Microsoft's new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box ships with a "ready-to-code Windows experience" and a hefty price tag

Microsoft has announced that its Surface RTX Spark Dev Box and Surface Laptop Ultra are available for pre-order and will ship on October 16. The Surface Laptop Ultra starts at $2,599, according to Tom's Hardware and The Verge. It features a 15-inch HDR touchscreen display with up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness, a larger trackpad with haptic feedback, an 18-core CPU, 24GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage.

The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is priced at $5,999, as reported by Tom's Hardware. It ships with a version of Windows designed for developers, offering a "ready-to-code" experience.

Both devices utilize Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip, an Arm-based processor with up to 128GB of unified memory. According to Tom's Hardware, hundreds of AAA titles and indie games will be available on the devices from launch, with Call of Duty set to arrive on RTX Spark in 2027.

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