Snapdragon ARM computer, Good idea? Issues?

Rich Parry wrote on 6/1/2025, 7:11 PM

My laptop died (defective screen and keyboard). I’m thinking of purchasing a new laptop with a Snapdragon X Elite CPU. Given the new ARM architecture, is there anything I should know. I believe I will have to download “special ARM” versions of all my apps (Vegas, Adobe, etc). Does it use an emulator to emulate the Intel instruction set when there is not an ARM version available?

Suggestions welcome. This is a one of several configurations I’m looking at: Microsoft Surface Laptop, Copilot+ PC, 13.8-inch, 2,399.99, Snapdragon® X Elite (12 Core), Black, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD.

Thanks in advance

Comments

RogerS wrote on 6/1/2025, 7:22 PM

I don't believe a VEGAS ARM version has been released yet. I assume emulation is slower but haven't seen data or tests with VEGAS.

Reyfox wrote on 6/3/2025, 3:57 AM

I've looked at ARM as a possible later upgrade to my x86 computer. But software in the native ARM just isn't there yet for me to make that jump.

I'd still go x86 and not worry about emulation or hunting down ARM based software. But that's "me".