Microsoft
launched
its
Surface
Laptop
7
earlier
this
year
without
Intel
chips,
in
a
bid
to
promote
Windows
on
Arm
and
Qualcomm’s
Snapdragon
X
Elite
chips.
Now,
it
looks
like
a
Surface
Laptop
might
arrive
next
year
with
Intel’s
latest
Lunar
Lake
chips.
A
Surface
Laptop
prototype
has
appeared
in
a
since-deleted
listing
on
Chinese
second-hand
marketplace
Goofish,
complete
with
what
looks
like
Intel’s
Core
Ultra
7
268V
processor
inside.
Windows
Central
spotted
the
listing,
but
it’s
not
clear
if
this
will
simply
be
a
Surface
Laptop
7
variant
or
a
Surface
Laptop
8.
Either
way,
the
prototype
laptop
is
clearly
marked
as
such
with
a
giant
“prototype
-
not
for
sale”
etching
at
the
bottom
of
the
device.
While
it’s
easy
to
fake
the
CPU
listing
inside
Windows,
the
appearance
of
the
prototype
label
confirms
this
is
likely
a
genuine
unreleased
laptop
from
Microsoft.
It’s
rare
for
such
devices
to
leak,
let
alone
be
sold
online.
1/4
The
prototype
laptop
looks
just
like
a
Surface
Laptop
7.Image:
Goofish
If
Microsoft
is
considering
Lunar
Lake
chips
for
its
Surface
Laptop
line,
it
would
ensure
there’s
an
Intel
option
for
those
who
want
Copilot
Plus
PC
features.
The
Surface
Pro
10
and
Surface
Laptop
6
both
shipped
with
Intel’s
Meteor
Lake
processors
earlier
this
year,
but
they
didn’t
include
an
NPU
powerful
enough
for
Microsoft’s
Copilot
Plus
features.
They
were
instead
targeted
at
businesses,
and
lacked
the
refreshed
designs
found
on
the
Surface
Pro
11
and
Surface
Laptop
7.
The
listing
of
this
prototype
Surface
Laptop
notes
that
the
unannounced
device
should
go
on
sale
at
some
point
in
2025,
which
could
point
to
a
CES
2025
announcement
if
Microsoft
is
readying
this
for
consumers.
The
other
possibility
is
Microsoft
once
again
limiting
Intel-based
Surface
devices
to
commercial
customers.
We’ve
asked
Microsoft
to
comment
on
this
leaked
prototype,
but
the
company
didn’t
respond
in
time
for
publication.
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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