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posted by martyb on Sunday June 14 2015, @10:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the will-never-be-used-for-late-night-fragging-sessions dept.

Microsoft has announced two Surface Hub products. They are gigantic touchscreen all-in-one computers intended for meeting rooms and other business purposes. The 84-inch model will cost $20,000, while the smaller 55-inch model will cost $7,000.

The specifications: The 55" Hub weighs 105 lbs, has a 1920×1080 resolution, and uses an Intel Core i5 Haswell CPU with integrated graphics. The 84" Hub weighs 280 lbs, has a 3840×2160 resolution, and uses an Intel Core i7 Haswell CPU alongside an NVIDIA Quadro K2200 GPU. Both models have a refresh rate of 120 Hz, 8 GB of RAM, a 128 GB SSD, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, 2 front-facing 1080p cameras, and various sensors.

Microsoft will take orders for Surface Hub beginning July 1st, and shipments will begin in September. It will initially be available to customers in the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. The products will be manufactured in the U.S., most likely due to exorbitant shipping costs.

Microsoft has a product page with all the details.


 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by SuperCharlie on Sunday June 14 2015, @06:33PM

    by SuperCharlie (2939) on Sunday June 14 2015, @06:33PM (#196206)
    We recently moved offices and installed some 70" Display screens for pomp and circumstance board rooms. The thought of using these as touch screens is quite amusing since in order to get them to a usable height you would need a stool to get to the top of these.. much less the goofiness of dragging something while you walk to the other side of the screen.. Im just not seeing it.

    So at that point, when you realize the touch screen is pretty much a waste, you end up with a $20,000 screen and PC. I am pretty sure I could set up some MASSIVE spanned screens with a beast of a machine behind them and still be able to have a few grand left over.

    This feels a lot like "because we can and someone will buy" it rather than a logical solution.
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  • (Score: 1) by OwMyBrain on Monday June 15 2015, @01:36PM

    by OwMyBrain (5044) on Monday June 15 2015, @01:36PM (#196478)

    Agreed. Our "Pomp and Circumstance" conference rooms have 60" TVs, which anyone in the meeting can use as a presentation display thanks to a $35 Chromecast.