Microsoft plans to launch a cheaper 8 GB Surface laptop later this year which won't meet the requirements of a Copilot+ PC

I've used a few different Microsoft Surface laptops over the years, and I've never been blown away by the power underneath the hood. The good news is, the new models will be powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 chips, which should be pretty speedy.

The bad news is, they're fairly expensive—but MS says there's a cheaper version coming, with a miserable 8 GB of RAM.

A Microsoft blog announcement details the new Surface Pro and regular Surface laptop models, touting their potential to deliver "up to 35% more graphics performance than MacBook Air with M5" and up to 9...