Windows On Arm Articles

Leaked benchmarks show the Snapdragon 8cx can rival Intel's i5-8250U

Windows 10 on ARM is getting better

By Rob Thubron, September 3, 2019, 9:39 AM 12 comments

The Future of Tech: The Desktop PC

FEATURE By Rob Thubron and Julio Franco, April 29, 2019, 6:05 AM TechSpot Tech Culture

In this first part of our "Future of Tech" series, we'll call some predictions about the next generation of PCs. Rather than dreaming far into the future, we'll try to go for the practical and feasible... evolutionary steps that we could easily see happen in the next five to fifteen years.

Microsoft Hardware

Intel reportedly petitioned Microsoft to avoid using ARM chips in the Surface Go

Probably the right decision

By Rob Thubron, August 24, 2018, 9:33 AM

Hardware

Snapdragon 1000 could be used in desktop PCs, Hololens products, and Microsoft's Andromeda

Should Intel be worried?

By Rob Thubron, June 25, 2018, 7:59 AM 13 comments

Hardware

Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 850, a chip designed for Windows PCs

Boosting the performance of Windows 10 on ARM

By Rob Thubron, June 5, 2018, 7:40 AM

HP Envy x2 Review: The First Snapdragon 835 Windows Device

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, April 10, 2018, 6:14 AM TechSpot Mobile

Today we're looking closely at the first Snapdragon 835 device running Windows: the HP Envy x2. Having used it for a few weeks, there's a lot of things HP did well to make this a hardware experience to rival the Microsoft Surface.

Windows on ARM Benchmarked: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs. Intel Celeron N3450

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, March 25, 2018, 1:00 AM TechSpot Microsoft

Microsoft has come up with strange ideas over the years. Their latest one is running Windows on ARM (again), with the help of Qualcomm and some daring manufacturing partners to bring a new OS variant that can emulate x86 software. We get hands on with the first Windows on ARM device, the HP Envy x2, for some serious benchmarking.