Microsoft’s Surface Laptop base price of $999 rises sharply with beefier specs

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop was announced this morning, and just hit the Microsoft Store here in the US. The base price was announced onstage this morning, coming in at $999 with 4GB of memory, a 7th Generation Core i5 processor, and a 128GB SSD drive, but the prices go up sharply from there.

For the base Core i5 model, you can get the base price of $999, but only in Platinum. For a Graphite Gold, Burgundy, or Cobalt Blue model you’ll have to choose the 8GB/256GB model at $1,299.

The Core i7 model is only available in Platinum, too, and only available in 8GB/256GB, 16GB/256GB, or 16GB/512GB versions, with a choice of an 8GB/256GB model for $1,599, or the full on 16GB/512GB version for $2199.

You can read more about the Surface Laptop and its configurations at the Microsoft Store