Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by gripfx » Wed, May 15, 2024, 10:33 AM UTC

Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips
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Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by daghamm » Wed, May 15, 2024, 10:53 AM UTC

Modem standby 0.3W?? I don't think CPU change alone will make these devices super-efficient.

And why is web browsing such a battery sink? Are they using an old version of edge? Is it full of random extensions??

By the way, 15 minutes into a thread about CPUs and discussion has not yet been hijacked by the fans of "that other company". Maybe HN is improving?

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by askonomm » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:04 AM UTC

daghamm wrote: post #2

Modem standby 0.3W?? I don't think CPU change alone will make these devices super-efficient. And why is web browsing such a battery sink? Are they using an old version of edge? Is it full of random extensions?? By the way, 15 minutes into a thread about CPUs and discussion has not yet been hijacked by the fans of "that other company". Maybe HN is improving?

What are some good long battery life Windows laptops currently on market? I wouldn't need 20 hours (like macbooks have), but I'd like to get an entire work day without charging and my current experience with Windows laptops is that they last maybe 3-4 hours. Though I've also only owned mid-tier devices, so maybe that is only exclusive to top tier, not sure.

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by Dalewyn » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:08 AM UTC

>Dell is planning to refresh its XPS 13 Plus from 2022, with a touch bar on the top row of the keyboard and only two USB-C ports for I/O.

If I wanted a Macbook I would get a Macbook instead of some frankenstein knockoff that can't run neither Win32 nor Mac.

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by LM358 » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:15 AM UTC

Dalewyn wrote: post #4

>Dell is planning to refresh its XPS 13 Plus from 2022, with a touch bar on the top row of the keyboard and only two USB-C ports for I/O. If I wanted a Macbook I would get a Macbook instead of some frankenstein knockoff that can't run neither Win32 nor Mac.

Yeah I find this very strange as well. Isn't this more or less exactly what Apple did 6-7 years ago which was almost universally hated?

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by daghamm » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:16 AM UTC

askonomm wrote: post #3

daghamm wrote: post #2

Modem standby 0.3W?? I don't think CPU change alone will make these devices super-efficient. And why is web browsing such a battery sink? Are they using an old version of edge? Is it full of random extensions?? By the way, 15 minutes into a thread about CPUs and discussion has not yet been hijacked by the fans of "that other company". Maybe HN is improving?

What are some good long battery life Windows laptops currently on market? I wouldn't need 20 hours (like macbooks have), but I'd like to get an entire work day without charging and my current experience with Windows laptops is that they last maybe 3-4 hours. Though I've also only owned mid-tier devices, so maybe that is only exclusive to top tier, not sure.

I had have 18hrs windows RT laptops, but those were otherwise useless.

A newer Microsoft surface gives you 13-16 hours depending on the model and HP, Dell and Lenovo have slim-ish laptopts in the 11-14 hrs range

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by cjk2 » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:16 AM UTC

Oh Dell, Windows and Qualcomm. I’d rather cut my hands off and shove the bloody stumps in a bag of salt. Have had nothing but trouble with all of them over the years.

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by bingbingbing777 » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:17 AM UTC

Dalewyn wrote: post #4

>Dell is planning to refresh its XPS 13 Plus from 2022, with a touch bar on the top row of the keyboard and only two USB-C ports for I/O. If I wanted a Macbook I would get a Macbook instead of some frankenstein knockoff that can't run neither Win32 nor Mac.

Mac and Win32 aren't operating systems.

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by SushiHippie » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:18 AM UTC

askonomm wrote: post #3

daghamm wrote: post #2

Modem standby 0.3W?? I don't think CPU change alone will make these devices super-efficient. And why is web browsing such a battery sink? Are they using an old version of edge? Is it full of random extensions?? By the way, 15 minutes into a thread about CPUs and discussion has not yet been hijacked by the fans of "that other company". Maybe HN is improving?

What are some good long battery life Windows laptops currently on market? I wouldn't need 20 hours (like macbooks have), but I'd like to get an entire work day without charging and my current experience with Windows laptops is that they last maybe 3-4 hours. Though I've also only owned mid-tier devices, so maybe that is only exclusive to top tier, not sure.

https://www.rtings.com/laptop/tools/table/137729

Re: Dell leak details next-gen Windows on Arm chips

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Post by tambourine_man » Wed, May 15, 2024, 11:22 AM UTC

Dalewyn wrote: post #4

>Dell is planning to refresh its XPS 13 Plus from 2022, with a touch bar on the top row of the keyboard and only two USB-C ports for I/O. If I wanted a Macbook I would get a Macbook instead of some frankenstein knockoff that can't run neither Win32 nor Mac.

Maybe one of those projects that get delayed so much that, when it finally ships, the industry (Apple) has moved to another direction.

And it’s not like Apple is a fast moving target is that regard. It took them a long time to fix the MacBook Pro and they did a number of years ago.