“Top agentic and AI developer workloads like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ComfyUI, Cursor and more now run across all modern PC silicon – making Windows the ideal platform for AI-assisted development”
None of these tools make use of local GPU whatsoever.
A Ryzen 9 laptop with 24GB of RAM and a 5070 is £1200. This thing better be dirt cheap. Basically add the price of the RAM, and deduct the price of having to use ARM and being forced into a Windows ecosystem. So what's that total? £1500 to £2000 depending on who you ask? Who is this for? Not gamers, not average Windows users, not professional developers or content creators.
Thing is, hardly any games are optimized for ARM. And no serious AI development occurs on Windows.
I understand that you want multiple models running concurrently, but then 128GB is starting to look cramped.
It's a bold move that goes one to one against Apple and AMD Strix Halo.
I'm looking at it and thinking, if it can run Linux at a fair price it could be great.
I'm curious. I am thinking, what does a non developer buy this thing, take it home, and do with it.
What does the unboxing and first 24 hours look like?
A mixture of emotions somewhere between thinking you are living in the future, and frustration at not actually being able to do much.
The target audience seems like wealthy early adopters, but that is about it.
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1: https://www.theverge.com/tech/940584/microsoft-surface-lapto...
“Top agentic and AI developer workloads like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ComfyUI, Cursor and more now run across all modern PC silicon – making Windows the ideal platform for AI-assisted development”
None of these tools make use of local GPU whatsoever.
Thing is, hardly any games are optimized for ARM. And no serious AI development occurs on Windows.
I understand that you want multiple models running concurrently, but then 128GB is starting to look cramped.
It's a bold move that goes one to one against Apple and AMD Strix Halo.
I'm looking at it and thinking, if it can run Linux at a fair price it could be great.
I'm curious. I am thinking, what does a non developer buy this thing, take it home, and do with it.
What does the unboxing and first 24 hours look like?
A mixture of emotions somewhere between thinking you are living in the future, and frustration at not actually being able to do much.
The target audience seems like wealthy early adopters, but that is about it.
I guess we shall see.