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Asus tells reviewers one Zenbook A16 price, then immediately hikes it (www.pcworld.com)
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[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

any ideas how well Linux runs on Snapdragon X2?

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

searches

As of Christmas, several months back:

https://www.phoronix.com/review/snapdragon-x-elite-linux-eoy2025

Snapdragon X Elite Laptop Performance On Linux Ends 2025 Disappointing

Hopefully in 2026 we'll see X2 Elite support morph into a more formidable contender for Linux use but as it stands now the Linux support and performance is better off with AMD Ryzen AI and Intel Core Ultra laptop options.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

For ARM Linux comparison, I ran the Speedometer 3.0 benchmark the author uses on my daily driver Macbook Air M2 (24GB RAM) running Asahi Linux Fedora Remix 42 (KDE). I used FF 149 which is just what I had installed. It scored 22.0 which apparently was better than this Zenbook and even beat out several Ryzen 7 and Core i7 offerings:

A used M2 Air with my spec mine (24GB RAM 2TB SSD) is $800-$900, which is a fraction of the $1600 Asus wants for their slower unit new, but the Asus does have more RAM.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Asus is garbage

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

For ARM Linux comparison, I ran the Speedometer 3.0 benchmark the author uses on my daily driver Macbook Air M2 (24GB RAM) running Asahi Linux. I used FF 149 which is just what I had installed. It scored 22.0 which apparently was better than this Zenbook and even beat out several Ryzen 7 and Core i7 offerings: