Posted Aug 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM UTCJQualcomm’s $300 laptops will be netbooks, not Neo competitors.Qualcomm has now shared that its Snapdragon C laptop platform is built on a 6nm process, with an 8-core CPU and support for up to 16GB of LPDDR5X memory. The budget laptops are obviously not powerhouses, especially with Qualcomm positioning them against Intel N250 devices instead of Intel’s Core lineup or the MacBook Neo’s A18 Pro chip.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jess Weatherbed
Qualcomm’s $300 laptops will be netbooks, not Neo competitors.
Qualcomm has now shared that its Snapdragon C laptop platform is built on a 6nm process, with an 8-core CPU and support for up to 16GB of LPDDR5X memory. The budget laptops are obviously not powerhouses, especially with Qualcomm positioning them against Intel N250 devices instead of Intel’s Core lineup or the MacBook Neo’s A18 Pro chip. [Image: The Intel N250 is hardly a formidable platform to oppose, but let’s not forget these laptops are prioritizing affordability. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-14-101124.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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