Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra Is Picking a Fight With the M5 Max MacBook Pro

The Surface Laptop Ultra, launching this fall, features Nvidia's RTX Spark with 6,144 CUDA cores and up to 128GB unified memory, delivering near RTX 5070-level graphics in a 4.5-pound clamshell. Its 15-inch mini LED screen reaches 2,000 nits of HDR brightness, includes three USB-C, USB-A, and a headphone jack, and has the largest haptic trackpad on a Surface laptop. Microsoft claims all-day battery life and quiet performance, targeting Apple's M5 Max MacBook Pros with a design focused on makers and high-performance tasks.