10 ways Snapdragon AI PCs are just like Chromebooks

Microsoft has dreamed of competing with Chromebooks for many years, having previously pushed products like Windows 10 S (a limited version of Windows that powered the first Surface Laptop) and Windows 10X (some interesting ideas but was canceled and never released). Today, Snapdragon X Elite PCs run a "full version of Windows" in many ways--but in using one myself, I'm noticing all kinds of similarities between them and Chromebooks. While Microsoft wants to talk up its AI-focused Copilot PC branding, these PCs powered by Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus chips run Windows on Arm--and they bring serious improvements that feel a lot like Chromebooks in various ways. Thanks to Prism, Windows 11 on Arm can run most--but not all--traditional Windows applications that are coded for x86 processors. In other words, most applications will install and "just work."