Qualcomm's latest chipset could be the answer needed by Microsoft and its partners to catch up to Apple's ARM laptops powered by Apple Silicon.
Since the launch of Apple Silicon and the M1-powered MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, the Windows ecosystem has been working hard to catch up to Apple ’s ARM laptops. Qualcomm ’s latest chipset could be the answer needed by Microsoft and its partners.When Apple Silicon’s M1 chipset debuted on the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air in 2020, it represented a generational jump in desk-bound computing.
The move away from Intel’s x86 platform to Apple’s own ARM-based platform offered significant advantages over the Windows-based competition and older Intel MacBook laptops. The new MacBooks offered a notable increase in performance compared to similarly specced laptops at the same price. The battery life was extended and could be maintained even when higher performance was demanded. And, of course, Apple ensured that an emulation layer allowed users to run x86-based apps without any lag impacting the experience. There was no immediate response to match Apple’s advance from the competitio
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