Intel claims retailers are facing high return rates for Snapdragon PCs, Qualcomm denies it

[MaXtor]

Yup, on Black Friday I saw a "Frequently Returned" warning on a Snapdragon PC Amazon listing.

It doesn't mean it's a bad product, it means there are uninformed buyers.

 

[penn919]

It should be pointed out that this is NOT the first generation of Windows on Arm; Microsoft has been trying to make WoA a thing since 2012 when Windows RT came out, and they have partnered with Qualcomm for a couple prior releases. These are just the first Snapdragon laptops to get a big marketing push. It does make me question how much better MS can get with their compatibility layer; since they have been working on it for years at this point, all the low hanging fruit has likely been picked, and polishing it up more is going to get harder & harder.

Yeah, I remember what a cluster F that was. In my mind this new initiative is distinct, though. It's been over a decade and the RT devices were only 32bit. Still, Surface RT is sorta like gen 1 in a way.

 

[Mark Fuller]

Yup, on Black Friday I saw a "Frequently Returned" warning on a Snapdragon PC Amazon listing.

It doesn't mean it's a bad product, it means there are uninformed buyers.

I bought one and it was the fastest pc I ever owned in most aspects except for network connection, which was slow for some reason. In device manager the nework card was listed as P802.11be. I returned it because the software I already spent money for did not support the ARM cpu and hardware architecture. I am thinking this will be an excellent device when the software out there catches up. You might find an excellent bargain from one of the returned machines.