Microsoft's Surface Studio launch last week provided a pleasant surprise addition to its hardware range. The major attraction at the New York Surface event was Microsoft's first AiO computer and it took the Surface range further into the creative sphere, spearheading the Windows 10 Creators Update initiative.
We are expecting Surface Studio influenced third party AiO designs to arrive, just like hybrids and 2-in-1s became rather popular after the first Surface devices became available. This week Dell has already been seen to be demonstrating an all new AiO that shares some of the Microsoft Surface Studio's best qualities.
At the Adobe MAX conference @SurfaceProArtist (via Windows Central) spotted Dell teasing its new creator-focused AiO PC. A 90 second video clip revealed the key design aspects of Dell's creator AiO. In some ways it went further than Microsoft's effort: as well as a large main display, Dell has replaced the keyboard area with a large touch screen.
The Dell's main display is 'borderless' except for the bottom bar which is packed with speakers and dual-cameras (possibly depth sensing) while the touch surface display showed off various artistic controls including a digital clipboard as part of a soft-keyboard. Furthermore, a Surface Dial-like device is seen in use on the display for granular control of various artistic parameters.
Dell's video segment closed with the strapline "Welcome to your new workspace," followed by "Coming soon." We don't have any more precise indications of launch time for the new creative Dell AiO, or any pricing details.
