New Intel-powered versions of Microsoft's Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 for business customers will start shipping on February 18.

At an event in New York City on Thursday, Microsoft unveiled two additions to the Surface line of PCs. The new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop both arrive

Microsoft announced the Surface Laptop (7th Edition) for Business as well as the Surface Pro (11th Edition) for Business with Intel's Core Ultra 200 (Lunar Lake) chips inside, giving business users a choice between Windows on Arm and traditional x86.

For business buyers, last year's opening salvo of AI-ready PCs was a nonstarter due to compatibility issues with Qualcomm's processors. Those Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices will soon be available with Intel's Lunar Lake processors.

The rumors are true. Microsoft is launching Intel-powered versions of its Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7. Available on February 18th, both of these new Surface devices are Copilot Plus PCs, but instead of using Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon X series of chips, they’ll use Intel’s Lunar Lake processors.