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Wired reviews Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra as first real AI PC

Wired's October sixteenth review says Microsoft's new laptop rivals the MacBook Pro, with battery life the one thing holding it back; a king who naps.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWired reviewed Microsoft's new Surface Laptop Ultra on October sixteenth, twenty twenty-six, and the headline calls it the first real AI PC.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA personal computer with intelligence. Does it come with a little desk, or does it just sit there thinking?

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWired says it's a true MacBook Pro competitor for Windows, and that Microsoft has never been closer to dethroning Apple.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe group chats are going to fight about this for weeks.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDethroning. So there's a king, and he's a laptop?

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYes. But there's a catch: Wired says the lack of battery life is the one thing holding it back.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the smartest computer ever made keeps needing to go lie down? I know a Cracker Barrel with outlets at every booth.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChip just invented the real AI feature. Hashtag Plugless.

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