Right after NVIDIA unveiled the new RTX Spark, Microsoft also announced the Surface Laptop Ultra powered by the new Arm-based processor.
Let’s start with the screen, because Microsoft is really proud of it. The Surface Laptop Ultra comes with a 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen, peak HDR brightness of 2000 nits, and a pixel density of 262ppi. Microsoft says it’s the brightest display they’ve ever put on a Surface. It also gets the largest trackpad ever on a Surface.
As for ports, it has HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, an SD card slot, and a headphone jack. You likely won’t need a dongle here.
Under the hood, the RTX Spark brings up to 128GB of unified memory, and Microsoft is actually updating Windows to take better advantage of it. That means raising the memory ceiling available to the GPU, so you can load larger local AI models or work on more complex creative projects without hitting a wall.
Microsoft is making big Windows 11 changes alongside the Surface Laptop Ultra
Microsoft is also improving how Windows handles memory page sizes on unified memory systems. On the thermal side, Microsoft partnered with NVIDIA on something called the Microsoft Power and Thermal Framework (MPTF), which is designed to squeeze out better performance per watt and keep the machine cool even when it’s working hard.
For creative professionals, the app story is strong. Adobe Photoshop and Premiere run natively on ARM and have been specifically optimized for RTX Spark. Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Cinema4D, Redshift, Topaz Photo, CapCut, Cubase, and Affinity by Canva all run natively too. And for anyone still dependent on older x86 software, Microsoft’s Prism emulator now supports RTX Spark’s GPU, so you won’t be left stranded.
Gaming is still a work in progress, but the list is growing. League of Legends, Valorant, and PUBG are confirmed to be coming to the platform, alongside Alan Wake 2, Naraka: Bladepoint, War Thunder, and a few others.
Microsoft also took the Computex stage to talk about broader Windows 11 improvements coming this year. The OS is set to get smoother app interactions via the WinUI3 framework, a better Linux Subsystem experience, improved OS reliability, and more taskbar customization.
The Surface Laptop Ultra comes in Platinum and Nightfall, and it’s launching later this year. Pricing hasn’t been announced yet, but given the specs, don’t expect it to be cheap.
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