The conversations about the first Snapdragon-powered laptops began buzzing in
the net in early 2017. Microsoft has promised there will be several laptops
equipped with an ARM-based processor. Asus, HP, and Lenovo were expected to be
the first manufacturer to bring the mentioned chips to the notebooks market.
Today, the Lenovo US officially announced the Lenovo Miix 630 ACPC, priced at US$ 899.99.
Actually, this is not the first ACPC. The HP ENVY x2
released recently. Moreover, both models are priced identically. But as this is
a quite young niche, both ACPCs will benefit a lot. At the end of last year, at WinHEC
event in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft announced the company is working with
Qualcomm and they will bring the full Win10 experience to future devices
powered by Snapdragon chipsets. Now we can write down Windows 10 is brought to
the ARM ecosystem. Those devices adopt so-called eSIM technology that means
users will remain continually connected.
As for the Lenovo Miix 630, it was officially
unveiled at CES 2018. We knew the laptop is packed with a Qualcomm Snapdragon
835 chip and provides a long battery life as well as Gigabit 4G LTE
connectivity. Apart from this, it comes with a 12.3-inch touchscreen with a
resolution of 1920×1080 and a maximum brightness of 400 nits. The lowest
version sports a 4GB LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB YFS2.1 flash storage. There are a 5MP
front camera as well as a 13MP rear camera with infrared Windows Hello
authentication lens
In addition, the machine is equipped with a
1024-level pressure sensitive stylus and two 1W power speakers. It runs on
pre-installed Windows 10 S operating system but users can upgrade to Windows 1
Professional for free within 18 months.
As for interfaces, the Lenovo Miix 630 sports a Nano
SIM card slot, a Type-C interface, supporting charging and video output
functions, a MicroSD card slot, and a headset jack. It weighs 1.33kg with a
keyboard, while the body only comes at a 770g weight.
