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Asus, HP, and Lenovo are all planning to introduce Snapdragon Mobile PC systems at some unspecified time in the future, for some unspecified price. In othe

Asus, HP, and Lenovo are all planning to introduce Snapdragon Mobile PC systems at some unspecified time in the future, for some unspecified price. In other news, today at the Vaporware Expo every computer manufacturer announced plans to release a new device featuring unspecified hardware at some unspecified time in the future for an unspecified price.

johnhattan 9y ago
My first impression was "Oh great. The only thing we'll ever see from this is a bunch of luxurious overpriced Surface-branded hardware." At least if they're sharing the spec with other manufacturers, we'll possibly get some reasonably priced hardware. Myself, I'm crossing my fingers for some Raspberry Pi-class machines that'll work with this.
- my123 9y ago
  It's publicly leaked and runs on any UEFI+ACPI ARM64 hardware.
  - wyldfire 9y ago
    Can you refer us to more details?
    - my123 9y ago
      https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172&start=25 https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172... Read the whole thread for instructions.
  - dis-sys 9y ago
    that just made my day! wondering what hacks are required to boot and run windows server on a phone.
    - bobsam 9y ago
      Well if it is even remotely possible, you can probably find someone at XDA already working on it.
      - my123 9y ago
        https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172&start=25 https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172... Windows on ARM64 is very flexible actually...
paulftw 9y ago
Any threats to Intel's (almost?) monopoly on laptops/desktops is a good thing.
- phoenix3200 9y ago
  It really is just a threat though. These companies use the appearance of a competitor to extract cheaper pricing from their suppliers. If anyone is expecting better than Netbook performance, they're probably out of their mind.
  - paulftw 9y ago
    Yes, but how many people really need better than netbook performance? Most knowledge workers only need email, excel and web browser. SaaS is eating desktop. Modern smartphone is capable of 3d games and even VR. Dropping prices temporarily until a newcomer is strangled is something we've heard of in the past, but this time the competitor has a huge and growing mobile market, so the threat and lower prices are likely to stay around for a long time.
    - mbel 9y ago
      > Yes, but how many people really need better than netbook performance? With current super bloated state of the web, Electron apps and other disasters? Probably all of them.
- albeva 9y ago
  Competition yes, but I'd prefer from AMD rather than a different CPU architecture.
  - paulftw 9y ago
    Putting out two fires simultaneously means fewer resources are spent on each individual one. I could even fantasize about a scenario where Intel: "if you launch an ARM laptop we'll raise our prices" Microsoft: "fine, we will switch to AMD"
  - 9y ago
cwyers 9y ago
They've done live demos of this on actual hardware, just hardware too ugly to ship.
andrewf 9y ago
Yeah, yawn, I've been reading this every month for the past 18 months. Tell me where and when I can buy something.

johnhattan 9y ago

My first impression was "Oh great. The only thing we'll ever see from this is a bunch of luxurious overpriced Surface-branded hardware." At least if they're sharing the spec with other manufacturers, we'll possibly get some reasonably priced hardware. Myself, I'm crossing my fingers for some Raspberry Pi-class machines that'll work with this.

my123 9y ago
It's publicly leaked and runs on any UEFI+ACPI ARM64 hardware.
- wyldfire 9y ago
  Can you refer us to more details?
  - my123 9y ago
    https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172&start=25 https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172... Read the whole thread for instructions.
- dis-sys 9y ago
  that just made my day! wondering what hacks are required to boot and run windows server on a phone.
  - bobsam 9y ago
    Well if it is even remotely possible, you can probably find someone at XDA already working on it.
    - my123 9y ago
      https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172&start=25 https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=37172... Windows on ARM64 is very flexible actually...

paulftw 9y ago

Any threats to Intel's (almost?) monopoly on laptops/desktops is a good thing.

phoenix3200 9y ago
It really is just a threat though. These companies use the appearance of a competitor to extract cheaper pricing from their suppliers. If anyone is expecting better than Netbook performance, they're probably out of their mind.
- paulftw 9y ago
  Yes, but how many people really need better than netbook performance? Most knowledge workers only need email, excel and web browser. SaaS is eating desktop. Modern smartphone is capable of 3d games and even VR. Dropping prices temporarily until a newcomer is strangled is something we've heard of in the past, but this time the competitor has a huge and growing mobile market, so the threat and lower prices are likely to stay around for a long time.
  - mbel 9y ago
    > Yes, but how many people really need better than netbook performance? With current super bloated state of the web, Electron apps and other disasters? Probably all of them.
albeva 9y ago
Competition yes, but I'd prefer from AMD rather than a different CPU architecture.
- paulftw 9y ago
  Putting out two fires simultaneously means fewer resources are spent on each individual one. I could even fantasize about a scenario where Intel: "if you launch an ARM laptop we'll raise our prices" Microsoft: "fine, we will switch to AMD"
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cwyers 9y ago

They've done live demos of this on actual hardware, just hardware too ugly to ship.

andrewf 9y ago

Yeah, yawn, I've been reading this every month for the past 18 months. Tell me where and when I can buy something.