Qualcomm's new 8-core Snapdragon X Plus will drive laptop prices further down

04 September 2024
Expect Copilot+ PCs in the $700 range.

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I'm definitely waiting for 8-core X Plus laptops/tablets to arrive. I don't deny 10-core X Plus and 12-core X Elite will offer much better performance than this, but this is still good enough for everyday office use. Also, software developers needs to get more serious about native ARM64 development. Not everyone like macOS.

    Rather they are increasing prices

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      • Anonymous
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      • 05 Sep 2024

      can this run candy crush @ 999fps 8k resolution?

        ARM is superior if you consider power usage too. However you can't ignore windows. Whatever they do, its never gonna be a success if windows implementation is bad.

          Anonymous, 04 Sep 2024ARM is not inherently more efficient than X86. It's ju... moreYeah, you ain't wrong. Intel sat lazy for so long and a bump from apple woke them up. I habe a personal macbooks pro and a office windows laptop. Imho, windows is more versatile OS but mac is a smoother machine (albeit considering use case).
          Lets see how good the next generation intel turns into.

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            alski10, 04 Sep 2024Really don't see the point of these laptops either. $8... moreThey'll help drive x86 processors from Intel and AMD to be more efficient.

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              • 04 Sep 2024

              Kriegsherr, 04 Sep 2024ARM is superior if you consider power usage too. However yo... moreARM is not inherently more efficient than X86. It's just that all programs that run are ARM was designed with power consumption in mind, not so much the vast majority of windows stuff.

              M1 worked because Intel was so behind when the switch happened, but now Intel and AMD mostly caught up. Don't see the point of windows on ARM now.

                obj, 04 Sep 2024exactly XE2 and 890M about the same performance but M3 perf... moreWhich m3? Max? In what?

                  ThatOneWeabo, 04 Sep 2024Ryzen 300 AI can game and do what Qualcomm's Snapdrago... moreit all depends what is gaming for you. Running games is one thing while actually gaming is different

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                    • 04 Sep 2024

                    The most "meh" product announced this year.

                      ARM is superior if you consider power usage too. However you can't ignore windows. Whatever they do, its never gonna be a success if windows implementation is bad.

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                        alski10, 04 Sep 2024Really don't see the point of these laptops either. $8... moreARM is superior to the current X86 and if you avoid windows, the lead is huge

                          Really don't see the point of these laptops either. $800-1000 for a pretty basic windows laptop with poor software support? Surely you'll be better off by just buying a Macbook or a x86 Windows laptop instead. Especially now that much more efficient intel chips are hitting the market
                          DoA products imo

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                            Anonymous, 04 Sep 2024There are many ifs and buts with these chips, but if you do... moreIf you mostly only use the browser then a $200 Chromebook is enough. Why would someone waste $1000++ on an ARM laptop? Their batteries don't even last that much.

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                              Anonymous, 04 Sep 2024So, 1000usd for a laptop that has an exceedingly half baked... moreexactly XE2 and 890M about the same performance but M3 performs like a radeon 7900 Qualcomm has nothing to offer

                                Without gaming
                                An arm laptop shouldn't cost more than 300$

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                                  • 04 Sep 2024

                                  This is a mistake. They should have used this chip for tablets only. Why are they using this in laptops?

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                                    • 04 Sep 2024

                                    So, 1000usd for a laptop that has an exceedingly half baked windows implementation, and now the horrendous gpu performance is about to get cut in half? What is Qualcomm actually smoking?

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                                      DeepIn2U, 04 Sep 2024What nonsense are you talking about here?! Linux is an O... moreKDE is not a UI!!

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                                        DeepIn2U, 04 Sep 2024What nonsense are you talking about here?! Linux is an O... moreyou mean distributions?

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