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Microsoft has introduced more affordable 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop models with 8GB of RAM instead of 16GB, starting at $849 and $949 respectively, but without support for Copilot Plus AI features.

The article speculates on the stock market's delayed reaction to Apple and Microsoft both committing to local AI, noting Microsoft's reliance on Nvidia's roadmap and Apple's potential to disrupt the market.

At Microsoft Build 2026, CEO Satya Nadella put Windows front and center alongside Nvidia's new RTX Spark chips, positioning local AI compute on Windows PCs as a cost-effective alternative to cloud-based AI workloads. The partnership aims to enable powerful on-device AI agents, with RTX Spark capable of running 120-billion-parameter models locally.

Microsoft announces the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact developer PC powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark for local-first AI development.

Microsoft announces the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a miniature PC powered by Nvidia's Arm-based RTX Spark chips with 128GB unified memory, optimized for local AI tasks and developer workflows, serving as a replacement for Qualcomm's canceled Snapdragon Dev Kit.

Microsoft teases new Surface hardware and a 'new era of PC' ahead of Computex and Build, with rumors of Nvidia-powered Windows on Arm devices.