Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is available for preorder for $5,999
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A $5,999 Nvidia-powered dev box from Microsoft is another data point that serious local AI development is being priced as workstation-grade, not consumer. For teams pushing on-prem or edge workloads, this is a reminder to budget for dedicated AI hardware per pod or team — and to benchmark against cloud GPU costs before standardizing.
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