The Surface Laptop Ultra is an AI monster with a laptop problem
The new Surface Laptop Ultra is built for local AI, but its power draw and unknown battery life raise doubts about its practicality. Credit: Mark Hachman / Foundry Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra is powered by a Mediatek CPU and Nvidia’s powerful RTX Spark SoC, which is mainly designed to run local AI models on the user’s lap. Five competing laptops—from Dell, HP, MSI and more—will offer additional options.
- ▪The new Surface Laptop Ultra is built for local AI, but its power draw and unknown battery life raise doubts about its practicality.
- ▪Credit: Mark Hachman / Foundry Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra is powered by a Mediatek CPU and Nvidia’s powerful RTX Spark SoC, which is mainly designed to run local AI models on the user’s lap.
- ▪Five competing laptops—from Dell, HP, MSI and more—will offer additional options.
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The new Surface Laptop Ultra is built for local AI, but its power draw and unknown battery life raise doubts about its practicality. Credit: Mark Hachman / Foundry Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra is powered by a Mediatek CPU and Nvidia’s powerful RTX Spark SoC, which is mainly designed to run local AI models on the user’s lap. Five competing laptops—from Dell, HP, MSI and more—will offer additional options. Here’s the thinking. Microsoft is banking on near-future AI developers and enthusiasts running local AI models and tools directly from their PC. If needed, they’ll tap Microsoft’s Copilot AI for more horsepower. Microsoft calls this “hybrid intelligence” and it’s basically an acknowledgement that users won’t necessarily care which device does what.
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