Snapdragon X Elite Dev Kit: The CoPilot-est PC, tested

I want off Qualcomm's wild ride. Links with more info and references: - Arrow product page for Dev Kit: https://www.arrow.com/en/products/c8380-12c-mp-32g/thundercomm - ALL my test data: https://github.com/geerlingguy/sbc-reviews/issues/51 - Full teardown blog post: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/qualcomm-snapdragon-dev-kit-windows-teardown-2024 - Blog post explaining the saga of buying a unit: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/where-qualcomms-snapdragon-x-elite-dev-kit - Alex's video about the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCiAAunK1K4 - LTT video on using CoPilot laptops for a month: https://youtu.be/zFMTJm3vmh0 - DigiTimes Asia article on slow sales: https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20240916PD211/ - TWiT podcast speculating HDMI caused delays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlEV38cO8Gs Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - Delays for devs 02:02 - CoPilot+ failure to launch 04:10 - Unboxing the Dev Kit 05:20 - Teardown and internals 07:00 - Getting to the X Elite 08:21 - Windows 11 Home 08:48 - Fan noise 09:21 - Benchmarks and power consumption 10:08 - Small bugs and updates for days 10:48 - Firefox, Edge, and GPU acceleration 11:04 - Linux when? 12:08 - Microsoft must do this