Dell reveals Dell Smart Desk at Adobe Max Conference
05 Nov 2016
After Microsoft unveiled its Surface Studio last week, Dell revealed its own Studio competitor, Dell Smart Desk at Adobe's Max conference, that comes with a significant differentiator.
The teaser offered no direct details but Dell's vision, according to commentators, did not centre around a clone of the Surface Studio. The first and probably the most notable feature was the device's two touch panels, though it is not clear as yet if the two screens are attached and operated in unison.
According to commentators, the six-front facing speakers, as prominent as they appeared in the teaser, should offer some sort of high quality audio playback, which video editors and music industry professionals might appreciate. From an overall design point of view, there were no direct parallels to Microsoft's Surface Studio, however, that was not to say that Dell had not positioned the device as a competitor, according to commentators.
They pointed out, while it would seem swift of Dell to show off a device of the kind, the all-in-One PC was originally envisioned back in 2014.
The first creative-oriented PC, the Sprout was introduced by HP two years ago and according to Dell, it had been working on what it called the Dell Smart Desk for about three years.
Shortly the conference, Dell tweeted that the Smart Desk would be formally announced during the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
The Smart Desk actually appeared to be somewhat more complicated than the Surface Studio, according to commentators. While, Microsoft's new enterprise product was essentially a massive tablet that could sit at a comfortable angle for touch interaction over long periods, the Dell smart desk, was a combination of a Surface Studio-like tablet with a regular computer monitor.
Further while Smart Desk displayed the critical interactive parts of an application on the tablet portion of the device, the results of that work were seen on the regular display.