Want Intel in your Surface? That’ll be $400 extra, says Microsoft
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Microsoft introduces new Intel-powered Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft Reveals New Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 With Intel Chips
On Jan. 30, Microsoft showed off the latest Surface for Business Copilot+ PCs, Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11. Both will be on store shelves Feb. 18. Just a day earlier, the company announced all users of the Microsoft Copilot AI assistant will be able to toggle on OpenAI’s o1 model for slower, more “thoughtful” responses.
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At an event in New York City on Thursday, Microsoft unveiled two additions to the Surface line of PCs. The new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop both arrive with Copilot+ PC certification. Announced in May 2024,
Following the debut of the Intel Panther Lake chip later in 2025, Intel will launch Nova Lake to begin shipping in 2026.
But if you work in a large organization or you're an IT administrator, the bifurcated approach continues. Microsoft announced some business-only versions of the Surface Pro tablet and the Surface Laptop last year that continued to use Intel processors, and today it's announcing two more, this time using Intel's Lunar Lake-based Core Ultra CPUs.
The good news about chip stock Intel (INTC) is that it can still get high-profile clients interested in using Intel’s processors to drive new
Microsoft confirmed it will bring the DeepSeek R1 model to Azure cloud and GitHub in a move that it hopes will lessen its reliance on OpenAI's models.
Microsoft is announcing new Intel-powered Surface devices today, but it’s also showing some love to its Surface Hub 3. The collaboration hub is getting access to web apps, personal content, the Edge browser,
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Microsoft has introduced Intel-powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for businesses, starting at $1,499.99 from February 18. These models offer
For business buyers, last year's opening salvo of AI-ready PCs was a nonstarter due to compatibility issues with Qualcomm's processors. Those Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices will soon be available with Intel's Lunar Lake processors.
Microsoft is updating its Surface Laptop and Surface Pro with Intel Lunar, and bringing 5G to the former for the first time ever.
Analysts suggest the AI effort is part of the story, but the limits of math means that percentages can be deceptive.
For the quarter, Intel reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.13 on revenue of $14.3 billion. Analysts were anticipating EPS of $0.12 on revenue of $13.8 billion. The company saw EPS of $0.54 and $15.4 billion in revenue in the same quarter last year.
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