The Microsoft Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12 now come with Snapdragon X2 chips

Microsoft is launching new Surface Laptops and a Surface Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processors. These are direct follow-ups to the Surface Laptops and Surface Pro from 2024 that launched with Snapdragon X1 chips and jumpstarted Microsoft’s Copilot Plus PC initiative with Windows on Arm . The new X2 Surfaces are available today. The Surface Pro 12th Edition convertible tablet comes in a 13-inch size with 10-core X2 Plus and 12-core X2 Elite chips, while the Surface Laptop 8th Edition is available in 13.8-inch and 15-inch sizes, each offering the same X2 Plus / X2 Elite configurations. The Pro starts at $1,499 with 256GB of storage (before adding a keyboard or stylus), and the Laptop starts at $1,599 with a 512GB SSD — each with 16GB of RAM, with configs that go much higher. Both the new Surface Laptop’s and Surface Pro’s starting prices are $100 higher than the current prices on last-gen models, which saw a sharp price increase in April thanks to RAMageddon . Microsoft is also announcing commercial versions of the X2 Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12, launching later. The Surface for Business X2 models are expected on July 14th, with starting prices of $1,649.99. That’s a bit higher than the standard consumer-facing X2 Surface models, but not quite as steep as the Intel Panther Lake Surface for Business models announced last month — starting at $1,949.99. …