Surface Laptop Ultra detailed specs, upgrades officially revealed: A MacBook Pro with Windows 11?

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Surface Laptop Ultra in Platinum (the other color is called Nightfall).

Microsoft has now officially revealed the detailed specs for the Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, silicon. In addition to the 15-inch mini-LED display, and up to 128GB of unified memory, you get a 30% larger trackpad, a user-replaceable SSD, and connectivity options, including a mysterious new USB-C port, which Microsoft is keeping a secret.

Microsoft has just revealed everything we didn’t know about the new Nvidia RTX Spark-powered Surface Laptop Ultra, providing a comprehensive look at the hardware and design elements that set its new premium laptop apart from its predecessor and the competition.

Based on the specs the company shared, the Laptop Ultra appears to prioritize localized AI processing and modular maintenance, moving away from the more restrictive design language of previous Surface models.

Surface Laptop Ultra: Microsoft’s MacBook Pro rival is lighter; has a user-replaceable SSD, and never-seen-before USB-C port

Of course, at the heart of the laptop is the new Nvidia RTX Spark platform, which aims to handle intensive local workloads by pairing an efficient CPU with an RTX GPU capable of delivering one petaflop of AI compute. To support these demands, the system utilizes up to 128GB of unified memory, enabling users to run larger models directly on-device, which aims to reduce reliance on cloud computing and lower latency.

Speaking of performance, thermals have been a frequent point of critique for the Surface line, and Microsoft claims this new model incorporates a thermal system providing up to 2.5 times the capacity of the 15-inch Surface Laptop 7th Edition, likely necessary to manage the higher power of the RTX Spark.

As far as the display is concerned, you are looking at a 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen with a 3:2 aspect ratio. It offers a pixel density of 262 ppi and a peak HDR brightness of 2,000 nits,…

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