Qualcomm says Windows ARM PCs worth buying in 2024

While Apple’s silicon-powered MacBooks are already available and enjoying remarkable success, ARM-powered Windows machines have yet to take off. According to Qualcomm, the manufacturer of the Snapdragon chips that power most of these devices, they will finally become popular from 2024.

Lors d’une conférence téléphonique sur les résultats, le PDG de Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon, a déclaré que “nous prévoyons un point d’inflexion pour Windows sur les PC Snapdragon en 2024, sur la base d’un à nombre important de conceptions ga Today.” Snapdragon chips are getting better and better on Windows, and more and more OEMs are committing to using these chips in their PCs. So Qualcomm believes that users will finally start taking a serious interest in Snapdragon PCs as an alternative to Intel/AMD PCs. In a few years.

Windows PCs running the ARM operating system, such as the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Snapdragon and Surface Pro ARM, have been around for several years, and while they have improved, they had many early limitations. And they still need a lot to improve. Their success also depends on the willingness of third-party apps to properly support them. Although there is a compatibility layer for running x86 software, it has never been so good.

ARM chips may be the future, though. While x86 processors are still dominant, ARM chips are able to offer benefits in power consumption, battery life, connectivity, and even performance if they are designed well — just see how Apple does. ; It currently comes with its own M-series chipset.

We’ll have to see how ARM PCs work in 2023 and 2024, but if Macs can do it, why can’t Windows PCs?

Source: log