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Snapdragon X2 Elite ARM Laptop CPU

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163 points wmf | 3 comments | 24 Sep 25 22:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jasoneckert ◴[24 Sep 25 22:44 UTC] No.45366812[source]▶
As someone who has used the Snapdragon X Elite (12 core Oryon) Dev Kit as a daily driver for the past year, I find this exciting. The X Elite performance still blows my mind today - so the new X2 Elite with 18 cores is likely going to be even more impressive from a performance perspective!

I can't speak to the battery life, however, since it is dismal on my Dev Kit ;-)

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typpilol ◴[24 Sep 25 22:50 UTC] No.45366858[source]▶
How's the compatibility? Are there any apps that don't work that are critical?
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1. christopher8827 ◴[24 Sep 25 22:56 UTC] No.45366902[source]▶
Most apps for dev work actually work; - RStudio - VS Code - WSL2 - Fusion 360 - Docker

Only major exception is: - Android Studio's Emulator (although, the IDE does work)

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2. nulld3v ◴[25 Sep 25 00:43 UTC] No.45367861[source]▶
Yeah, I too was surprised to find the dev experience very good: all JetBrains IDEs work well, Visual Studio appears to work fine, and most language toolchains seem well supported.
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3. MBCook ◴[25 Sep 25 03:01 UTC] No.45368821[source]▶
JetBrains stuff (love it!) is built on Java, so I’m not terribly surprised. I don’t know how much native code there is though.

Plus they’ve been through the Apple Silicon change, so it’s not the first time they’ve been on non-x86 either.