If you’ve been waiting for Microsoft to update its Surface PC line, perhaps with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X2 Elite processors, I have bad news for you. microsoft is is changing its PC line, but it’s doing it by instituting big price increases across the line. This means you’ll pay at least $1,500 for Surface devices that launched at $1,000 just two years ago, and Microsoft is no longer offering new Surface devices for under $1,000.
The 12-inch Surface Pro tablet that originally cost $799 and the 13-inch Surface Laptop that launched at $899 now cost $1,049 and $1,149, respectively, a price increase of $250. The top-end Surface Laptop and 13-inch Surface Pro of 2024 started at $999, but increased to $1,199 in 2025 when its basic versions with 256 GB of storage were discontinued; both now start at $1,499, an increase of $300.
As originally reported According to Windows Central, Microsoft blames “recent increases in memory and component costs” for the price increases. Supply shortages of RAM and storage chips in particular have been wreaking havoc on consumer technology all year. delaying some releases, exhausting the stock of existing productsand increasing prices for small and large businesses alike.
