Some images of Lenovo’s first two Qualcomm Snapdragon X-based notebooks – iPon – have leaked

The Windows on ARM platform can get a huge boost this year, as Qualcomm is finally launching two members of the Snapdragon X series, the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus models, which can be found on many notebooks. A number of tests have been carried out with Qualcomm’s reference platform in the past period, based on which it seems that the new SoC units can be effective against the current offerings of AMD and Intel, but can even cause some surprises for Apple’s “M” series SoC units. The new series can help make the Windows on ARM platform finally more serious

The Windows on ARM platform can get a huge boost this year, as Qualcomm is finally launching two members of the Snapdragon X series, the Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus models, which can be found on many notebooks. A number of tests have been carried out with Qualcomm’s reference platform in the past period, based on which it seems that the new SoC units can be effective against the current offerings of AMD and Intel, but can even cause some surprises for Apple’s “M” series SoC units. The new series can help the Windows on ARM platform finally achieve more serious success, but in the end everything depends on how the new products are received, and this is greatly influenced by software support, but that’s another story.

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Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14 2024

It is certain that several partners are preparing for the start, and the first of them was to get photos of Lenovo’s arriving notebooks, thanks to one of the hardware detectives who goes by the nickname WalkingCat. In the first round, only a few photos of the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14 2024 appeared, and later the Lenovo Thinkpad 14s also appeared, which is also based on Snapdragon X.

The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 14 2024 is built around the usual thin and light design, which uses a 14-inch display. Currently, in the case of the most modern version, i.e. “Gen 8”, both AMD RYZEN 7040 and Intel Meteor Lake series processors are available, but soon the Qualcomm Snapdragon X will also join the range. It is interesting that the new notebook now also has a Microsoft Copilot button, which is a dedicated key specifically for accessing the mentioned service. The existence of this will be a requirement for the AI ​​PC category, just like the NPU capable of 45 TOP/s computing performance, which is part of the standard equipment for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite.

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Lenovo ThinkPad 14s 2024

So far, no relevant information has been revealed about the ThinkPad 14s 2024, so we can only feast our eyes on the photos in the gallery above. The new notebooks shown above and other products based around the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus are expected to arrive soon, in the middle of the year, so there is a good chance that the launch will take place at Computex 2024.

In the meantime, Qualcomm published a cryptic video through the X virtual columns, which suggests that the members of the Snapdragon X series may be unveiled as early as April 24, 2024. It is also possible that the first new notebooks will be formally presented at the same time, but the date of the actual commercial launch is not yet clear.