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Throw away your mouse for work, and take hold of the Microsoft Surface Dial for graphics work and scrolling. This intuitive device connects with your computer to adjust volume, pan through maps, and multiple other applications. This Microsoft Surface Dial is compatible with a range of Microsoft applications, including Sketchable, Mental Canvas and Bluebeam Revue.
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Nice add-on
on May 31, 2017
Posted by: Elle
Verified Purchase:Yes
When I first got the dial, I have to say that I wasn't sure if there were any benefits to it. Once I learned to customize it towards Lightroom and Photoshop, I quickly changed my mind. This helps speed up my workflow tons, especially when I have the Surface Studio in draft mode. It's pretty fast, although at times there can be a slight delay in Lightroom when scrolling between thumbnails. This and needing more advanced customization are my only complains so far.
My Best Buy number: 0540690686
My Best Buy number: 0540690686
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Turn your desk into a Studio. Surface Studio is a whole new class of device, one designed for the creative process. The 28" PixelSense™ Display floats like a sheet of suspended pixels giving you a huge canvas for all kinds of work. Use it upright or draw on it like a drafting table, breathing life into your ideas with a process that has been limited to whiteboards and sketchbooks, until now.
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Great machine for photo editing
on May 31, 2017
Posted by: Elle
Verified Purchase:Yes
I do a lot of heavy photo editing, since I am a wedding photographer. I have been waiting years for a computer that allowed me to use a pen on the screen, and that also had high specs for those large raw files. I could never get used to the Wacom tablets because of the disconnect between the pad and the screen, and the Surface was the perfect solution. I spent a lot of time going back and forth on if I wanted to spend the money on this product, and I have to say I wish I did it sooner. No regrets at all.
While the internal hard drive is a little slow for this machine, I don't notice any lags when editing. The pen is also very accurate. Most of my editing is done in Lightroom, with the screen in draft mode using the pen and wheel for a very fast workflow. To combat the slower hard drive, I have been using a portable, external SSD most of the time for the Lightroom catalogs.
The screen colors are pretty accurate and everything looks very sharp and clear. It can be calibrated very easily, and find that I can get much better skin tones on here vs. my other computers. Compared to my Mac laptop (similar specs), this by far beats it with the screen and performance. Don't let Windows scare you off, it has come a long way!
Along with Lightroom, I find the computer to work very fast with Photoshop and InDesign. I use quite a few layers in Photoshop at times (I also design websites, and some sites require 100s of layers), and this has not had an issue with performance.
Lastly, the computer also works very well as a gaming PC. While I don't do a lot of heavy gaming, I do play a few that require high performing computers and they worked just fine on the Studio with maxed out in-game specs.
My Best Buy number: 0540690686
My Best Buy number: 0540690686
I would recommend this to a friend!
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