Microsoft Now Sells Cheaper ARM Surface Pro and Surface Laptop Models With 8GB of RAM

Microsoft has quietly started selling cheaper versions of its 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop with Qualcomm’s first-gen X Series chips with just 8GB of RAM, with prices now starting at $849 (via Windows Central). The two devices launched last year with 16GB of RAM and a $799 starting price, but the ongoing “RAMpocalypse” bumped that to $1,049 in April.

With these new models with just 8GB of RAM, Microsoft once again has Surface devices available for less than $1,000, though the $849 12-inch Surface Pro and the $949.99 13-inch Surface Laptop are still much more expensive than Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo. Crucially, the drop to 8GB of RAM on these models also means that they will lose access to Copilot+ features, which require double the memory.

Here’s the current Surface lineup for consumers on the Microsoft Store, with the inclusion of the freshly released Surface Pro 13-inch and Surface Laptop 13.8-inch and 15-inch with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 series chips.

• Surface Pro 12-inch with Snapdragon X Plus, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD: $849.99
• Surface Pro 12-inch with Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD – $1,049.99
• Surface Pro 13-inch with Snapdragon X2 Plus, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD – $1,499.99
• Surface Laptop 13-inch with Snapdragon X Plus, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD – $949.99
• Surface Laptop 13-inch with Snapdragon X Plus, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD – $1,149.99
• Surface Laptop 13.8-inch with Snapdragon X2 Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD – $1,599.99
• Surface Laptop 15-inch with Snapdragon X2 Plus, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD – $1,699.99

It’s still hard to recommend PCs with just 8GB of RAM in 2026, however. That also applies to Apple’s MacBook Neo, which isn’t configurable with more than 8GB of RAM. However, the MacBook Neo does support Apple Intelligence, while Copilot+ features won’t be available on the new Surface Pro 12-inch and Surface Laptop 13-inch base models.