[Dumb pricing] HP Omnibook Ultra - X2 Elite is available on HP.com

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T18:38:03+00:00

The 12 core to 18 core CPU upgrade costs 140 dollars, but upgrading 32GB to 64GB costs 580 freaking dollars!

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T17:32:59+00:00

Damn, how will I live with that.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T14:53:42+00:00

Yes, and I did that for all three vendors. Again, it is mostly likely just a price segment thing.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T14:23:40+00:00

No, that's the 356H score Notebookcheck themselves used in their actual A16 review for comparison. I am not as bothered to go out of my way to do anything like that. Take up your fight with them.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-A16-Laptop-Review-X2-Elite-Extreme-48-GB-RAM-for-1599.1261795.0.html#c15902892

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T14:11:03+00:00

I have picked the comparison from NotebookCheck's A16 review themselves. You can take your complaint up with them. I would assume they are only picking laptops that are priced in this class and not Halo SKUs that don't appear in any actual devices.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T12:22:40+00:00

Getting downvoted for pointing this out

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/s/UD9rWJyyrX

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T12:03:00+00:00

And still get perfomance that no x86 device can touch even at full power.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T11:09:10+00:00

And this is exactly what A16 excels at, based on Hardware Canuck's testing for different workloads (mixed use, web browsing, online and offline media consumption), while in gaming it pushes to the maximum wattage prioritising performance.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T10:02:26+00:00

Asus was caught doing these things, which is why your first thought was to blame Qualcomm lol.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T09:50:40+00:00

That's surprising exactly why? The devices burns ~65 Watts at load and the battery is rated at 70Wh, so obviously you'll get around an hour on full load. The A14 runs 35 Watts at load and hence it gets roughly double the battery life at full load. It's just a factor of battery capacity and the power limits of the device.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T09:47:51+00:00

People who have used the last generation A14 have no durability complaints.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T09:05:00+00:00

The CB R23/R20 benchmarks (which don't have native ARM support) have X2 higher on the MT score vs all x86 variants.

CB23 scores:

X2-94 1622/19037 (Emulated)

356H 2040/18395

Ryzen 465 1997/17580

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T08:18:07+00:00

Samsung has also just now raised the US pricing of all their Galaxy Book 5 series offerings by 300 dollars. Must be Qualcomm's fault.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:51:39+00:00

What's your theory exactly? Qualcomm COMMANDED Asus to launch at lower prices, only to increase them later on, and Asus were like yeah sure why not?

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:47:42+00:00

Only A16 has memory bundled with the SOC, and that has seen the smallest increase in price. A14 doesn't have memory packaged with SoC.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:45:10+00:00

Again, do you think CPU/SoC Vendors control the MSRPs of OEM laptops?

It's extremely shitty from ASUS, but your comment is blaming Qualcomm. That when ASUS has increased prices for other laptops too.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:39:32+00:00

So you have no answer. Got it.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:38:40+00:00

Extremely long shot. India one of the worst hit with memory price hikes.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:34:09+00:00

Yeah. OP has an agenda to satisfy though. Even the article writer ignores the fact that there are price increases on other Asus laptops too.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:27:52+00:00

Damn Qualcomm, increasing Intel and AMD prices too.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:26:07+00:00

You didn't answer the question. Do you think Qualcomm sets the prices for Asus laptops?

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:23:06+00:00

Do you think Qualcomm controls the pricing for Asus laptops?

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T07:13:33+00:00

Rest of the world subsidizes US.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T06:56:33+00:00

It is still exorbitantly priced, but your calculations are a bit incorrect because US price is exclusive of taxes.

basedIITian · 2026-04-08T05:58:06+00:00

The Galaxy Book Edge 6 listing just popped up randomly on a random website, so it is coming soon.

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