Microsoft has refreshed its premium Surface lineup with the Surface Laptop 8 and Surface Pro 12, both powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 processors. The upgrades follow last year's Snapdragon X1-equipped models, which helped kick off Microsoft's Copilot Plus PC initiative on Windows on Arm.
The new Surface Pro starts at $1,499 and the Surface Laptop at $1,599. According to The Verge, that's $100 more than their immediate predecessors. Engadget puts the price hike in sharper relief, noting the new devices cost roughly 50 to 60 percent more than earlier Surface models—somewhere in the range of $500 to $600 higher.
Beyond the faster chip, the refresh brings a new jade green color option and, according to Tom's Hardware, haptic feedback on the Surface Laptop's touchpad. Both devices ship with 16GB of RAM at their base configurations.
Wired describes the price jump as "steep," while Engadget pointedly credits the hike to AI—a nod to Microsoft's heavy investment in positioning its Copilot Plus PCs as AI-capable hardware.
The price increase matters because it signals where Microsoft sees its Surface line heading: not as an accessible mainstream option, but as a premium, AI-focused device that commands a luxury price tag—raising the question of whether buyers will follow.