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Microsoft’s Surface Pro X Goes Full Batman
From the moment I opened up the Surface Pro X, I got the sense that Microsoft had entered a new chapter for its homegrown hardware. Gone are the huge bezels and hard edges found on the company’s previous detachables, and in their place you something that’s sleek and sophisticated, unlike anything Microsoft has made before.…
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The Snapdragon 8cx Is Qualcomm’s First Purpose-Built Chip For Laptops
Thanks to the Windows on Snapdragon initiative, Qualcomm has been dabbling in the laptop processor business for about a year now. And while systems like the ASUS Nova Go and Samsung Galaxy Book 2 have their share of flaws, those laptops demonstrated the potential benefits of ARM-based chips through things like seriously good battery lives,…
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ARM Reveals Cortex-A76 CPU, Boasts ‘Laptop-Class Performance’
The ARM name is synonymous with mobile hardware, with Apple’s latest and greatest gadgets featuring processors based on the chipmaker’s designs. However, ARM has slowly been making inroads into the notebook market and with its newest CPU, the Cortex-A76, the company believes its got enough game to take on the likes of Intel and AMD.
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We’re Entering A New Era Of Portable Windows PCs
At long last Microsoft will make it possible to run Windows 10 on cheap low-powered PCs (like rinky-dink tablets) as well as on smartphones. For years, Microsoft has struggled to bring the full Windows experience to ultra-portable devices that run low-power chips that can’t handle the beefy OS. Previous attempts were paltry at best. That’s…