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Comment by wmf | original | Qualcomm Linux 2.0
[−]wmf · 2026-07-01 Wed 23:14 UTC · link
[−]senectus1 · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:20 UTC · link
holy hell.. the price tags...!
[−]geerlingguy · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:25 UTC · link
$4,300-$6,000+, wow you're not wrong. And that's just 32 or 64 GB of RAM.
[−]wmf · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:41 UTC · link
Something has gone wrong at HP. They are also charging $7,000 for Strix Halo.
[−]esseph · 2026-07-02 Thu 03:18 UTC · link
HP is nuts

HPE I've had very good luck with for HCI.

[−]r_lee · 2026-07-02 Thu 08:33 UTC · link
why on earth would anyone buy that shit if you can buy a macbook pro that literally looks and feels like art vs. a plastic windows laptop?

it used to be that Apple was the pricier option but I guess not anymore

[−]aacid · 2026-07-02 Thu 08:55 UTC · link
someone who doesn't want apple experience? I really don't need "art" computer if I'm not able to do what I want on it.
[−]alessandroberna · 2026-07-02 Thu 09:17 UTC · link
Of course a 1000$+ windows laptop is going to look and feel like a low end 300$ one /s
[−]modeless · 2026-07-02 Thu 08:40 UTC · link
That's crazy, $4,586 for 32 GB RAM? Asus is selling an X2 Elite Extreme laptop with 48 GB RAM for $1,699.99 and it's in stock at Best Buy today. What is HP thinking?
[−]red_admiral · 2026-07-02 Thu 08:48 UTC · link
At some point, RAM arbitrage will be profitable at small scale: buy a complete PC, rip the RAM out, dump the rest and resell online.
[−]diabllicseagull · 2026-07-02 Thu 02:54 UTC · link
From the June 4th article: "These patches are a result of a collaboration between a couple of Qualcomm engineers taking part in an internal sprint and were created over 3 days."

it's not giving me any warm and fuzzy.

[−]aseipp · 2026-07-02 Thu 03:41 UTC · link
They've been upstreaming drivers for the X2 platform for months at this point, since at least late 2025 (just search "glymur" or "kaanapali" on LKML).

The patch referenced in the Phoronix article is just a device tree file. That is the easiest part of the whole thing. As usual he's just farming every random LKML patch he can for clicks.

[−]wmf · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:08 UTC · link
The open source world has a habit of leaving the easiest part of the whole thing unfinished for years or decades, so I salute this patch and I salute Phoronix for calling attention to it.
[−]aseipp · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:27 UTC · link
Point well taken.