• golli@lemm.ee
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    14 days ago

    Seems pretty solid, but really nothing revolutionary. The battery life tests seem a bit pointless with so vastly different laptops, and that would have been one of the most interesting aspect.

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      13 days ago

      There is a big delta between the marketing and hype (that they started almost a year before release) and the actual results.

      This was to be expected though, it was clear that they were notably malicious in their PR strategy.

      For example, the first geekbench 6 results that they posted were completely disconnected from reality:

      https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/3326083

      3,233 ST / 16,947 MT; seems to be running on 100% fans, on the power cord and running some custom, internal build of linux.

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        13 days ago

        Was that result for this SKU or the higher ones? I think there are supposed to be two other versions that clock a bit higher, which will likely reduce battery life though.

        But you are right the hype cycle was extremely long and doesn’t really mesh with the middling results.

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          13 days ago

          This a lower end X Elite (their intro series is called X Plus), so yes it doesn’t clock as high as the top end X Elite SKU.