Qualcomm promises $300 Windows laptops with new Snapdragon C

They started astatine $1,000. Then $700. Then $600 fund machines. Now, Qualcomm says the terms of its Arm-based Windows laptops volition deed $300 this year.

Even though RAMageddon has yet to subside and PC prices support climbing, the institution says it's built a caller fund laptop level called Snapdragon C - "C" arsenic successful "Compute" - to support entry-level laptops affordable.

"With Snapdragon C, we are raising the barroom for what budget-conscious laptop buyers should expect," Qualcomm elder manager of merchandise absorption Mandar Deshpande told journalists connected a league call. "You get the benefits of a responsive system, lag-free performance, browsing, video …

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