Oh Dell, Windows and Qualcomm. I’d rather cut my hands off and shove the bloody stumps in a bag of salt. Have had nothing but trouble with all of them over the years.
Modem standby 0.3W?? I don't think CPU change alone will make these devices super-efficient.<p>And why is web browsing such a battery sink? Are they using an old version of edge? Is it full of random extensions??<p>By the way, 15 minutes into a thread about CPUs and discussion has not yet been hijacked by the fans of "that other company". Maybe HN is improving?
Most probably this will be Microsoft's response to Chromebooks in the classroom. Same concept but integrated with Microsoft Office, Outlook and whatever, something many schools are using on their Chromebooks already.<p>The entire shtick of Windows is it's userbase and app library on x86. Porting your app to Android tablets makes more sense than porting to Windows on ARM, and developing a PWA web app makes more sense than that. Power-user apps (including games) will definitely stay on Windows x86 for now, with Linux x86 being it's primary alternative.<p>This product will likely be for users who just use a web browser and want integration with Microsoft services with that, so mainly the educational field.
I pray for a Linux on a Dell XPS 13 with the battery duration of a MacBook Air 13/14" (and solid, without a fan). I Don't care too much about the raw power but something that doesn't feel slow.
We really are doing this "AI PC" thing I guess?<p>I was really hoping we would just... not. Not looking forward to those ads being all over showing gimmick that most probably don't want. Hopefully we don't start seeing "AI PC Ready" parts for custom builds.<p>Hopefully the LTSC version of Windows 11 doesn't have any of this crap in it.<p>Also great, so the hardware will be fine. Still not convinced Microsoft can pull off ARM in any meaningful way compared to Apple. I highly doubt the entire PC market will switch over anytime soon unlike Mac.
>Dell is planning to refresh its XPS 13 Plus from 2022, with a touch bar on the top row of the keyboard and only two USB-C ports for I/O.<p>If I wanted a Macbook I would get a Macbook instead of some frankenstein knockoff that can't run neither Win32 nor Mac.