Buying a laptop in late 2024 is going to be hella complicated

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For the past few years, buying a laptop has been pretty straightforward. First, you decide whether you want a Windows laptop, a Chromebook, or a MacBook. Then, you pick a budget and buy something you like that fits within it. That was all it took.

In late 2024, though, things wont be so simple. Youll still need to decide between Windows, Chrome OS, and macOS, thats for sure, but there are a lot of changes going on in the Windows world. The AI revolution has brought us new Arm-based processors from Qualcomm that will still run Windows, but not necessarily the same Windows experience youre likely used to. Meanwhile, new chips from Intel are very different from their old chips, which might require you to alter your expectations of what you can do with your laptop once you buy it. Then, youll also have your usual Intel/AMD choices. On top of all this, AI features that appear on some Windows machines wont appear on others. Its very messy.




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