Everything changed last year for Windows laptops. For the first time, Qualcomm's Arm-based Snapdragon processors brought all the efficiency Mac users love to Windows, resulting in some of the fastest and longest-lasting laptops we've ever seen, like the Surface Laptop 7. But if all that goodness is only reserved for expensive, high-end laptops, it'll never truly change the PC landscape. That's what makes a laptop like the Asus Vivobook 14 X so important. It employs Qualcomm's entry-level Snapdragon X chip, and while there are some shortcomings, the battery life alone makes this a smart choice for folks on a tight budget. While $700 might not sound that cheap for a laptop, the details matter because this Vivobook 14 is more than just an entry-level machine. The base configuration comes with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, so it qualifies as a Copilot+ PC and can access a few of Microsoft's artificial intelligence features. If this laptop had a cheaper starting configuration, it...
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