Microsoft Surface Hub to ship starting January 1, 2016
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Microsoft's Surface Hub conferencing system won't begin shipping until January 1, 2016, as company officials notified users on August 12.
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Back in July, Microsoft attributed the delay to stronger than anticipated demand and the need to tune its manufacturing accordingly.
Surface Hub is Microsoft's successor to its large-screen Perceptive Pixel displays.
Microsoft officials said the 55-inch, Intel Core i5-based Surface Hub model will go for $6,999 (estimated retail price), and the Intel Core i7-based 84-inch version for $19,999 ERP.
The Surface Hub systems, which run a custom version of Windows 10, are pre-assembled, customized multi-touch, digital-ink-enabled collaboration systems. Both Surface Hub models include custom-designed versions of OneNote, Skype for Business and Microsoft's Office apps. They also will be able to run Universal Windows apps available from the unified Windows Store. Two pens and a wireless keyboard will be part of the systems out of the box, as well.
Pre-orders for the coming devices are continuing.