This'll probably be really unpopular, but the price wouldn't seem that crazy to me if that laptop met the advertised battery performance. Notebookcheck shows that the processor doesn't come anywhere near what is advertised in any of their use-case scenarios, even playing video or web browsing. It seems to lose in power efficiency to M1 and to an equivalent device using an AMD 6000 U series processor (Link). The laptop's peak performance lags its competitors, too. I also think they need options above FHD+.
In order to punch above other laptop prices, it just needs to win somewhere IMO, but it's very respectable, and maybe it'll improve with driver and software updates. The successor to its 8cx Gen3 is rumored to be 8P+4E which is a huge improvement over existing 4P+4E, and maybe architectural improvements will get it over those humps.
I personally wish we had more major competitors in the ARM space than Qualcomm and Apple.
In order to punch above other laptop prices, it just needs to win somewhere IMO, but it's very respectable, and maybe it'll improve with driver and software updates. The successor to its 8cx Gen3 is rumored to be 8P+4E which is a huge improvement over existing 4P+4E, and maybe architectural improvements will get it over those humps.
I personally wish we had more major competitors in the ARM space than Qualcomm and Apple.
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