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Qualcomm spends millions on marketing as it is found better battery life, not AI features, is driving Copilot+ PC sales(www.tomshardware.com)

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morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
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Pretending it’s not locked down like the og surface arm devices, I’d consider getting one and totally drop some flavour of linux on it, 3:2 is a great aspect ratio for laptops.

Otherwise yeah, I wouldn’t go anywhere near it

Edit: apparently I don’t need to pretend, this hasn’t been an issue for a while so that’s actually great

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Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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They’re BIOS locked and only accept Windows keys. On the plus side. Tuxedo is developing Linux notebooks with the same powerful, low-power ARM chips.

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morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
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Yeah, I assumed so, really dislike that you can’t do what you want with hardware you own.

Edit: apparently not locked down, which is great

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areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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Their source is they made it the fuck up. The most recent devices from previous generations running Windows on ARM weren’t boot locked. Only the surface RT was boot locked.

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areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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Where did you get this from? Their predecessors weren’t UEFI locked. Qualcomm themselves are working on mainline Linux support. Unless you have sources I am calling bullshit.

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TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
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If you mean app compatibility, the only programs that will have issues are those needing AVX2

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morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
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Wasn’t even thinking about that, I have an old surface rc2 that’s totally useless because MS abandoned it years ago and it’s locked down so you can’t install an alternate os on it. To be fair, I’m not sure how useful it could be but it’s really about the fact I can’t do what I want with hardware I own.

Edit: apparently this (locked down) hasn’t been an issue for a while so that’s actually great

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areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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All of them modern Windows for ARM devices released since Windows 10 have been boot unlocked to my knowledge, just with very poor driver support. Lookup Linaros articles on the subject.

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mrvictory1@lemmy.world
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It is not bootloader locked, Linux support is WIP

EDIT: Source here https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/1dnu5nw/comment/ladiom2/?context=3

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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If Framework didn’t exist and Linux worked on it, I’d probably get one when my older ThinkPad dies. I’d love something with a ton of battery life, and I don’t need much else (my workflow is basically a browser and a terminal).

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