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expired Posted by citan359 | Staff • Feb 26, 2025
Feb 26, 2025 3:08 PM
Microsoft Surface Laptop 7: 13.8" IPS 120Hz Touch, Snapdragon X Elite, 16GB RAM
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The battery life is amazing. I manage a IT dept and travel to different locations. I use to lug my backpack with charger all the time. Now I have a neoprene sleeve and go for 1 night trips and can use the laptop for 2 days with no worry about charging.
We have deployed these to our traveling staff along with the Surface Pro and people love them and everything we run has a ARM version now.
I ordered one for my kid at this price.
I am using this laptop/CPU and it's been great, though some compatibility issues (first real ARM device). Microsoft recently launched a laptop "for business" on Lunar Lake that is supposed to have many of the same battery life benefits, but Intel so more compatible, though it starts at $1500.
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1. Compatibility
The snapdragon cpus ARE NOT 100% Intel/AMD compatible with x64-bit Windows apps and drivers.
This means if you stay within the Microsoft sandbox of apps (Office, Teams, Outlook, Edge) then you'll be happy.
Wander out, and you'll hit incompatibilities now and then. Eg. Forget even playing a simple game like Fortnite or some VPNs.
Importantly for college students, some colleges DO NOT have Snaps on their recommended hardware list because school apps won't run.
Some older devices will have issues because the drivers aren't compatible with SnapX cpus.
There is NO workaround for incompatibilities. Microsoft released the first ARM (smartphone) based CPU Surface Pro X in 2019! And STILL has not thrown enough money at the compatibility issues to even reach 99% compatibility. (Billions in cash, yet can't hire a few VMWare Workstation engineers!?!?)
2. Expect to be the guinea pig.
Some people love to tweak and try a zillion things to get a broken system working.
If You ARE the tinkerer, then SnapX systems will be a choice for a new laptop.
If dealing with PC problems brings dark clouds over your head, save yourself the mental anguish and buy an Intel/Amd system instead.
3. https://www.notebookche
In Real Life tests, not the fake numbers manufacturers love to toot, Lunar Lake CPU laptops were already competitive in battery runtimes (1.5 hours heavy loads, 8+ hours wifi browsing, office document editing) with similar or Better performance, and the upcoming Intel CPUs eliminate any benefit of the Snaps.
So Qualcomm lost any lead they had fast.
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Eg compare the Oled msi 13" to the surface laptop 7 13.8" for cpu, gpu, runtime.
Cpu SnapX 1.6k vs 1.5k Cinebench R15
Gpu MSI Intel far faster on 3dMark
Battery - wifi surfing runtimes within 9% and that's over 800 minutes for both.
4. There are Surface Laptops with Intel/Amd cpus as an alternative.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/...?rdt=49906
Why would Microsoft bother releasing an Intel Lunar Lake SL7 AFTER the SnapX SL7 if SnapX is SO Great?
Because they can't fix the emulation issues with business apps used in Fortune 500 companies....
5. Ask here or SnapX forums on other sites if you use an app and want to know Does It Work Right?
As long as your list is 100% ok, that's another way to determine if SnapX is viable.
1. Compatibility
The snapdragon cpus ARE NOT 100% Intel/AMD compatible with x64-bit Windows apps and drivers.
This means if you stay within the Microsoft sandbox of apps (Office, Teams, Outlook, Edge) then you'll be happy.
https://windowsonarm.or
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If you still want to bet on x86, as people did in 2007-08, without switching to Apple or Android from BlackBerry or Symbian OS phones, you're living in the past. Although this might be the first-generation product, I find great value in the battery life combined with high performance, unlike Lunar Lake laptops that sacrifice performance for battery longevity. I've been using it for over 8 months now and haven't encountered any compatibility issues. Initially, in the first few months, I noticed that some VPNs and Google Drive weren't supported, but I haven't encountered any problems with any of the apps I use.