A few minutes after presenting the big change in Windows with the Copilot Plus PC, fully equipped with the new GPT-4o model from OpenAI, Microsoft has given all the details about its new laptops, the Surface Laptop and the Laptop Pro characterized by. carry the new Snapdragon from Qualcomm instead of Intel’s Core Ultra. Both are available today for pre-order from $999 (919 dollars at the exchange rate) in the 13.8-inch version and from $1,299 (1,195 dollars at the exchange rate) for the 15 inch.
The proposal is very interesting because with the use of this chip we can say that it goes to another level moving towards Apple’s powerful and efficient MacBook laptops with the help of the new high-performance Neural Processing Unit (NPU) and being based on Arm. Already in April, Qualcomm showed details of the chip responsible for the heart of the new Microsoft laptop based on the Arm architecture.
The new Surface Laptop is available in four colors and with two screen sizes: 13.8 and 15 inches. A laptop capable of 22 hours of playback of local video in the second size and up to 20 hours in the first, has a haptic touchscreen like Apple MacBooks and is 20 times more powerful and up to 100 times more efficient at running workloads of AI.
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Other specifications are supports up to 32 GB of RAM and has WiFi 7. Microsoft also wanted to emphasize video calls with the Surface Studio HD camera which integrates with the AI capabilities of Windows Studio Effects for automatic framing, generating background blur , creative filters and Contact lenses.
Finally, like the Pro version, it has the latest chip-to-chip security protection. cloud thanks to Microsoft Pluto Security Processor
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The new Surface Pro is capable of being 90% faster than the Surface Pro 9 thanks to the new Snapdragon X Elite and X Plus chips. There Built-in NPU improves TOPS AI processing by 20% more than the Apple iPad Pro M4, making it an ideal chip for processing multiple AI models at once.
Another of its keys is a key capability compared to the MacBook Air: will support three 4K monitors. It was also presented the new Surface Pro Flex keyboard which can be used on the new Surface Pro, 11th edition, and Surface Pro 10. And another of its best features is its new optional OLED screen with HDR and its field camera ultra vision.
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Just minutes before Microsoft announces Copilot Plus PCs and new Surfaces have the premiere of one of his most notable feature films, Recall. A feature that allows the user to search locations such as apps, documents and folders on the device. It’s like going back to that “time” when you were searching for something on Pinterest or chatting with friends on Discord.
Microsoft noted on its blog that this is one of the exclusive features of Copilot Plus PCs and that the new Surface laptops will be one of the first to be able to take advantage of these AI-based features. In fact, you will receive them before the upcoming arrival of the first PCs with Intel.
Precisely The battery will be one of its biggest claims compared to Intel PCs, since Microsoft has clearly indicated that Copilot Plus PCs will perfectly reach the autonomy day and these 22 hours are the example. We will now have to wait for the analyzes to see if they can reach the level of Apple laptops.
