It looks like the Microsoft Surface Studio isn't the only one looking to turn your desktop into an all-in-one studio.
Dell appears to be working on its own take on a computer for creatives called the Smart Desk, which features an entire second screen that allows users to get totally hands-on with their work space - complete with the company's own interpretation of the Surface Studio's Dial peripheral.
We saw our first glimpse of the Smart Desk in action during a sizzle reel at today's Adobe MAX conference, showing off the device's ability to fine-tune selections with its dial controller and use a stylus and touch gestures to draw, zoom, search, and adjust whatever the user is working on - not unlike Wacom's Cintiq line of pen & tablet displays.
For those who don't want to scrub through Adobe's livestream, Dell posted its own teaser video that you can watch below:
Where have we seen this before...?
Both aiming squarely at likes of digital artists, engineers, and architects, many similarities can be drawn between the Dell's Smart Desk and Microsoft's Surface Studio - though it's too soon to tell which one is the clear standout.
What we can tell, however, is the Smart Desk and Surface Studio leaning hard into design and production could make them direct competitors to Apple.
Recent pushes to cut down the size of the freshly revealed MacBook Pro have actually made it less appealing to some creatives - especially ironic given Apple's previous reputation for making computers better-suited for art than PCs.
Especially given how the cost of a Cintiq, on top of a high-end computer can reeeally add up, we can see Dell's touch-enabled surface finding considerable ground in the digital art community - provided it's not too expensive, of course.
Dell has yet to divulge any of the critical deets like price, availability, or any compatible devices, but the company teases that an official Smart Desk announcement will come at CES 2017.
Via The Verge
November 03, 2016 at 06:00AM
Parker Wilhelm
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