Microsoft Refreshes Surface Pro 12-inch and Laptop 13-inch with Qualcomm X2 Plus Chips
Microsoft has announced an update to its smaller Surface devices, the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch. Both models now feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Plus chips, offering improved battery life, faster graphics performance, and enhanced local AI inferencing capabilities on the built-in NPU. The refresh comes with a notable price increase due to higher base RAM configurations—both devices start at $1,149.99 (Surface Pro) and $1,199.99 (Laptop), up from previous models that started below $800. The minimum RAM has been raised to 16GB for both models. Battery life improvements include an additional hour of web browsing on the Surface Pro and two extra hours on the Laptop model. Display brightness was upgraded, but no major changes were made in port selection or display resolution.
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