Microsoft launches cheaper Surface Laptop and Surface Pro starting at $849, but you'll hate the compromise
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What just happened? A week after launching the new Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 8 powered by the Snapdragon X2 SoC, Microsoft has expanded the lineup with lower-cost configurations built around an older chipset and 8GB of RAM. Neither qualifies as a "Copilot+ PC" as one of the requirements for that is a minimum of 16GB of memory.
The 8GB Surface Pro starts at $849, while the new Surface Laptop variant is priced at $949. Both are powered by the original Snapdragon X Plus SoC, include 256GB of storage, and are otherwise identical to the first-generation 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop. They are available now on the Microsoft Store.
Microsoft confirmed the configurations at last week's Surface launch event, where the company's VP of Surface, Brett Ostrum, told PC World...
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