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So the new pro-level laptop from MS+QCOM (they are bragging of the specs of the one with Snapdragon X Elite chip which starts at $1,500) and ships in a month be
by dmitrygr 2y ago
So the new pro-level laptop from MS+QCOM (they are bragging of the specs of the one with Snapdragon X Elite chip which starts at $1,500) and ships in a month beats last year's entry-level mac, which starts at $999 and has been shipping for a year?
- iknowstuff 2y agowhile using more power ;)
- hinkley 2y agoIf they ship on time they might get four months before Apple has a faster machine. And the last six weeks to two months of that, people will likely wait and see (if they consider anything from MS at all that is).
- Espressosaurus 2y agoIs anybody swapping ecosystems based on one-off specifications? That seems incredibly foolhardy. Platforms are sticky.
- hinkley 2y agoFirst rule of marketing is people buy a story, not a product. If people are bailing it could be the new competition is that compelling, or it could be that your customers have been looking to jump ship and this product was compelling enough to tip them over.
- dmitrygr 2y agoApple already has much faster machines - the pro line...
- D13Fd 2y agoMuch as I love to bash MS, in this instance the M3 MacBook was announced March 4, so it’s not last year’s product.
- vitorgrs 2y agoThe one who starts at 999 is MacBooks M2. In this case, Surface Laptop with X Plus also beats M2 and starts at the same price.
- MengerSponge 2y agoSeriously. I'm already a little annoyed that Apple has moved away from "and you can buy it today", but at least they're way ahead still.
- mananaysiempre 2y agoWhat does it matter what it starts at? The 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD model of the Macbook Air is $1400 with an M2 and $1500 with an M3 (on the Apple website). The preorder price for the Surface Laptop with the same configuration is $1200 with a Snapdragon X Plus and $1400 with a Snapdragon X Elite (on the Microsoft website).