They started at $1,000. Then $700. Then $600 budget machines. Now, Qualcomm says the price of its Arm-based Windows laptops will hit $300 this year. Even though RAMageddon has yet to subside and PC prices keep climbing, the company says it's built a new budget laptop platform called Snapdragon C - "...
They started at $1,000. Then $700. Then $600 budget machines. Now, Qualcomm says the price of its Arm-based Windows laptops will hit $300 this year.
Even though RAMageddon has yet to subside and PC prices keep climbing, the company says it's built a new budget laptop platform called Snapdragon C - "C" as in "Compute" - to keep entry-level laptops affordable.
"With Snapdragon C, we are raising the bar for what budget-conscious laptop buyers should expect," Qualcomm senior director of product management Mandar Deshpande told journalists on a conference call. "You get the benefits of a responsive system, lag-free performance, browsing, video …
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