Roughly two years after the last generation debuted, Microsoft is today unveiling its new Surface Laptop and Surface Pro models, both of which upgrade to Snapdragon X2, with a starting price of $1,499.
Available starting today, the latest Surface Laptop (8) and Surface Pro (11) are pretty familiar shells. the designs haven’t really changed, nor have the specs for the most part. Both machines are primarily just an upgrade to Snapdragon X2 series chips, a pretty big upgrade in itself over the original Snapdragon X series.
The latest Surface Pro comes in Platinum, Black, and Dune colors with a Flex keyboard, up to 15.5 hours of battery life, and considerably faster performance, especially in graphics where Microsoft says there’s a 53% improvement.
Surface Pro starts at $1,499 with Snapdragon X2 Plus and 16GB of RAM, with no keyboard or stylus. Both machines are just above the recent price hikes their predecessors got in April.
Meanwhile, the new Surface Laptop has some other notable upgrades. There’s a new Jade green color in addition to the existing Platinum, Black, and Dune offerings, and there are still two sizes with 13.8-inch and 15-inch displays, both still LCD. Microsoft says that battery life can hit up to 20 hours on the smaller model, and Snapdragon X2 delivers similar performance boosts too.
