In some corners of the laptop market, the PC versus Mac war is firing up again. Apple reignited the flames by including broad comparisons to PC laptops in its marketing for the M1 and subsequent chips—and then delivered incredible speeds compared to its Intel predecessors. But a downright inferno erupted when Qualcomm introduced its Snapdragon X Elite processor, taking direct aim Apple with claims of faster performance then the M3 MacBook Air.
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X Elite last fall and it finally started shipping in the new Microsoft Surface Pro this month. Our colleagues at PCWorld give it a full review with benchmarks and it’s worth a read. However, their review is PC-focused and only mentions the Mac in passing, so we decided to take a look at their results with a more a Mac-centric lens.
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