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		neves 22 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Local AI is driving the biggest change in laptops ... I have a Snapdragon laptop and it is the best I've ever had. But the NPU is really almost useless. This is a nice companion to the article: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2965927/the-great-npu-failur...

dijit 22 days ago [–]

Agreed, I have the ARM based T14s for work.

The thing is nowhere near the performance as a macbook, but its silent and the battery lasts ages, which is a far cry from the same laptop with an Intel CPU, which is what many are running.

Company removes a lot of the AI bloat though.

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