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New Snapdragon 845-based Chromebook is on the way. > It comes as Microsoft continues its work with Qualcomm to optimize Windows for devices powered by Qualcomm
by snaky 8y ago
New Snapdragon 845-based Chromebook is on the way.
> It comes as Microsoft continues its work with Qualcomm to optimize Windows for devices powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, including the forthcoming Snapdragon 850, which Samsung used for its first Arm-based Windows 10 laptop. So it appears there is some momentum behind the concept.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/arm-on-windows-10-chromebooks-can-its-new-chips-challenge-intel-on-desktop/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/arm-on-windows-10-chromebooks-...
- KozmoNau7 8y agoI think ARM could be a viable contender in the low-power laptop segment, kinda maybe possibly. However, I used to own a Tegra K1-based Chromebook, and that thing was sl-o-o-o-o-o-o-w, and it only got worse with successive updates. I'm not really optimistic when it comes to performance, absent highly-optimized apps. The state of Firefox and Chrome doesn't really fill me with confidence.
- snaky 8y agoThe state of Firefox and Chrome shows more than anything else that the many cores is good thing and especially that RAM size is the king actually. Modern smartphones with 6 and 8 GB of RAM make a difference.