Arm race: Apple’s M3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite
In some corners of the laptop market, the PC versus Mac war is firing up again. Apple reignited the flames by including broad comparisons to PC laptops in its marketing for the M1 and subsequent…
In some corners of the laptop market, the PC versus Mac war is firing up again. Apple reignited the flames by including broad comparisons to PC laptops in its marketing for the M1 and subsequent…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Well built Built-in wireless Qi charger Can handle larger laptops Cons Slow 7.5W charging for iPhones No power adapter included Our Verdict The Alogic Elite Power Laptop Stand is…
Today marks a historic day for the Dell XPS 13: it’s the first Dell XPS 13 notebook without an Intel chip inside. But no, it isn’t an AMD Ryzen chip. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite powers…
Today might be the coming-out party for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips and a sizeable number of laptop partners, but Intel wants to remind you that it will reveal its next-gen Core Ultra mobile chips,…
I’m an Olympic gold-medal trash talker — on the level of the best NBA haters raining 280-character S*&T talk on X.com micro-seconds after your team’s tearful exit from the play-in (sniff, go Warriors). Example: When…
For too long, PCs with Snapdragon Arm chips inside of them have been a mixed bag: some native apps run well, but others have stuttered and hung if they weren’t coded correctly. Those days may…
Qualcomm is now breaking down exactly how fast each of its new Snapdragon X Elite and Plus Arm processors are…but with a list of chips and a product number decoder that is virtually impenetrable to…
When Qualcomm showed off its benchmarks of its new Snapdragon X Elite chips last October, there was one flaw in its argument: Qualcomm was comparing the new Snapdragon platform to Intel’s older 13th-gen Core chips.…
One of the biggest knocks on Windows on Arm PCs powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chips has been how well applications run. Natively coded apps run just fine, but apps written for traditional X86 processors (read:…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros 3:2 aspect ratio display Great typing experience Snappy performance Cons Expensive Trackpad offers weak haptic feedback Battery life is just okay Our Verdict The HP Elite Dragonfly Chromebook offers…