Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

darkstarsys an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I'm on my third Surface Pro (an 11 this time) and basically love it. Tablet form factor, lightweight, multitouch, with a real desktop OS (I mean not ipad's iOS). Decent battery life. True, it's not perfect: slow to wake, the touchpad stops working once in a while & needs to be reset. Missing a GPS chip. But it runs Adobe, Resolve, Chrome of course, msys2, and Linux (WSL2) quite well. I love the absolutely gorgeous HiDPI screen. The software emulator system is a little weird (arm64/arm64EC/arm64X, with no true universal x64/arm64 binary) for software developers, but it basically works fine from a user perspective. I say all this as someone whose daily driver is an Arm M1 Macbook Pro, also nice but not a tablet and quite heavier. I don't use a dock, just a simple USBC hub with a magnetic USBC connector.

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adamtaylor_13 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The biggest problem here is the operating system. If they could fix that, this might be enticing.

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didibus an hour ago | parent [-]

If they put Linux on it I'd buy it, but with Windows 11, no thanks.

	▲	mft_ 10 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Maybe I'm being overly hopeful, but given the DGX Spark only runs Linux, and this is apparently a sibling in a laptop form factor, maybe it won't be too difficult to get Linux up and running effectively? Probably (a lot) more easily than Asahi on Apple Silicon, anyway.
	▲	cowmix an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I bought the Snapdragon Elite X over a year ago based on the promises of Qualcomm to bring solid Linux drivers at some point. Fast forward to today, Linux for that SoC is still a hot mess.

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anigbrowl 13 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A Spark-like machine in a laptop form factor is certainly exciting and interesting competition for Apple. I wonder about Linux compatibility, given NVidia's history with proprietary drives. I am absolutely not willing to go back to Windows, though.

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cesarvarela an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> It’s well known that the Surface trackpads are among the best in the industry, surpassing even MacBooks in several aspects

What aspects are these?

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thewebguyd an hour ago | parent [-]

solid glass haptic trackpad instead of a clicky, mechanical piece of junk one?

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dcrazy an hour ago | parent [-]

The only MacBook sold with a mechanical trackpad in the past eight years is the MacBook Neo.

	▲	thewebguyd 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Right, I meant most PC OEMs are still shipping janky mechanical trackpads in all but the highest end models.

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mawadev an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm starting to have a sour taste in my mouth whenever I read microsoft and nvidia

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stalfosknight an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

PCs still have USB-A ports? USB-A is old enough to drink.

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bbg2401 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

TFA has a few more tidbits than I've seen elsewhere but it's mostly LLM-induced, hype-driven marketing bilge.

A slightly more sober announcement is available at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48352627.

	▲	neogodless 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"world makers", quite sober ;)

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ChrisArchitect 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48352627