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Linux users will benefit the use of these chips but Windows users will have to understand what it means to use arm as a processor. Most windows users will not a

• jraph 3y ago
  > Linux users will benefit the use of these chips But will the Linux kernel be locked forever at a specific version because it was heavily forked by Qualcomm to make it work with this chipset, and will the chipset require a lot of proprietary blobs, like in the Android world? I would very much like to have a power-efficient and powerful laptop, but this would reduce a lot my enthusiasm for such laptop powered by this chipset.
  • bestouff 3y ago
    If it wasn't it wouldn't be Qualcomm. Come on, do you know one current Snapdragon phone with a totally upstreamed kernel ? Or even a not-so-recent phone (say less than 5 years old) ? Or even an ancient phone ? Nope. So how do you think your "Snapdragon X Elite" laptop will work under Linux ? Well it won't.
    • wilsonnb3 3y ago
      Correct me if I am wrong but Qualcomms previous high end laptop chip, the 8cx Gen 3, is supported in the regular Linux kernel. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.20-SoCs-8cx-Gen3-Arm https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-5.20-SoCs-8cx-Gen3-Arm
      • bestouff 3y ago
        Not everything works but yes, you're right it's better now than last time I had a look: https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X13s https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/X13s
• sneed_chucker 3y ago
  I've not used it personally, but the current Windows 10/11 ARM64 releases come with a Rosetta-like comparability layer for both 64 and 32 bit x86 application binaries and I've heard pretty good things about it.