Microsoft prices RTX Spark-based Surface Laptop Ultra from $2,599 and opens $5,999 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box preorders (report)
Announced October 7, 2026
What happened
Specs and pricing are now public for the Surface Laptop Ultra, which uses NVIDIA's Arm-based RTX Spark chip. It starts at $2,599 with an 8-core CPU, 24GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. Preorders for the developer-focused Surface RTX Spark Dev Box have opened at $5,999, with shipments in November.
Why it matters
The 'Windows PCs for local agents' announced the day before now have prices, giving a reference point for the cost of local AI development hardware.
Confidence medium · official source pending
Sources
- Press Everything announced at Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra event The Verge
- Press Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is available for preorder for $5,999 The Verge
- Press Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11 TechCrunch
Story thread
- 2026-10-07 Microsoft and NVIDIA unveil RTX Spark-based Surface devices; Windows Copilot gets local file access and OS-wide actions
- 2026-10-08 Microsoft prices RTX Spark-based Surface Laptop Ultra from $2,599 and opens $5,999 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box preorders (report)
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