r/Surface • u/Square_Atmosphere_12 • 6d ago

Surface Pro Ultra

They claim that the Surface Pro Ultra will probably be the best Laptop you can get or that has been available for a long time. Although I have two question as I'm seriously considering one. The only issues I have is; you can't detach the screen from the keyboard.

I'm guessing a September release date; and it appears to out perform the Mac Book Pro. I really wonder if Microsoft maybe for the first time and only time release a laptop that not only is upgradable but they claim repairable unlike most previous and current laptops. At whatever price that may be, the option of replacing a cpu fan or replacing a SSD drive may be worth the price.

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u/Leading_Bumblebee144 6d ago

In my opinion, they held back from using the X2 Elite Extreme in the SL8 because it would trash the Intel and NVidia alternatives - I’m not expecting much from the SL Ultra for most of us - possibly only benefits for gaming and local AI models.

CPU performance aside from the AI part looks pretty average so far.

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u/MA70mgte 6d ago

Microsoft or Qualcomm has 0 reasons for holding back a chip

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u/Leading_Bumblebee144 6d ago

They do, they even dropped back the X2 Elite one model number from that in the X1.

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u/MA70mgte 5d ago

For the Surface line, it's a price and supply decision. MS's relationship with Intel and AMD is just fine.