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Re:Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs by thewebguyd on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:38PM (#48426605)
They burned me with the first gen Snapdragon X Elite. Before the various laptops with it were out they promised Linux support. Here we are, years alter, still no fully OOTB support. Ironically, the GPU firmware were just mainlined in the kernel 4 months ago, but they still haven't done the same for the 1st gen X elite.

Tuxedo computers tried and didn't succeed either.

I will never buy Qualcomm again. I avoid them on phones as well by just buying Apple. They do not support their hardware beyond the release.

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Re:Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs by jeroenhd on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:50PM (#48426716)
> I avoid them on phones as well by just buying Apple

To each their own, but I don't recall Apple ever mainlining any of their drivers on Linux. You're rightfully angry on the laptop side of things, but Apple is much worse than Qualcomm when it comes to open source support for their phones.

Qualcomm probably shouldn't have promised Linux support in the first place. Everyone seems to love Apple's hardware even though you're practically stuck with macOS. Had Qualcomm just stuck to Windows-only, they would've probably received a much better reception by the tech press.

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Re:Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs by mlinhares on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:56PM (#48426781)
Apple doesn’t sell general purpose computers outside of their own hardware so this doesn’t make any sense.
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Re:Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs by izacus on Sunday June 07, 2026 @05:17AM (#48433189)
It makes absolutely the same amount of sense as the original critique - you just prefer to defend one bad actor because you like the brand.
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Re:Nvidia is proposing a beast of a CPU system for Windows PCs by dismalaf on Saturday June 06, 2026 @12:52PM (#48426736)
At least Apple tells you they don't support anything except their own OS, Qualcomm just pretends to offer support.
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