Decent prices on the newly released Surface Snapdragon lines (both Pro and Laptops).
Posting for anyone that is looking to pick one up or try one out, PSA these are 1st generation / early adopter devices so buyer beware regarding ARM64 app compatibility.
PS these listings are valid for pricebeat with Officeworks (what I did) as the UPC's match.
this is opt in now so not on by default
Pretty sure that feature has been "recalled" and got turned into a public beta opt-in. Microsoft really shat the bed on the launch of these devices.
that being said, once the prices start coming down and/if app compatibility improves - even without all the AI stuff, this line is shaping up to be a viable alternative to Macbooks
Translation layer works pretty well from my experience
got one of those, beautiful machine and battery lasts forever
Have you run into any app compatibility issues?
Have a different model with Snapdragon X Elite; use this as a dev machine - no issues with my default VSCode + WSL2 setup.
Use Brave as a browser and their arm64 build works perfectly well. On the other hand, have gotten a few tab freezes on Microsoft Edge when trying to browse Amazon :')
When using Steam and Discord through the translation layer, works fine, but you may notice some slowness when you're hovering over the top menu in steam (for the dropdown text to appear); this also happens when hovering over profiles in Discord, but voice and video all work fine.
If you're looking to game on this, probably a 50/50 in my opinion. I mostly play indie games; most games run perfectly fine for me but some games randomly freeze :(
If you have niche applications that don't have native arm support, I probably wouldn't risk it. But if you're just a casual user (web browsing, microsoft office), this is pretty sweet as the battery does last ages.
I just wish these guys came out with something as powerful as a 14 Core M3 Pro laptops for development on a 16" screen. Would have definitely gotten one.
Microsoft wants to screen grab and recall my pornhub history - No thanks ! Do that to your employees if you like
I suggest researching before commenting. Recall is now opt in.
Not technically 1st gen, they've had windows on ARM many times, it's just always been shite, since Windows RT more than a decade ago.
It's always been about better battery life but the performance/compatibility has been poor. This iteration is better, but from looking at reviews and tests you will still run into problems so check which software you use and ensure it's compatible before you purchase.
GeneralSkunk on 18/07/2024 - 10:02 Comment score below threshold.