Microsoft’s $2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra Challenges MacBook Pro With RTX Spark

The Mac Observer reports that Microsoft is positioning a US$2,599 Surface Laptop Ultra with NVIDIA RTX Spark as a challenge to Apple's MacBook Pro. The laptop combines RTX Spark's Arm-based Grace CPU, Blackwell graphics, unified memory, and CUDA and RTX software for local AI, creative work, development, and other demanding workloads. The report is launch and positioning coverage rather than an independent comparison.

A price comparison does not establish equivalent configurations or performance. Buyers should compare memory capacity, storage, display, power limits, cooling, acoustics, battery life, Windows on Arm compatibility, native applications, drivers, and workload-specific benchmarks. Local AI results may also depend on model quantisation, framework support, memory bandwidth, and whether software uses the platform efficiently.

For Canadian readers, US$2,599 is not a Canadian checkout price. Taxes, exchange rates, regional configurations, warranty coverage, shipping, and local inventory may materially change the total cost. Microsoft's Canadian listing and independent testing should be checked before comparing the Surface Laptop Ultra with MacBook Pro models or other RTX Spark systems.