Microsoft teases MacBook Pro rival, powered by RTX Spark

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In the coming weeks and months, a number of PC and laptop manufacturers will be launching new hardware sporting the latest silicon from NVIDIA. We’re not just talking about GPUs, but CPUs too, with the company debuting its RTX Spark “superchip” at Computex 2026.

One of the company’s that is working closely with NVIDIA in this regard is Microsoft, which has teased the impending launch of the Surface Laptop Ultra.

“The work from creators, developers and AI builders has a common shape: massive scenes, long compile cycles, local models and datasets that no longer sit politely in the background. We built Surface Laptop Ultra to meet that work without flinching,” Microsoft noted in a blog post.

“Surface Laptop Ultra is our first laptop to combine a powerful NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU with up to 128GB of unified memory and full CUDA support. Unified memory allows the pool of RAM to be dynamically allocated wherever your workloads need it most across CPU and GPU, so AI creation, 3D rendering and multi-model workflows run simultaneously, with 1 petaflop of AI compute, capable of running up to 120B parameter models locally,” it added.

While Microsoft has not directly said so, it is clear that the Surface Laptop Ultra is designed to be a Windows 11-powered competitor to Apple’s MacBook Pro offerings, which boast the Cupertino-based company’s in-house silicon.

“We designed Surface Laptop Ultra from the inside out. Mechanical, electrical, thermal, acoustic, materials, industrial design and software engineers at the table from day one. The internal architecture and the external form built as one system. Our engineers designed it with the same discipline we know you bring to your craft, where every micron matters and every choice is deliberate,” it explained.

“The haptic touchpad is the largest we’ve ever put on a Surface. Every port you actually use is on the device: HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, SD card, headphone. These are the…

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