The upcoming Microsoft Surface Pro 8, which has already surfaced in numerous reports, is expected to launch sometime early next year. While it is known that it’ll physically look similar to the Surface Pro 7, the company might be bumping the specs of its base model.
We have already heard reports of the Surface Pro 8 featuring 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Iris Xe graphics or even with the AMD Renoir platform. Although, the upgrade that Microsoft is finally addressing with the upcoming notebook is the issue of the base model arriving with a Core i3 processor and only 4GB of RAM, which is less than what most smartphones arrive with. But as per a new WindowsLatest (via MSPowerUser) report, the company will be offering the Surface Pro 8 with at least 8GB of RAM.
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At the moment, the Surface Pro 7 only arrived with just 4GB of RAM in the base model and the 8GB RAM variant only arrived with Core i5 and Core i7 processors. Although, the report also suggests that the 4GB model might still be available. In other words, the 8GB variant for the Core i3 might just be a paid upgrade on the lowe variant. This would mean that the Surface Pro 8 could arrive in:
- Core i3, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD / Core i3, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD.
- Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD or 256GB SSD.
- Core i7, 16 GB RAM and 256 GB SSD, 512 GB SSD or 1TB SSD storage.
Unfortunately, this is still an unconfirmed report, so take this news with a pinch of salt for now. Currently, it is also unknown if Surface Laptop 4 and Surface Pro 8 are expected to launch in January 2021. So we might find out more details soon. Stay tuned for more, as we will be providing more updates when additional information is available.
