A closer look at Microsoft’s crazy Surface Dial puck

Microsoft unveiled its Surface Studio PC last month, alongside a crazy-looking Surface Dial puck. The new accessory is, perhaps, the most surprising and unique part of the Surface Studio. It's a big puck that is designed to be placed on the Studio's screen to produce radial menus and act as another form of input. Microsoft is selling the Surface Dial separately to the Surface Studio, so you can use it with any Windows 10 PC. I got a chance to try one out for a few days, to see whether you'd want to use a Surface Dial on a PC.

It's worth explaining what the Surface Dial is and what it isn't. Microsoft is marketing it as an accessory you use in one hand while you use the other to sketch with the Surface Pen. That makes it the perfect...

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