Microsoft refreshes Surface Pro 12 and Laptop 8 with Snapdragon X2 chips

Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 12th Edition and Surface Laptop 8th Edition with Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 Plus and X2 Elite chips, positioned as Copilot Plus PCs for creative and AI power users. The Pro starts at $1,499 with 256GB; the Laptop starts at $1,599 with 512GB. Both ship with 16GB RAM and go higher. Starting prices are $100 above last-gen models, reflecting ongoing RAM-pricing pressure. The refresh follows Microsoft's broader Surface effort to court AI-first workflows and serves as a hardware showcase for what Qualcomm claims is a 30% CPU and 160% NPU performance jump over X1.

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