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

Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev box, both powered by Nvidia RTX Spark Arm-based chips. Starting at 2,599, the 15-inch Surface Laptop Ultra targets creators, engineers, and developers, undercutting the MacBook Pro. The hardware features an Nvidia Blackwell RTX GPU with 6,144 cores, an Nvidia Grace CPU with 20 cores, and up to 128GB of unified memory. A new thermal architecture supports these high-end systems designed for AI and 3D workloads.