Acer’s First Chromebook with Snapdragon 7c Is Ultraportable, 4G LTE Equipped

Re:Acer’s First Chromebook with Snapdragon 7c Is Ultraportab... by NetBeck on Sunday October 25, 2020 @08:01AM (#24885628)

I have a feeling Google, Apple, and Microsoft are leaving AMD64 in a concerted effort. All three dominate the K-12 sector.

Microsoft has already announced support for ARM with x64 emulation last month:

"We are excited about the momentum we are seeing from app partners embracing Windows 10 on ARM, taking advantage of the power and performance benefits of Qualcomm Snapdragon processors."[1]

[1] https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/09/30/now-m...

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Re:Acer’s First Chromebook with Snapdragon 7c Is Ultraportab... by loxs on Sunday October 25, 2020 @01:59PM (#24888344)

It's probably not "concerted"... more of Google and Microsoft doing damage control because of the expected Apple ARM domination of the near future.

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Re:Acer’s First Chromebook with Snapdragon 7c Is Ultraportab... by zamadatix on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:14PM (#24889931)

Damage control of what part exactly? Are you implying they will make in house chips that go toe to toe to the A* in the near future or that Apple is going to start selling it's main hardware lead to competitors in the near future?

Without either of those it's not much of a "damage control" response as it's the same Qualcomm family of devices Google and Microsoft have been using for the last decade.

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Re:Acer’s First Chromebook with Snapdragon 7c Is Ultraportab... by fulafel on Monday October 26, 2020 @06:46AM (#24894693)

Apple's lead over Qualcomm & others in fast ARM chips should have the opposite effect, no?

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