{"id":9058,"date":"2016-10-27T19:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T23:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9058"},"modified":"2016-10-27T19:23:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T23:23:43","slug":"this-week-in-computer-hardware-387-battle-of-the-alternative-input-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2016\/10\/27\/this-week-in-computer-hardware-387-battle-of-the-alternative-input-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Computer Hardware 387: Battle of the Alternative Input Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_c3SLUy-vU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft&#8217;s introduces the $2999 Surface Studio, the $99 Surface Dial, the $299 VR headset, and Windows 10 Creators Update. 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