They seem to believe that the extra battery life of the Snapdragon when running ARM software justifies the price premium, when most consumers would be mostly running x86/x64 software in emulation. The reviewers pick up on that point, consumers continue to buy x64 devices, and the Windows ARM ecosystem remains largely undeveloped.
Qualcomm and Microsoft's unwillingness to invest in growing the ecosystem is very troubling. What was the point of the timed-exclusivity agreement to begin with, if not to invest in the ecosystem?
Qualcomm and Microsoft's unwillingness to invest in growing the ecosystem is very troubling. What was the point of the timed-exclusivity agreement to begin with, if not to invest in the ecosystem?