a positive thing all around! Microsoft is pushing to unify their platforms and only time will tell if they’re going to nail it.