It’s Perfect. It’s Unusable. - Snapdragon for a Month Challenge Conclusion

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After using Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite CPUs for a month Linus, Alex and Sammy discuss what went well and what didn't.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Linus' early impressions
2:40 - Battery life
3:26 - Solidworks and Car Audio
4:37 - Video editing
7:57 - Linus' problems
9:30 - Surface Laptop 7 WiFi issues
10:20 - Gaming
11:53 - Displays
13:11 - AI
14:23 - Sammy's Samsung Disclaimer and fan noise
15:21 - Overall impressions
16:53 - Manscaped!
17:50 - Outro

[WoodenPigeon]

Alex: In areas where my wifi strength wasn't great like you just know that spot in your house...
Linus: I have no idea what you're talking about my wifi works 2 blocks away...

[srit]

"I ended up switching to a real computer" better words weren't said

[andrewportzer]

As a Systems Administrator the BIGGEST issue is Microsoft still hasn't added RSAT to the ARM version of Windows which means there's no way to use Active Directory. This is the only thing holding my whole department back from switching over. Please fix this Microsoft, we need good battery life!

[Stepica]

The editor who put Teams sounds in this video is a meanie 😡 some of us are watching this while working

[Gambit]

"Excellent if everything you do is on a browser..." sounds like a fancy, very expensive Chromebook.

[cryogenical_]

So, just like ARC, this is in its infancy and we need to wait several years before more important/irreplaceable software runs on it natively.

[StolenJoker]

Regarding the “Copilot” button … Win+C is the keyboard shortcut. No need for a dedicated button.

[VGTIMEDBS]

"If you do all your work in a browser". Sounds like a chrome book to me.

[Pyrobob]

In a way these feel like a spiritual successor to netbooks. Light, efficient machines that cant really do everything a full fat system can, but are good for basic tasks and web browsing.

It makes me realize that netbooks were kinda just ahead of their time. Now that web apps are so much more fleshed out, the concept seems much more appealing, and the drawbacks much less limiting.

[robvdl]

When it comes to the price part I was thinking "in New Zealand these Snapdragon laptops cost 3 grand". Not sure what is going on here but they are anything but cheap.

[WhatWillYouFind]

Basically the Snapdragon is Chromebook 2.0. Very similar problems, not a "daily driver" in its current iteration.

[SkaMacanan]

So basically get this as a second computer, but if you're planning to deploy this for employees, don't

[ArpenteurDeToile]

I am not sure the argument "you can get more ram" really stands when the programs that need lots of ram are the ones not running on arm...

[makodad]

*Guy starts talking about the issues with the laptop*
Linus: "I need to sell my laptop bag"

[countbowl]

To be honest, most people are not running these kind of video editing workloads. Youtube creators have a heavy bias towards these kind of use cases. Im a developer and everything works fine for me on Arm laptops.

[hdffjfhsdlfh]

That Arc Scream at the start... golden!

[MattiasBengtsson]

I've never felt more seen than when Alex said "I used Co-Pilot a couple of times when I accidentally....". ❤

[ai]

"I ended up switching to a real computer..." lol

[OraKoploOraGawe]

Damn, this laptops fits my needs for sure.

My work only use meta ads, google ads, google suites (gmail, drive, sheets, slides, docs, keep) and maybe a few apps like notion, slack, and clickup.

Good battery so no need worrying to carry a charger when having a meeting outside, nice panel, lightweight, good camera, low noise fan. Once the price go under 1000usd, then this is my next machine.

[btarg]

I hope that Linux on ARM gets the love it deserves and we can start running x86 apps on laptops with insane battery life