Microsoft releases new Nvidia-chip AI PCs with revamped Windows 11
Back in June, Nvidia announced that it had secured agreements with Microsoft and a host of other PC makers to develop AI- and agent-ready PCs for Windows based on its RTX Spark chip, but details on the machines were scant at the time.
早在六月，英伟达（Nvidia）就宣布已与微软及多家个人电脑制造商达成协议，将基于其 RTX Spark 芯片开发适用于 Windows 的人工智能及智能体就绪型个人电脑，但当时关于这些机器的细节信息寥寥无几。
On Wednesday, at an event held in San Francisco during the city’s Tech Week, Microsoft revealed the specs and price for its new Surface Laptop Ultra. The PC comes in two base models, one that starts at $2,600 and one with a more powerful chip that starts at $3,700. Prices rise from there with options for more memory and storage, up to $5,900. (Microsoft says the highest-end device is already out of stock.)
周三，在旧金山科技周期间举办的一场活动上，微软公布了新款 Surface Laptop Ultra 的规格和价格。该电脑有两个基础型号，起售价分别为 2600 美元和 3700 美元（后者配备更强大的芯片）。在此基础上，用户可选择更大的内存和存储空间，价格最高可达 5900 美元。（微软表示，最高配置的设备目前已售罄。）
Microsoft also revealed its new workstation powered by the RTX Spark chip: the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, which starts priced at $6,000 and comes equipped with Microsoft dev tools like VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, WSL, and PowerShell 7. The pitch for both this PC and workstation is that they are designed to run AI models on-device locally (and for free) with the CPU, GPU, unified memory, and other hardware modifications, like superior cooling, necessary to handle them.
微软还发布了搭载 RTX Spark 芯片的新型工作站：Surface RTX Spark Dev Box。该工作站起售价为 6000 美元，预装了 VS Code、GitHub Copilot CLI、WSL 和 PowerShell 7 等微软开发工具。这款电脑和工作站的核心卖点在于，它们通过 CPU、GPU、统一内存以及包括卓越散热系统在内的硬件改进，旨在实现人工智能模型在设备本地的免费运行。
Plus, they are running a revamped version of Windows 11 that includes a feature called “Execution Containers.” This makes it easier to sandbox AI agents, the company says. That feature will be available for all Windows 11 users, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said at the event.
此外，它们运行的是经过改进的 Windows 11 版本，其中包含一项名为“执行容器”（Execution Containers）的功能。微软表示，这使得人工智能智能体的沙盒化变得更加容易。微软首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉（Satya Nadella）在活动中表示，该功能将向所有 Windows 11 用户开放。
Nadella explained: “One of the things we realized in the last 3-4 years is that just having a model doesn’t do much for anything. You really do need to orchestrate, and you need to have memory outside of the model. You need to have this harnessed layer that is able to take multiple models plus context, plus memory, and the action space.” He added that Microsoft is enabling that “not just for our apps but apps for anyone’s agent. That’s what the Windows platform is all about going forward.”
纳德拉解释道：“过去三四年里我们意识到的一点是，仅仅拥有一个模型并不能解决太多问题。你确实需要进行编排，并且需要在模型之外拥有记忆。你需要一个能够整合多个模型、上下文、记忆以及行动空间的受控层。”他补充说，微软不仅为自家的应用程序，也为任何人的智能体应用提供这种支持，“这就是 Windows 平台未来的发展方向。”
The devices are clearly aimed at developers, so much so that Microsoft is offering up to $1,000 off to people who trade in a MacBook Pro, as Macs have become a popular choice for developers and AI agent enthusiasts, particularly in Silicon Valley. Still, these Surface PCs, with such powerful graphics processing, are also capable of content creation, video processing, and gaming, the company promises.
这些设备显然是针对开发人员设计的，微软甚至为以旧换新 MacBook Pro 的用户提供最高 1000 美元的折扣，因为 Mac 已成为开发人员和人工智能智能体爱好者（尤其是在硅谷）的热门选择。不过，微软承诺，这些 Surface 电脑凭借强大的图形处理能力，同样能够胜任内容创作、视频处理和游戏需求。
Microsoft wasn’t the only PC company to announce the specs for its new Nvidia-RTX Spark AI Windows PCs on Wednesday. Dell also announced the details of its previously announced Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition PC. It’s available for preorder now for a later October delivery at Best Buy, priced at $3,800.
周三，并非只有微软一家个人电脑公司公布了其新款 Nvidia-RTX Spark AI Windows 电脑的规格。戴尔（Dell）也公布了此前预告的 Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition 电脑的详细信息。该产品目前已在百思买（Best Buy）开启预购，售价 3800 美元，预计将于 10 月下旬发货。