New Microsoft Surface for Business PCs pair Panther Lake chips with as little as 8GB of RAM — 13-inch Surface Laptop goes light on memory but still starts at $1,299
Microsoft has launched new Surface for Business PCs featuring Intel's Panther Lake chips. The lineup includes the Surface Laptop 8 in 13.8-inch and 15-inch sizes, starting at $1,949, and the Surface Pro 12. Notably, a new 13-inch Surface Laptop is available with as little as 8GB of RAM for $1,299, a configuration that falls below Microsoft's own guidelines for Copilot+ compatibility. AI
IMPACT New business PCs with Intel chips may impact enterprise adoption of AI features, though some configurations lack sufficient RAM for local AI tasks.