On Jan. 30, Microsoft showed off the latest Surface for Business Copilot+ PCs, Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11. Both will be on store shelves Feb. 18. Just a day earlier, the company announced all users of the Microsoft Copilot AI assistant will be able to toggle on OpenAI’s o1 model for slower, more “thoughtful” responses.

But if you work in a large organization or you're an IT administrator, the bifurcated approach continues. Microsoft announced some business-only versions of the Surface Pro tablet and the Surface Laptop last year that continued to use Intel processors, and today it's announcing two more, this time using Intel's Lunar Lake-based Core Ultra CPUs.

Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Laptop gain option for Intel Core Ultra processors Series 2, Security Copilot to come to Surface Management Portal.

Microsoft announced new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices for businesses running on Intel Core Ultra series 2 processors — the first Surface Copilot+ PCs to use the chip giant's "Lunar Lake" architecture.

The new Intel Core Ultra Series 2 Lunar Lake chips offer improved performance, more powerful integrated graphics, and enhanced efficiency — the latter is proudly signaled by Microsoft, rating its new Surface devices as having a battery life of up to 22 hours, in particular.

Microsoft is announcing new Intel-powered Surface devices today, but it’s also showing some love to its Surface Hub 3. The collaboration hub is getting access to web apps, personal content, the Edge browser,

For business buyers, last year's opening salvo of AI-ready PCs was a nonstarter due to compatibility issues with Qualcomm's processors. Those Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices will soon be available with Intel's Lunar Lake processors.

The good news about chip stock Intel (INTC) is that it can still get high-profile clients interested in using Intel’s processors to drive new

Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop (7th Edition) for Business as well as the Surface Pro (11th Edition) for Business with Intel's Core Ultra 200 (Lunar Lake) chips inside, giving business users a choice between Windows on Arm and traditional x86.

Microsoft has introduced Intel-powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for businesses, starting at $1,499.99 from February 18. These models offer

For the quarter, Intel reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.13 on revenue of $14.3 billion. Analysts were anticipating EPS of $0.12 on revenue of $13.8 billion. The company saw EPS of $0.54 and $15.4 billion in revenue in the same quarter last year.