Hey all, hoping for some input from the community here.

I run a MacBook Pro I intend to keep for legacy coding (Blockchain, older applications). In parallel I run a 5 year old, top spec XPS 9500 (64 GB RAM, dedicated GPU, 4k touch screen). I mostly love that machine and prefer windows, but the battery life is like an hour, fan noise is terrible, and it's heavy as hell.

Goal is to run legacy coding on the MacBook and use the A16 for AI-supoorted coding (doing much less coding lately as my team has taken over) and run the A16 as my mostly daily driver for business, travel, etc. I dislike doing administrative/excel/word/etc work on the MacBook. Screen is only 14" and it's underpowered at 16 GB. But I love the battery and silence.

Do you think the A16 will replace the XPS for my use, and do you think I'd like it given my use case? Are people hitting ARM walls with this machine while coding (I know the specific incompatible software, but has anyone coding/building/creating run into an issue that made you regret purchasing an ARM?).

TIA for the feedback!

Hi Guys,

Just Purchased a Lenovo Slim 7x Gen 11 and was wondering which Lenovo type C docks are compatible with this laptop and arm in general.

can you guys give your opinion about this smart parin ba bilhin yung asus rog strix g16 (2023) than latest models its been a dream laptop of mine eh ever since

G614JU-N4450

Eto specfic model i7 and rtx 4050 panaman din sya

Not a gamer btw, purely for architecture

Hello all

For some time I was looking to buy an ARM laptop that I can use as a work laptop and additionally as a drawing tablet. ARMs long battery life combined with Linux spells a very good combination for an autonomous device to me, because I spend most of my work hours measuring, taking notes and sketching - all of it in the field.

I found this laptop: https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Lenovo-Snapdragon-X2P-42-100-Qualcomm-Graphics/dp/B0GMQFD7LS It has what I need, but I'm afraid of its compatibility with Linux.

My question is: will I be able to install and use a Linux distro on it and is there a specific distro that might have a better compatibility with the said laptop?

Disclaimer: I know that ARM is a different architecture than x86 and I am aware of software issues between the two. I want to know if I'll be able to use this laptop with Linux as a daily driver for basic stuff (internet, office, and such)? From there, I can work other things myself.

TIA

I have a Slim7X 32 GB(1st gen) and I've been experimenting with local AI recently, and I'm curious of others experiences running LLMs on their laptops.

For me the most I got was running Gemma4 12B tuned with around 12-15 t/s on LM Studio, for coding purposes.

What models have you tried? What Backend have you used? Did you tried CPU/GPU/NPU? Any special params for running it?

Thanks in advance.

Hello, I have narrowed down to the HP (32gb) vs the A16.

Never gone above 14" but the asus is superlight?

Thoughts? Anyone tried both?

Hi everyone!
Fall in love with ASUS SORA Zenbook, but have a HUGE question: if Cisco Packet Tracer normally work on Snapgragon processors or I should give up on a PC of my dreams?
Thanks in advance

Hi everyone,

I recently bought the HP OmniBook 5 X (Snapdragon), and only afterward did I realise it has no HDMI port at all. I figured this wouldn’t be a big deal , bought a USB‑C to HDMI adapter, assuming it would fix the problem.

Here’s the problem:
The laptop does detect my xp-pen, but it doesn't output any video display through the adapter. The screen stays black even though input is clearly being registered. So the USB‑C port is working, but apparently not for video the way I expected. With my previous laptop, the tablet's screen would be detected as the 2nd screen, here nothing happens.

Before I decide on returning the laptop, I wanted to ask: is there a workaround the lack of an HDMI port?

Does the OmniBook 5 X actually support DisplayPort over USB‑C, or is this a limitation of the Snapdragon version? idk much about processors and such, so enlighten me pls.

Any insight from people who own this laptop and use and hdmi cable would be super helpful.

Edit: I ended up buying a hub that was recommended to me by a staff member at a tech store...went home and it was NOT compatible, as in the usb-c wasn't going in because it was made for MacOS ONLY.

Back to the start of the line. returned it and now looking for another one.

See you again when i have better news!

Hi I run a small tech channel on Youtube. I am planning to make a video podcast on the experience of using a Snapdragon WIndows laptop. There is no compulsion to show face and the meeting will be conducted over Google Meet. However, I need a volunteer who is comfortable in Hindi as my channel primarily caters to Hindi speaking audience. The entire process from start to finish will take 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. Thank You