The latest Microsoft Surface Laptop and Surface Pro tablet are both powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X series processors and both sell for about $800 and up. But it looks like Microsoft could have some cheaper models on the way.
The Microsoft Surface Team has scheduled an event for May 6th when the company is promising to announce "something new" in the Copilot+ PC space. But WinFuture has already obtained some leaked materials that give us an idea of what to expect: smaller screens, slightly lower-performance processors, and almost certainly lower starting prices.
via WinFuture Here's a roundup of tech news from around the web.
A new Microsoft Surface Laptop with a 13 inch display and 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus display leaks ahead of a May 6th announcement. It looks like a cheaper alternative to the current 13.8 and 15 inch models. winfuture.de/news,150699….
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A new Microsoft Surface Pro with a 12 inch display and 8-core Snapdragon X Plus chip could sit somewhere between the Surface Go and Surface Pro 13 inch in Microsoft's lineup. Official announcement expected May 6. winfuture.de/news,150700….
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The Walnut Pi 2B is a Raspberry Pi-like single-board PC with an Allwinner T527 8-core ARM Cortex-A55 processor, 2 TOPS AI accelerator, up to 4GB RAM, and 32GB eMMC storage. It has a 40-pin header and several full-sized ports and connectors. www.cnx-software.com/2025/05/03/w…
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The Asus TUF T500 is a desktop gaming PC with up to a 500 watt power supply and support for up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics with 16GB GDDR7 memory. But it also uses a 13th-gen Intel Core Mobile processor. www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gam…
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Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky gives an update on and first look at the Core 2 Duo smartwatch (modern Pebble with slightly updated hardware & open source PebbleOS software), as well as a bit of tariff talk, and its impact on prices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCI7…
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