Microsoft launches $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra with RTX Spark chip for local AI
tristanbob · x · 2026-10-23
Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, its most powerful Surface yet at $2,599.99, built for local AI and 3D graphics and explicitly targeting MacBook Pro buyers with up to $1,000 trade-in credit. It runs on the NVIDIA RTX Spark Superchip combining Blackwell RTX graphics, up to a 20-core Grace CPU and up to 128GB unified memory, with Microsoft's largest thermal system delivering 2.5x the heat capacity of the Surface Laptop 15-inch (8th Edition).
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