News We’ve just benchmarked the first Snapdragon X Elite laptops — Apple and Intel are on notice

[admin]

The first Snapdragon X Elite laptops have arrived, and our testing shows Qualcomm's performance and battery life claims are legit.

We’ve just benchmarked the first Snapdragon X Elite laptops — Apple and Intel are on notice : Read more

 

[abufrejoval]

I wonder if you could provide some details on configurability and setup:

1. Do these machines use an UEFI boot?
2. Is there something like a BIOS which allows adjusting major settings such as
   • deactivate NPU, CPU cores, ports
   • deactivate secure boot e.g. to enable Linux or import custom keys
   • change the boot order and boot from USB or network
   • adjust cTDP settings e.g. for silent mode?
3. Do they enforce Bitlocker or can it be disabled (e.g. for easier transport/swap/copy of NVMe drives)?
4. Does Windows run virtualized (HVCI) for security/hardening, is Hyper-V supported already and WSL working?
5. Any idea if tagged memory extensions are turned on and used by Windows OS and major components?
6. What's TME look like for MS Office and browsers?
7. Can you confirm ARM 8.7 and report the supported optional ISA extensions?
8. Driver support for USB/TB Ethernet NICs?
9. Driver support for USB4/TB docks, IP over TB?
10. Alt-DP tests, available resolutions, refresh rates (variable for monitors?), chaining

 

[Golakhs7]

Looks like paid content..Microsoft took 4 years to respond but in meantime while stock sky rocketed with GenAI with no revenue. That's MSFT smartness to divert the real problem with new hype till they catchup

 

[schwaggins]

Do you think we haven't seen the YouTube videos showing how awful these things currently run?
It's going to take YEARS of software/driver updates before it's up to scratch It's a mess.

Saying Qualcomms performance & battery life claims are legit is just absurd at this point