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Re:Googlebook by lern_too_spel on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:43PM (#48114265)
Kompanio Ultra Chromebooks are faster and have a touch screen for use as a tablet or developing mobile-friendly apps. No point in a MacBook Air.
Re:Googlebook by Shekelphile on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @05:08PM (#48114594)
> Kompanio Ultra Chromebooks are faster

Lol. There is zero chance the low end mobile phone SoC shipped in those is remotely as fast as a six year old M1. Even flagship SoCs from qualcomm and samsung still do not exceed it's performance yet.

Re:Googlebook by Marsymars on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:42PM (#48116026)
> Lol. There is zero chance the low end mobile phone SoC shipped in those is remotely as fast as a six year old M1.

Go look up some benchmarks, the Kompanio Ultra 910 is very comparable in speed to the Apple M1.

It's not really a "low end mobile phone SoC" - it's a Chromebook-specific chip with Cortex-X925 and Cortex-X4 cores.

Cortex-C1-based SoCs are faster but only available in phones to date, which gives them less thermal room.

Anecdotally, I own both an M1 and a Kompanio Ultra 910 device, and they feel subjectively very similar from a performance standpoint.

Re:Googlebook by lern_too_spel on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @08:34PM (#48116433)
You're right. It's faster. It's an M2 class chip.
Re:Googlebook by whyagaindavid on Thursday May 14, 2026 @05:55AM (#48133200)
What the cost of these Kompanio Ultra 910 based chromebooks? like > $800?
Re:Googlebook by lern_too_spel on Friday May 15, 2026 @03:00PM (#48152479)
$700 MSRP.