Topic

Consumer PC Hardware

Laptops, tablets and accessories sold to individual buyers and small fleets, where chips, screens, battery ratings and starting prices decide the purchase.

Current clusters

product1 publisher

Microsoft moves its mainstream Surface Pro and Surface Laptop to Snapdragon X2 Plus

The 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop now run Qualcomm's midrange X2 Plus. The hands-on account of the launch spends its time on a redesigned haptic mouse and an AI whiteboard app that ships preinstalled.

Publishers:zdnet.com

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption25
Hype gap+15
Incentives70
Confidence45

product1 publisher

Microsoft trades two CPU cores for a faster NPU in the smallest Surface Pro

The 12-inch Surface Pro and 13-inch Surface Laptop arrive Oct. 13 on Snapdragon X2 at $1,150 and $1,199, the last two small models to join the Arm parts already in the bigger Pro and Laptops.

Publishers:cnet.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption20
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence50

product1 publisher

Microsoft moves its last two Surface sizes onto Snapdragon X2 Plus

The 12-inch Surface Pro and the 13-inch Surface Laptop both get Snapdragon X2 Plus on October 13, completing a Surface catalogue that PCMag says is now down to two families plus an expected Surface Ultra.

Publishers:pcmag.com

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption14
Hype gap+11
Incentives57
Confidence58