Thankfully, Microsoft also moved away from its use of a hybrid-hard drive with only 64GB to 128GB of integrated solid-state storage to just plain old NVMe SSDs. For this reason, we feel very disappointed Intel did not introduce hexa-core H-series processors from the Intel 8th Generation Coffee Lake series. Rendering these complex files is usually taken care of by the processor. The changeover from Skylake to Kaby Lake processor will primarily enhance 4K streaming while delivering only slightly faster base and boost clock speeds. Of course, creatives will benefit most from being display complex 3D art, large illustrations and high-resolution video without stuttering their GPU. Pascal has run laps around Maxwell graphics, so users will be able to play games at higher-quality settings more easily. Overall, users will mostly see greater graphical performance from these silicon improvements.

Comparatively, the Surface Studio launched last year came equipped with a 6th Generation Skylake processor, Nvidia Maxwell graphics card options.

The Surface Studio 2 has seen a complete spec bump with Intel 7th Generation Kaby Lake processors, Nvidia Pascal graphics.

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