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IDC analyst: RTX Spark laptops aren't for mainstream buyers yet

IDC's Tom Mainelli says Nvidia's RTX Spark notebooks target AI developers, content creators and early adopters rather than mainstream users. Cost, starting at $2,599, and the need for high-memory configurations to run larger local models are the main barriers.

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IDC analyst: RTX Spark laptops aren't for mainstream buyers yet

RTX Spark targets AI developers, creators and early adopters
Surface Laptop Ultra on the platform starts at $2,599
128GB configs can allocate up to 96GB of memory to the GPU
Performance is on par with RTX 5070 laptops, but these aren't gaming machines

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