{"id":30059,"date":"2024-03-11T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T22:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/windows-ai-surface-and-more\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T22:37:30","slug":"windows-ai-surface-and-more","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/windows-ai-surface-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows AI, Surface and more"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft is holding a digital event<\/a> titled \u201cAdvancing the new era of work with Copilot\u201d on March 21. Among the possible announcements are new Surface devices, potentially the first branded as AI PCs<\/a>. It will already be the second Windows hardware event<\/a> \u2014 and first mainline Surface Pro launch \u2014 without former chief product officer and longtime keynote presenter Panos Panay, who left for Amazon last year<\/a>. Here\u2019s everything we could see at the company’s first launch event of 2024.<\/p>\n The company describes<\/a> the event as breaking down \u201cthe latest in scaling AI in your environment with Copilot, Windows, and Surface.\u201d There are conflicting reports about exactly what we\u2019ll see in late March.<\/p>\n Windows Central<\/em> claims<\/a> an OLED Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 will headline the event, with their upgraded processors enabling \u201chuge performance and efficiency gains\u201d over their predecessors. However, a report from The Verge<\/em> suggests<\/a> this month\u2019s event will only cover the business and commercial-focused versions of the devices \u2014 with much subtler upgrades than the consumer versions. The outlet claims the consumer variants with \u201ca larger redesign\u201d will follow later this spring.<\/p>\n The new devices will allegedly be powered by Intel Core Ultra<\/a> or Snapdragon X Elite<\/a> silicon with next-generation neural processing units (NPUs) for advanced AI tasks. The Intel variants are expected to launch in April, while the Arm-based Snapdragon ones will reportedly arrive several months later in June. If the reports are accurate, this would be the first time the Surface Laptop line<\/a> has included an Arm-based version.<\/p>\n At least in the consumer models, the Surface Pro 10 is rumored to switch from LCD to an anti-reflective OLED screen. The device would be brighter than the Surface Pro 9\u2019s screen and support HDR content. Meanwhile, the Surface Laptop 6 is rumored to include thinner display bezels (with rounded corners) and a haptic touchpad. Its updated port selection is said to include two USB-C and one USB-A on its left side.<\/p>\n The commercial \/ business models (which may be all we see at this month\u2019s event) are rumored to include a built-in Common Access Card (CAC) reader and options with up to 64GB of RAM.<\/p>\n