Microsoft’s Windows and Surface event starts October 7th at 10:00 am Pacific Time, which is 1:00 am on Thursday for those in Manila, on October 8th. Satya Nadella, Windows and devices chief Pavan Davuluri, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will talk about “how local AI will shape the next chapter of the PC,” according to the invitation. It streams on Microsoft’s YouTube event page.
The star of the event is a laptop we’ve already seen. It’s the Surface Laptop Ultra which was showcased back in May during Computex: a 15-inch mini-LED touchscreen laptop that hits 2,000 nits, runs Nvidia’s new RTX Spark chip and supports up to 128GB of memory that the processor and graphics share. It even has USB-A and an SD card slot. What they didn’t reveal back then: the price or when it would shipq. Its own announcement still reads “later this year.”
RTX Spark is Nvidia’s first processor for Windows laptops, an ARM-based chip (the design family behind phone processors, not Intel or AMD) with Nvidia Blackwell graphics built in. At IFA 2025, Nvidia confirmed two versions. The top one has 20 CPU cores, 6,144 graphics cores and up to 128GB of memory.
A mobile version in the Surface Laptop Ultra drops to 18 CPU cores, 5,120 graphics cores and 24GB or 32GB. Nvidia said the first laptops ship in October, depending on the maker. Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI and Microsoft all have one coming, but pricing is still TBA.
For a hint, look at Nvidia’s own DGX Spark desk box, which shares the top chip’s 20 CPU cores and 128GB ceiling. Its 64GB model now starts at $4,999, and that’s without a screen, keyboard or battery.
Microsoft already refreshed the Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch with Qualcomm chips last month, only weeks before this upcoming event. What we want to know – like everybody else – is just how much the prices will be for US and Asia, which countries will get it first, and whether there’s a cheaper version on the smaller chip. That, plus details on the battery life, of course.
The take
We’ve seen Microsoft bet with Windows plus Surface on ARM before. That combo has certainly has come a long way since the days of Windows RT. Nvidia has also said that many big game developers have already committed to native support, so we will see. If you’re in Asia, no need to set an alarm. We’ll have whatever Microsoft announces, prices included if they share, before breakfast.
