By John Burek
Publication Date: 2026-06-03 00:10:00
TAIPEI—In the wake of Nvidia’s huge announcement of RTX Spark laptops, and the subsequent news that Microsoft was leading the charge with the Surface Laptop Ultra—arguably the flagship for this new class of laptops—we’ve been eager to get our hands on the new Surface and see what these new Nvidia-powered laptops will actually look and feel like. (Hit the preceding link for a rundown of all the partner OEM models.)
Well, at Computex, we finally got our chance, with a first look at the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra. No, system makers aren’t yet powering on RTX Spark laptops for the press to play with, but here’s what we were able to suss out in a short time with the device, and some of what the announcement didn’t tell you.
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