Microsoft Surface Studio desktop computer !

[8_1_Van]

All I could say is wow !

video

[8_1_Van]

I built my own PCs back in the 90's and I remember paying over $1,900 just for my Nanao FlexScan T2-20 20" monitor. I had a $350 ATI graphic card with a $250 2MB VRAM upgrade and later added a Voodoo Graphics gaming card that worked just for games along with the ATI video card. My last gaming PC build was a year ago and I gave it to my 16 year old grandson. My current computer is a 6-core Mac Pro (made in Texas) with Windows 10 running Parallels Desktop for Mac along with Mac OS Sierra.

[strollin]

I paid $2500 in 1984 for my first computer, an IBM PC, and that was AFTER my employee discount!

I went to the MS Store and played with the Surface Studio. It's pretty awsome but not something I would ever buy.

The Surface Dial is also really cool, thought about buying one since they are compatible with my Surface Pro 3 but I really don't have a use for it.

[fj12ryder]

I've never paid anywhere near $2000 for the gaming machines I used in the late 90's. Of course they were home-built.

When e-machines were introduced: "At the time (1998), few PCs sold for less than $699, and $999 was a more common price point for entry-level PCs." There were some people paying large sums for computers, but for most people they were just a toy, so $3000 would have been far from the norm. Kind of like cars: a few Cadillacs, but lots of Chevys and Fords.

[Bucky_Badger]

I paid around 2400 for my first computer in 96

[8_1_Van]

From the 1992 Radio Shack Computer Catalog :

[Fizz]

fj12ryder wrote:
^^^No where near $3000.

In yesterday's dollar you betcha it was.
My first home PC was in 1979 for $999

[Bucky_Badger]

fj12ryder wrote:
^^^No where near $3000.

we aren't talking about E machines;)

[fj12ryder]

^^^No where near $3000.

[Bucky_Badger]

sch911 wrote:
I agree but for $3,000.00 (starting price) it has to go well beyond "Wow".

Think about we everyone was paying for computers back in the 90's.

[8_1_Van]

I took the grandkids to the Microsoft Store the other day and they loved drawing on it !

[camperforlife]

I was drooling over the release pics. I have 2 Pro 3's and absolutely love them. I use a Dell 3 in 1 27" touchscreen in the office daily which is a real treat for schematics. I may have to pay a visit to the Microsoft store and take a peak.

[8_1_Van]

Ubuntu Touchscreen looks like a pain to get working like Windows 10 with Creators Update.

Introducing the Windows 10 Creators Update

[Chris_Bryant]

What are the odds of being able to load Ubuntu on that 🙂

[sch911]

I agree but for $3,000.00 (starting price) it has to go well beyond "Wow".