The new Surface Laptop 7 with the Snapdragon X Elite SoC was compared against the older Surface Laptop 5 featuring an Alder Lake Core i7-1255U, a Surface Pro 9 with a Microsoft SQ3 chip, MSI's ...

Microsoft has a Surface showcase and its Build developer conference planned for early next week. Here's what we expect.

What to expect from the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 The last Surface Pro launch saw two versions of Microsoft's two-in-one announced: there was the Intel version and the Microsoft SQ3 version.

If you're willing to deal with a higher starting price of $1,299, you can get the 2-in-1 with the Microsoft SQ3 chip, which has exclusive AI-enabled video features and built-in 5G.

The Surface Pro 9 (released in late 2022) offers an Arm model based on the Microsoft SQ3, which is a variant of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 compute platform.

Notably, the Microsoft SQ3 chips and Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 are now supported. Aside from this, Microsoft has shared a list of all compatible Qualcomm processors on its official website.

Windows 11: Microsoft has updated the list of compatible processors. Windows 11 now supports new Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm processors.

Microsoft's SQ3 Surface Pro 9 battery life was clearly unmatched here, but 13 hours and change for our Core i7 version is still commendable for a device in this class.

Microsoft aims to run Windows 12 on its own silicon for better performance and efficiency.

We already reviewed the Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (SQ3) tablet with the company’s custom ARM-based processor, admiring its built-in 5G connectivity and extra-long battery life, but not its ...

There's also an ARM-based Surface Pro 9 (the model we reviewed) that uses Microsoft's SQ3 chip instead of one from Intel and adds 5G support, but there's no comparable XPS two-in-one option for that.