This week a small contingent of journalists got hands-on time with demo laptops powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chipset. I know, we have seen many stories and video demos on social media from MWC, and there have been leaked benchmarks from every corner of the planet. However, this was the first time I got hands-on with one of the demo units.
My focus was on how it performed editing videos, and while using other content creator software. From speedily rendering text to images in OpenVino, to editing 4K videos in Blackmagic’s Davinic Resolve, I left the demonstration thoroughly impressed. On the train ride back to our offices near Bryant Park, Madeline Ricchiuto and I discussed our experiences. Madeline was testing the gaming performance of the Snapdragon X Elite at the event.
