The rumors are true. Microsoft is launching Intel-powered variations of its Floor Professional 11 and Floor Laptop computer 7. Accessible on February 18th, each of those new Floor units are Copilot Plus PCs, however as an alternative of utilizing Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon X collection of chips, they’ll use Intel’s Lunar Lake processors.
Microsoft is focusing on these fashions at companies, very like the way it launched Intel-only variations of the Floor Professional 10 and Floor Laptop computer 6 final 12 months. Enterprise prospects will now be capable to choose between Intel or Qualcomm inside Floor Professional 11 and Floor Laptop computer 7 designs which might be an identical.
The Floor Laptop computer 7 for companies shall be accessible beginning at $1,499.99, which is $500 greater than the beginning value of the Qualcomm variant. Two totally different display sizes shall be accessible: 13.8-inch and a bigger 15-inch mannequin, and each may be configured with Intel Core Extremely 5 or Extremely 7 chips, as much as 32GB of RAM, and as much as 1TB of storage. Microsoft is promising as much as 14 hours of battery life (based mostly on energetic internet utilization) on the 15-inch mannequin and as much as 12 hours on the 13.8-inch variant. These estimates are solely an hour behind the identical figures Microsoft offers for the Qualcomm variations of the Floor Laptop computer 7.
The ports on the Intel-powered Floor Laptop computer 7 are largely unchanged, with Microsoft choosing a USB-A 3.2 port as an alternative of the USB-A 3.1 that ships on the Qualcomm model. There are additionally two USB-C 4 / Thunderbolt 4 ports, the Floor Join charging port, and a headphone jack. Microsoft can be utilizing the identical PixelSense shows on the Intel variant of the Floor Laptop computer 7 because the Qualcomm model.
Very like the Floor Laptop computer 6 for companies, Microsoft is transport an elective good card reader in sure markets. Microsoft can be launching a 5G model of the Floor Laptop computer 7 later this 12 months, and the corporate plans to share extra particulars on this mannequin “within the coming months.”
The Floor Professional 11 for companies can be largely an identical to the Qualcomm model, however it begins at $1,499.99 as an alternative of the $999.99 beginning value of the Qualcomm model. You’ll be able to choose between a 13-inch LCD or OLED panel, with each shows the identical as on the Qualcomm-powered Floor Professional 11. Companies will be capable to configure the Intel-powered Floor Professional 11 with Core Extremely 5 or Extremely 7 processors, as much as 32GB of RAM, and as much as 1TB of storage.
Microsoft hasn’t made any adjustments to the ports on the Intel Floor Professional 11, so there are two USB-C 4 / Thunderbolt 4 ports and a Floor Join for charging. If you wish to use headphones on the Floor Professional 11, you’ll have to make use of Bluetooth-powered ones or join a wired pair over USB-C. The Floor Professional 11 additionally has a built-in NFC reader to help safety keys just like the YubiKey 5C NFC.
Each of those Intel-powered Floor units come simply months earlier than Home windows 10’s finish of help on October 14th. Microsoft is now pitching these Copilot Plus PCs as improve units for companies which might be transitioning from Home windows 10 to Home windows 11. As they each embrace NPUs able to Copilot Plus options, they’ll be capable to entry the most recent Home windows AI options together with Recall and Microsoft’s AI-powered Home windows Search.
Microsoft can be tempting companies with a brand new USB 4 dock that can even be accessible on February 18th, priced at $199.99. Designed to work with all Floor units with a USB-C port, the dock helps two 4K shows at 60Hz and consists of 65-watt passthrough charging and as much as 40Gb/s for information transfers. Entrance-facing ports embrace a single USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 port and a USB-C 4 Gen 3 port, whereas on the rear, there’s a single USB-C 4 Gen 3 port, an HDMI 2.1 port, an ethernet port, and a USB-C connector for the 100-watt energy provide.
Microsoft is opening up enterprise preorders for the Intel-powered Floor Professional 11 and Floor Laptop computer 7 right now, and each units ship on February 18th.
