'Surface Studio 2' Wish List: 5 Things We Hope to See

Microsoft'due south original Surface Studio is a cute still imperfect Windows ten AIO. It's been over a year since the original Surface Studio was announced, then now information technology'due south time to start thinking about what might be next for Microsoft's unique AIO.

Factoring in all the issues the first Surface Studio had, here's my wish list for what I'grand hoping Microsoft volition address with the Surface Studio 2, which we're hearing could brand an advent at some bespeak this year.

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Improve specs

An obvious wish for the Surface Studio two is a improve selection of technical specifications. The original Surface Studio launched with specs that were ... questionable to say the least. It was rocking a laptop-class processor with a previous generation graphics card. For the cost you paid for the baseline Surface Studio, the specs fabricated that price even harder to swallow.

So, with the Surface Studio 2, I'm hoping Microsoft makes a beefy, all-out version for those who want to pay lots of coin for the best hardware possible. With the latest processors and the latest graphics cards, for example. Microsoft could do a similar thing it did with the Surface Book 2: create a wide range of models ranging from mid-range operation to super high-end performance, and priced appropriately.

More affordable

On the subject of price, I'one thousand hoping the baseline Surface Studio 2 is a little more affordable and so more people can buy one. The original Surface Studio starts at $three,000, which is just out of the question for many people. I know the Surface Studio is a niche product designed for a low-volume market, but information technology tin can't hurt making that market a little bit more approachable with a lower price.

Microsoft could make a base-line Surface Studio ii with a smaller screen, and less powerful specifications that could rival the pricing of Apple'southward iMac series. For example, $1500 starting for an Intel Core i5 with 8GB RAM, 256GB solid-country drive (SSD) and a smaller, perhaps lower-resolution screen.

Thunderbolt 3

At the time of the original Surface Studio launch, the exclusion of a USB-C port was somewhat forgivable. But in 2022, a product launching without it will likely cause an uproar. I'm hoping with the Surface Studio 2, Microsoft bundles a couple of USB-C ports, sporting Thunderbolt 3 for that extra power.

This will not simply permit for faster transfer speeds but the addition of using external GPUs. While I hope the offerings for internal graphics cards will be peachy, it can't injure to let users to hook upwards their own external GPUs.

SSD instead of HDD

The biggest gripe many had with the original Surface Studio was that it used a hybrid difficult-disk bulldoze (HDD). Information technology had a small amount of SSD storage for the Bone, simply everything else was saved to a standard 5400rpm difficult drive. That drive was incredibly slow, and information technology made the Surface Studio as experience slower than it should have.

With the Surface Studio 2, Microsoft should switch out its HDD offerings with SSD ones. While that may exist slightly more than expensive, SSDs aren't super expensive in 2022, especially on the low-capacity side. A model with a 256GB SSD should all the same be relatively doable without causing the production to skyrocket in cost.

What are yous hoping for?

That'due south our list of things we're hoping to see in the adjacent Surface Studio, only we want to know what you want the almost. Allow usa know in the comments.

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