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Microsoft Launches $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra to Take on MacBook Pro

Microsoft today announced launch timing and pricing for the Surface Laptop Ultra that it unveiled earlier this year. The 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra is priced starting at $2,599, undercutting Apple's $2,999 16-inch MacBook Pro , and it targets the same creator and developer market. Microsoft says it is built for "demanding creative, software development, AI, engineering, and 3D workloads."…

Microsoft Launches $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra to Take on MacBook Pro

Microsoft has unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra, a 15-inch device priced starting at $2,599, aimed at undercutting Apple's $2,999 16-inch MacBook Pro and catering to the same creator and developer market. The laptop is powered by an Nvidia RTX Spark chip, featuring an Nvidia Blackwell RTX GPU with up to 6,144 cores and an Nvidia Grace CPU with up to 20 cores.

The Surface Laptop Ultra boasts a brighter, sharper, and more vivid touchscreen display, with peak HDR brightness 25% higher than the M5 MacBook Pro. Additionally, Microsoft introduced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, priced at $5,999, which is equipped with an Nvidia RTX Spark chip and offers up to 1 petaflop of AI performance, competing with devices like the Mac Studio and Mac mini.

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