Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra with Nvidia RTX Spark Chip Starts at $2,599 and Ships October 16

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop Ultra on October 7, powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark chip and priced starting at $2,599. The device is now available for preorder and will begin shipping October 16, according to Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft's executive vice president of Windows and Devices, who announced the laptop at a company event in San Francisco. The Surface Laptop Ultra supports up to 128 gigabytes of unified memory and delivers up to one petaflop of computing power, making it capable of running large AI models locally without incurring cloud computing costs.

Alongside the hardware announcement, Microsoft introduced several AI software updates. Nvidia's Nemotron model will run locally on laptops and PCs, and DeepSeek V4 Flash can run on devices with 60GB of memory, with Microsoft saying it outperforms GPT-5 on some coding tasks. Microsoft's Copilot assistant will gain the ability to delegate tasks to local AI models when cost or privacy are priorities, a capability Microsoft is calling Hybrid Intelligence, set to roll out in Copilot over the coming months.

Additional announcements included Meta's Muse coming to Windows, a new magnetic USB-C charging system called Magnetic Connect built into the Surface Laptop Ultra, and a confirmation that Call of Duty will come to Nvidia RTX Spark machines in 2027. The Surface Laptop Ultra represents Microsoft's continued push into premium PC hardware as it works to position Windows devices as a competitive alternative in the AI era.