The Surface Laptop Ultra is an AI monster with a laptop problem

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. The new Surface Laptop Ultra is built for local AI, but its power draw and unknown battery life raise doubts about its practicality. Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra is powered by a Mediatek CPU and Nvidia's powerful RTX Spark SoC, which is mainly designed to run local AI models on the user's lap. Five competing laptops--from Dell, HP, MSI and more--will offer additional options.