Qualcomm Bringing Snapdragon X Series To Mini PCs For As Little As ~$600 USD

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  • ezst036
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    Originally posted by lu_tze View Post

    Doubt it. Intel NUCs sold like hot cakes exactly to such audience, so Intel didn't bother with Windows license (only some kits came with it). Intel machines are not only cheaper, they are also already well-known quality-wise, while Qualcomm offering may be still hiding potential surprises.
    What makes you think there was not significant demand for Linux support on Intel NUC devices - which being Intel based, they already came pre-capable of much support before ever reaching the market?

    Intel did not start from ground zero with the NUC in terms of Linux support the way Qualcomm is indeed starting from ground zero.

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  • ferry
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    Back to the subject: I would say the future of Arm with Linux looks brighter than Arm with Windows.

    But, like a PC without ACPI is worthless, so is a Arm box.

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  • qarium
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    Originally posted by sophisticles View Post
    This is so stupid it hurts to read it.
    I have one account, this one.
    Newsflash for you, it is possible for more than one person to have a certain opinion or view point.
    I don't conclude that every Linux apologist is the same person using different accounts, so why do you conclude that anyone espousing free market ideals must be same person with different accounts?
    Do us all a favor by imitating a turkey and get stuffed.
    i am 100% sure you only have one account and i am sure HEL88' is a different user.
    i am very good in text analysis in the meaning to detect different persons...
    but as you say some people believe that many people can not have the same opinion

    the complete opposite is the case that people have a unique opinion is really the rare exception​...

    so we have the complete opposite problem that we only have rare exceptions of unique opinions and we have the problem that large groups do have the same opinion and these groups spam the forum...

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  • sophisticles
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    Originally posted by highball View Post
    It's HEL88's other account. What else would you expect. Best to just ignore him.
    This is so stupid it hurts to read it.

    I have one account, this one.

    Newsflash for you, it is possible for more than one person to have a certain opinion or view point.

    I don't conclude that every Linux apologist is the same person using different accounts, so why do you conclude that anyone espousing free market ideals must be same person with different accounts?

    Do us all a favor by imitating a turkey and get stuffed.

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  • Shagga, Son of Dolf
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    Originally posted by sophisticles View Post

    Qualcomm is a Platinum member of the Linux Foundation:

    Linux Foundation members help support the development of shared technology resources while accelerating their own innovation through open source.


    Platinum membership costs 500k a year and Qualcomm is a regular contributor to the Linux kernel.
    Who cares if they have a long history of keeping a lot of their drivers closed source, so that many Android phones using their chips become either e-waste or a security risk after a few years. That fact does not got away just because they insert some few coins in a box. I am looking forward to more ARM devices. But I certainly won't buy anything using Qualcomm.

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  • Jabberwocky
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    Originally posted by loganj View Post
    Michael you should put quota to As Little As
    I came here for this. Since there's no more likes I'm commenting +1

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  • Eumaios
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    Originally posted by sophisticles View Post
    Qualcomm is a Platinum member of the Linux Foundation . . . Platinum membership costs 500k a year and Qualcomm is a regular contributor to the Linux kernel.

    . . .

    2) There is no significant demand in the market for Linux support on these devices.
    Very good points! To your possibility (2), could it be a vicious circle? Because these devices don't early support Linux, Linux users don't buy them, so there's no market demand for Linix support on those devices, etc. Personally, I'd love to own a Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition; I think it's a beautiful machine.

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  • Anon'ym'
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    Originally posted by sophisticles View Post

    Qualcomm is a Platinum member of the Linux Foundation:

    2) There is no significant demand in the market for Linux support on these devices.

    I tend to favor the second possibility, the free market usually decides what gets adopted and what doesn't.
    Market decides nothing.
    They one who makes market.

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  • Sonadow
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    600 USD can easily net an i7-grade (or its AMD equivalent) mini PC on Amazon or AliExpress that plays nice with both Windows and Linux.

    At this price, might as well save up more and go straight for a new Mac Mini which will see at least 6 to 8 years of guaranteed macOS compatibility.

    Hard pass. Qualcomm clearly has no real interest in the desktop / laptop PC market. They are really only interested with putting their ARM SoCs in mobiles and embedded appliances. Even Microsoft allegedly got royally PO-ed working with Qualcomm to get the Snapdragon SoCs playing nice with UEFI and ACPI on Windows.
    Last edited by Sonadow; 06 January 2025, 08:50 PM.

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  • highball
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    Originally posted by carguello2 View Post

    This is it.
    It's HEL88's other account. What else would you expect. Best to just ignore him.

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