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Microsoft Debuts Windows 10 on ARM; Asus and HP Unveil Laptops With 20-Hour Battery Life, Gigabit LTE (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the next-up dept.

Mary Jo Zoley, writing for ZDNet: A year ago, Microsoft announced it was working with its PC partners to bring Windows 10 to Qualcomm's ARM processors. The resulting machines, part of the "Always Connected PC" ecosystem, would start rolling out before the end of calendar 2017, officials said. Today, December 5, Microsoft provided a progress report on Windows on ARM at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Tech Summit. Microsoft and PC makers Asus and HP showed off new PCs running Windows 10 on Snapdragon 835 at the event. Asus' NovoGo will begin shipping at least in quantities before year-end, I've heard. Models with 4 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage will be available starting at $599, and 8GB/256 GB storage model at $799, Asus officials said today. Asus is claiming 22 hours of continuous video playback and 30 days of standby. HP's Envy x2 -- like most of the ARM-based Always Connected Windows 10 devices -- won't be available until Spring of 2018. Users can get up to 20 hours of active use and 700 hours of "Connected Modern Standby." Pricing is not yet available.

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  1. $599 for a 4GB RAM/16GB storage by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is this a bad joke? This is basically an underpowered netbook, regardless of battery life.

    Also, it comes with Windows 10S, which is essentially crippled by design. Yeah, 10 Pro is free. For now.

    Also, LTE replacing private WiFi for sensitive corporate applications? In whose dreams?

    I can buy 2-3 refurb Thinkpad X-series for the same price.

    1. Re:$599 for a 4GB RAM/16GB storage by sirxpax · · Score: 3, Insightful

      it's not compatible with all the windows x86 applications and the number of windows ARM applications is non-existent.

      Did you read the linked article at all? You must've missed the part about the WoW being extended to provide x86 emulation on ARM. Most existing Windows apps will run on it, and the emulation will be refined as they have more real-world examples of what works and what doesn't.

  2. Re:Fuck Windows 10 by 110010001000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why does everyone who is pro-Windows do "heavy video" and "photo editing"?

  3. Re:Fuck Windows 10 by OrangeTide · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm guessing you don't do heavy video or photo editing.

    It's a safe guess as most people do not. There are a thousand other jobs.

    My job requires Linux, so obviously Windows is a bad choice for me. But I am not going to apply my own requirements broadly to all people, that would be silly.

    --
    “Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
  4. "Always connected PC?" by JohnFen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Running Windows 10?

    No. Just No.