Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11
By Pradhyuman,
Microsoft details Nvidia-powered Surface PCs
Microsoft announced specs and pricing for its Surface Laptop Ultra at an event in San Francisco. The laptop uses Nvidia RTX Spark chips to run AI models locally. Base models start at $2,600 and $3,700, while options with extra memory and storage cost up to $5,900. Microsoft said the highest-end model is out of stock.
Microsoft also introduced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box workstation, which starts at $6,000. It includes development tools such as VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, WSL, and PowerShell 7. The machines run an updated version of Windows 11 with Execution Containers to sandbox AI agents. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said this feature will be available to all Windows 11 users.
Microsoft offers up to $1,000 in trade-in credit for MacBook Pro devices. Dell also announced details for its Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition PC with the RTX Spark chip, which costs $3,800.
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