The new Surface Pro. It comes in blue! | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge
Microsoft just announced the new Surface Pro, the latest in its lineup of tablet / laptop hybrid devices and the first in a new generation of what Microsoft is calling Copilot Plus PCs. The numbers are gone from the model numbers, which seems to signify a full reboot of the lineup. “Compared to previous Surface generations, it isn’t even close,” said Brett Ostrum, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Surface, at a launch event.
The consumer-focused Surface Pro has a lot in common with the business device Microsoft launched in March. That device had a 13-inch display, up to 64GB of RAM, the newly ubiquitous Copilot key, an improved keyboard attachment, and a 5G-capable option. It also has a Neural Processing Unit (NPU), the chip that…
