With Copilot+ PC, Microsoft shifts the marketing of Windows 11 on Arm from efficiency and uptime to AI. I think that’s a mistake: this platform offers a unique combination of performance, efficiency, and battery life in thin and light laptops, which greatly undermines the long-standing advantages of the Apple Silicon-based MacBook Air. In fact, the … Read more
Ed Bott/ZDNET The Windows PC industry has been in a rut over the past decade. Microsoft and its OEM partners routinely ship a batch of new devices every year, usually based on incremental speed increases for Intel CPUs. If you buy this year’s model, you’ll get slightly better battery life and a modest performance boost … Read more
Copilot+ PCs are a huge deal for Microsoft, Windows, and the manufacturers that make them. By all accounts, the Snapdragon X Elite chip that powers most of the new breed is astonishingly good, and by and large, those on our team who have started testing have been impressed. But hardware is only part of the … Read more
I was very excited when my Surface Laptop pre-order arrived two days ago, as I’ve been eager to try out these Arm-based, Snapdragon X-powered, Copilot Plus PCs (or whatever you want to call them) since the chipset was first announced in late 2023. It sounds too good to be true to combine the battery-friendly, AI-ready … Read more
Laptops with Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus have arrived. As the first Microsoft Copilot+ PCs, these machines not only promise to perform AI-driven tasks locally, but should also have excellent battery life. Microsoft has tried Arm-based computers before, but these new devices could actually find success — and perhaps challenge Apple’s M-series Macs. … Read more
Today marks the launch of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs, marking the beginning of the Microsoft Copilot+ AI PC era. The first Microsoft Copilot+ AI PCs are here! And Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X CPUs are driving the new era Ever since Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon X Elite CPUs for Windows AI PCs, they have taken the market … Read more
A participant in the Copilot+PC demo room on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, USA, … [+] on Monday, May 20, 2024. Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella is betting that a new generation of computers with specialized artificial intelligence chips and faster performance will end the long-running rivalry between Windows PCs and Apple Inc.’s Mac. … Read more
What you need to know ASUS announced new AI PCs from its Zenbook, Vivobook, ROG Zephyrus and TUF Gaming lineups at Computex 2024. The laptops are powered by AMD’s “Zen 5” Ryzen AI 300 processors, also announced at Computex. With strong NPU performance, ASUS laptops pave the way for advanced Copilot+ AI features in Windows … Read more
What you need to know ASUS just announced three new PCs for makers that will hit the market in the second half of 2024. One of those new devices is the ProArt PZ13, a convertible PC powered by a Snapdragon X processor. The ProArt PZ13 also has a 13-inch 3K OLED display, a stand and … Read more
Microsoft’s Copilot+ initiative for super-powerful AI PCs is becoming a reality at Computex 2024. Today, AMD announced its next major chip platforms, Ryzen AI 300 for notebooks and Ryzen 9000 for desktops, which respectively target more powerful laptop AI performance and fast gaming on desktops. Notably, the Ryzen AI 300 chips feature a revamped neural … Read more