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The 2024 Microsoft Surface Laptop, currently the least expensive available with a Qualcomm X chip. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
Currently, the $999 Microsoft Surface Laptop is the cheapest way to get a Windows machine that runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Plus chip, with all the battery life benefits (and caveats) that might entail. But in 2025, they’ll be cheaper — Qualcomm now says they’ll hit the $700 mark next year.
“As we look forward to 2025, in addition to new design wins, our X series product roadmap will expand to address PCs with retail prices as low as $700 without compromising NPU performance,” Qualcomm CEO and president Cristiano Amon just said on the company’s Q3 2024 earnings call.
Amon did not necessarily say they would be laptops — the company’s chips can also power small desktops like its 8-inch Dev Kit. He only spoke to price.
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