Qualcomm is announcing its first eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will feature in a new Asus Vivobook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 that’ll retail for $899 each.
Qualcomm launched its first big wave of Windows laptops this summer for $999 and up, but a new, somewhat weaker chip could soon shave off at least $100. Today, the company is announcing its first eight-core Snapdragon X Plus chips, which will feature in a new Asus Vivobook S 15 and Dell Inspiron 14 that’ll retail for $899 each. Acer, HP, Lenovo, Samsung also have new Snapdragon X Plus laptops starting today.
Would you want to save money this way? I could definitely see it for entry-level laptop buyers, particularly if you’re actually saving $400, as the case might be for the Asus Vivobook S 15. That laptop originally cost $1,300 with the 12-core chip, but it’s just $900 with the eight-core, despite featuring the same big 70 watt-hour battery and 3K 120Hz OLED screen. The only other obvious sacrifice is half the storage, as you’ll get 512GB instead of 1TB.
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