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First Impressions: Lenovo T14s with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 CPU

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213 points cnst | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 20:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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wslh ◴[15 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42151625[source]▶
I always ask about battery consumption... Apple seems to be on another galaxy right now. I decided to stop waiting and installed Parallels to run Ubuntu there... I really wish the best for Asahi Linux.
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1. jeroenhd ◴[16 Nov 24 09:50 UTC] No.42155551[source]▶
Based on the reviews I've seen, Snapdragon + Windows seems to equal to the M3 generation of Apple ARM laptops in terms of longevity and performance (both devices winning and losing some benchmarks). Snapdragon didn't pull off their promises of consistently beating Apple, but they're extremely close, for a much lower price.

If Qualcomm continues to actually work on Linux, rather than let enthusiasts do all of the work for them like Apple, I think ARM on Linux is going to be all Qualcomm with Macs yet again being a second citizen in the Linux world. For Windows, it's already a choice of "do I want to be forced into using Windows for a couple hundred dollars of savings".