[HN Gopher] Huawei says it will start selling PCs powered by Int...
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       Huawei says it will start selling PCs powered by Intel's AI chip
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-04-11 19:42 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (asia.nikkei.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (asia.nikkei.com)
        
       | throwaway4good wrote:
       | https://archive.md/DBHQ9
        
       | throwaway4good wrote:
       | "Dubbed the MateBook X Pro, the new PC will run on the HarmonyOS
       | and use the Pangu Large Language Model developed by Huawei."
       | 
       | The most interesting thing is that they are abandoning windows -
       | hopefully they will also abandon Intel at one point.
        
         | hollerith wrote:
         | >they are abandoning windows
         | 
         | Huh. I wonder what web browsers run on HarmonyOS. The word
         | "browser" does not appear in the OP, on
         | https://www.harmonyos.com/en/ or on
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarmonyOS.
        
           | throwaway4good wrote:
           | I am sure it has a browser built in - probably a chrome
           | derivative.
        
           | alephnerd wrote:
           | They use ArkWeb for the native browser [0]
           | 
           | [0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArkWeb
        
         | luyu_wu wrote:
         | Note that this seems inaccurate. Early reviews on Bilibili
         | indicate a modified (better OLED pixel rendering) Windows 11 as
         | the primary OS. HarmonyOS PC is apparently in the works. Mildly
         | disappointed they're not going with Linux ofc.
        
       | luyu_wu wrote:
       | The title is completely irrelevant (consumer chips are not
       | blocked, and they've been using Intel chips for ages, they have a
       | license for it too).
       | 
       | What's amazing are the specs. 4K 120Hz OLED with <2dE in sRGB,
       | Adobe, and P3 Weight of 980g (compared to ~1220 Macbook Air).
       | Meanwhile, the Air is also passively cooled, while this laptop
       | has active cooling rated for 40W. ~70wH battery compared to
       | around 52.6wH Air.
       | 
       | I don't like shilling, but this is definitely some amazing
       | technology for a thin-and-light laptop.
        
         | dghlsakjg wrote:
         | The matebook needs a bigger battery for the same reason that it
         | isn't actively cooled; the processor turns a lot of electricity
         | into heat.
         | 
         | I don't particularly care about 300 grams, but some people
         | might. If I had to guess based on past matebooks though, the
         | Apple build quality will explain that 300 grams.
        
           | luyu_wu wrote:
           | Yes and no, Intel's Meteor lake is a significant step up in
           | efficiency, obviously not quite Apple's M-series level yet,
           | but the performance is better with graphics and CPU.
           | 
           | The weight argument's fair. I carry around a relatively heavy
           | Framework the whole day, and I don't particularly mind. That
           | said, the chassis is high-grade magnesium, not exactly
           | plastic.
        
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