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Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra is here. The Nvidia RTX spark-equipped device will launch October 16th. The starting price will be $2,599.
Key FactsMicrosoft starts Surface Laptop Ultra preorders
Oct 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnbc.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: cnbc.com
- The 15-inch laptop contains an Nvidia AI chip, starts at $2,599 and weighs 4.4 pounds.
- According to Microsoft, it has the world's first magnetic USB-C port plus two other standard USB-C ports.
- The device can provide up to 128 gigabytes of unified memory and up to one petaflop of computing power.
- Developers can run AI-coding requests locally or in the cloud and confine agents to Microsoft Execution Containers.
"I think today is the day we'll start talking and thinking about the frontier ecosystem taking maybe slightly different contours two years from now, five years from now, 10 years from now," Nadella said at the event. "That classic edge that distributed computing will always remain distributed will be more true."— Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at the Surface Laptop Ultra event in San Francisco
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Surface Laptop Ultra hands-on: A beautiful beast #MicrosoftSurface #MicrosoftSurfaceLaptop #MicrosoftSurfaceLaptopUltra
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From Surface Laptop Ultra to RTX Spark laptops, Microsoft’s week was packed with launches, upgrades, and AI buzz
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NVIDIA’s CUDA Moat Is Accelerating RTX Spark Laptop Sales, Higher 128GB Unified Memory Options Belonging To Surface Laptop Ultra Already Out Of Stock
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Microsoft Surface lead explains why there are no AMD Surface PCs: "We have to make our choices pretty wisely"
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Surface RTX Spark Dev Box: The Dev Box Built For Developers | Microsoft Surface: Build with the new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box for developers. Power local AI and ...
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WindowsCentral Oct 05
For the Brits, you can pick up Microsoft's 13.8-inch Surface Laptop with Snapdragon X2 Plus and 16GB RAM/512GB storage for just £899 on Amazon!
Deal link ... Show more
Amazon.de : microsoft surface laptop 13 8 snapdragon x2 plus 16gb ram 512gb ssd
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Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is a $6,000 powerhouse.
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Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is a $6,000 powerhouse
Microsoft Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is a $6,000 powerhouse
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Key FactsMicrosoft restores taskbar positioning in Windows 11
Sep 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: t3n.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: t3n.de
- The September patch allows taskbar alignment to the left or top through Settings, but not free repositioning.
- The Start menu now offers large or small views, but cannot be freely resized by dragging as in Windows 10.
- According to media reports, Mark Linton said at Berlin’s IFA that Microsoft would incorporate customer feedback and continuously improve Windows.
- In 2022, Microsoft said side positioning required app-layout adjustments and user demand did not then justify the effort.
So we are responding to our customers' feedback, continually improving Windows, and you will see that Windows gets better with every update.— Mark Linton, Head of Windows & Devices at Microsoft, at the IFA in Berlin
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