This new chip will also apparently allow for a 16-hour battery life, while the Intel Xe integrated GPU will substantially boost the graphics performance. Microsoft has confirmed the Surface Pro 8 will feature an 11th Generation Intel Core processor, which will apparently offer 43% more compute power than the previous Surface Pro 7. That cost can climb up to a whopping £2059 if you upgrade the processor to an i7 and storage to 1TB.

The Surface Pro 8 has a starting price of £999/$1099.99, which gets you an i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. Pre-orders are open right now, so you don’t have to wait to reserve yourself a unit. The Surface Pro 8 will be available to buy on 5 October in the US, and on 28 October in the UK. This Surface Pro 8 news is currently breaking, so we’ll be updating the rest of this article very soon.

The convertible PC will also feature an 11th Gen Intel Core processor, which Microsoft claims offers 43% more compute power than its Surface Pro 7 predecessor.īattery life is said to last up to 16 hours, while the graphics power has also been given a massive boost thanks to Intel Xe. Microsoft has officially revealed the Surface Pro 8 hybrid PC, introducing a number of new features such as a 120Hz refresh rate, Thunderbolt 4 support and a new stylus called the Surface Slim Pen 2.

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