{"id":11581,"date":"2024-06-23T12:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T12:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2024-06-23T12:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T12:50:48","slug":"asus-vivobook-s-15-copilot-pc-review-promising-battery-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11581","title":{"rendered":"Asus Vivobook S 15 Copilot+ PC Review: Promising Battery Life"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The arrival of<\/span> Microsoft\u2019s AI-soaked Copilot+ PC<\/a> has somewhat overshadowed the simultaneous launch of Qualcomm\u2019s Snapdragon X CPU, an upgraded, ARM-based alternative to Intel and AMD processors that have long dominated the laptop world.<\/p>\n

Qualcomm has made some incredible claims<\/a> about what the Snapdragon X would be able to do since its announcement last fall, the most notable being a promise of double the performance over competing CPUs at one-third the power draw. Those competing CPUs have all been upgraded since that announcement, so examining the situation with the current environment fully accounted for is crucial. The catch is that Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs are only certified to run on Snapdragon X CPUs\u2014for now, at least\u2014so if you want the Copilot+ experience with all the new artificial intelligence features baked into Windows<\/a>, a Snapdragon is the only way to fly.<\/p>\n

Before we get to the CPU, let\u2019s look at the laptop containing it more broadly. The Asus Vivobook S 15 (now featuring a space in the name, but sometimes not) dates back to 2017, when it began as an Intel-based product. Intel-powered Vivobooks are still around, mind you. The Qualcomm-based version reviewed here is model number S5507Q.<\/p>\n

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The silver laptop features a spacious 15.6-inch (non-touch) display running at 2,880 X 1,620 pixels of resolution. It\u2019s plenty bright without being eye-searing, backing up its screen with a beefy Harman Kardon sound system. In addition to the Snapdragon X Elite X1E7810 CPU, the unit features 16 GB of RAM and a 1-terabyte solid-state drive, both standard on a modern laptop. The keyboard is roomy and responsive, even squeezing a tiny numeric keypad to the right.<\/p>\n

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