Microsoft announced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a powerful development machine designed for AI and agent development. It features a developer-optimized Windows 11 Pro experience with pre-installed tools such as VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, WSL, and PowerShell 7. The device is priced at $5,999.99 and is aimed at developers and makers.
Key facts
| Fact | Detail | The source says |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5,999.99 | “From $5,999.99” |
| GPU Performance | Up to one petaflop of AI compute | “Surface RTX Spark Dev Box delivers GPU-first performance with NVIDIA’s powerful RTX GPU—featuring up to one petaflop of AI compute and…” |
| Pre-installed Tools | VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, WSL, PowerShell 7 | “VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, WSL, PowerShell 7 are installed and pre-configured, with Windows settings fine-tuned for coding out of the box.” |
What happened
Microsoft has unveiled the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a high-performance development machine tailored for AI and agent development. It is designed to deliver GPU-first performance with NVIDIA’s powerful RTX GPU, featuring up to one petaflop of AI compute and 128GB of unified memory. The Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is priced at $5,999.99 and is available for pre-order.
In the Fathom Layer index
- GitHub Copilot — Developer Tools
Source: Microsoft
