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A comment on Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC?.

Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by wongarsu on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:12AM (#33161891)
There's the Thinkpad X13s.

Technically a laptop and not a desktop PC, but the strengths of ARM are much more apparent in power and heat constrained mobile settings. As long as ARM hasn't even gained a solid foothold in laptops (outside Apple), what's the point of putting it in a form factor where it will be even less attractive.

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadx/th...

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Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by rjzzleep on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:48AM (#33162174)
That thing has less than half the single thread speed the M1 does for the same price. I'm not sure anyone should point to that SoC.
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Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC? by kreetx on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:55AM (#33162221)
Searched for how performant these chips (Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 SC8280XP) were and summary is that they're okay: similar to Intel's i5-1130G7, but no match for Apple's M1.[1]

[1] https://www.androidauthority.com/snapdragon-8cx-gen-3-intel-...

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