Microsoft’s new Surface Pro and all-new Surface Laptop aim to empower users in South Africa to unlock new experiences and accelerate their artificial intelligence (AI) transformation journeys. The devices are part of Microsoft’s Copilot+ personal computer (PC) portfolio – a new category of Windows PCs designed for AI.
Copilot+ PCs are the fastest, most intelligent Windows PCs ever built. With powerful new silicon capable of 40+ trillion operations per second, all-day battery life and access to the most advanced AI models, Copilot+ PCs are designed to achieve a level of performance never seen before. A host of innovative features include Cocreator, which generates and refines AI images in real time, and Live Captions, which instantly translates any live or pre-recorded video from 44 languages.
Over the past year, the world has seen an incredible pace of AI transformation with solutions such as Microsoft Copilot enabling activities never dreamed possible, said Talia Naidoo, surface category manager at Microsoft South Africa. “Now, we begin a new chapter of AI innovation by introducing our first-ever Copilot+ PCs from Surface.”
The Microsoft Surface Pro 11th edition Copilot+ PC is designed to empower consumers who are always on-the-go with lightning-fast performance, AI-accelerated power and stunning optional organic light-emitting diode display – all in a thin, light and versatile package. Built with the new Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus processors, the device delivers incredible performance that is 90% faster than the Surface Pro 9. When docked in at the office, the powerful 2-in-1 supports fast connectivity with Wi-Fi 7 and connection to three 4k monitors. In addition, the battery provides 14 hours’ peace of mind.
The laptop is available with 13.8-inch and 15-inch display. Both devices have been developed to be secure by default, Naidoo explained. “At Microsoft, we believe that the best way to secure information on a PC is to secure the whole PC. All Copilot+ PCs are Secured-core PCs, bringing advanced security to commercial and consumer devices. In addition to the layers of protection in Windows 11, Secured-core PCs also provide advanced firmware safeguards and dynamic root-of-trust measurement to help protect from chip to cloud.”
A Microsoft Pluton security processor will be enabled by default on all Copilot+ PCs. Pluton is a chip-to-cloud security technology – designed by Microsoft and built by silicon partners – with Zero Trust principles at the core. This helps protect credentials, identities, personal data and encryption keys, making them significantly harder to remove from the device even if a user is tricked into installing malware or an attacker has physical possession of the PC. All Copilot+ PCs, including the all-new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, will ship with Windows Hello Enhanced Sign-in Security. This provides more secure biometric sign ins and eliminates the need for a password.
The new Surface devices are available from most computer outlets.
