Qualcomm's 18-Core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Dominates in First Benchmarks

Oof. Those demo laptops appear to have the same "Seamless Glass Touchpad" design as recent premium laptops from Dell[0]. Personally I would never buy a laptop with this feature and I hope it does not catch on with the Snapdragon X2 series.

Side Tangent: I sencerely hope this trend does not catch on, because as someone who touch types (i.e., both palms on the laptop and fingers resting on home row), I strongly view the "seamless" trackpad as an anti-feature. They are far too easily to accidentally activate, leading to unpredictable things happening when trying to type anything on your computer. I have one of these XPS models from work, and despite it's other advantages, that one design choice holds it back so much. I have to talk about how horrible this design choice is every time I see it, because if product managers don't realize the mistake they're making by adding it to their laptops, then touch typists will be doomed.

[0] https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-us/videos/videoplay...

I already love my Snapdragon X1 Plus laptop, but it's great for Windows on ARM to see such big improvements year-over-year.

It really is the best version of Windows if you don't game: the performance is great, no issues with legacy software, and the battery life (especially in standby!) is impressive.