The ‘QwenBook’ Laptop Can Run Every OS at Once, and It May Be PC Fans’ Worst Nightmare
Tech companies keep trying to “reinvent” the PC with the help of AI, and it only has amounted to chatbots stuffed into every crevice of the laptop experience. Well, not to sound hyperbolic, but I’ve wrapped my mitts around what is the most eclectic laptop-like device ever devised, one that isn’t relegated to any one OS and its set of apps, all because it runs almost everything through AI. Chinese tech monolith Alibaba showcased its AI-centric QwenBook laptop this week with little initial information to go on.
- ▪Tech companies keep trying to “reinvent” the PC with the help of AI, and it only has amounted to chatbots stuffed into every crevice of the laptop experience.
- ▪Well, not to sound hyperbolic, but I’ve wrapped my mitts around what is the most eclectic laptop-like device ever devised, one that isn’t relegated to any one OS and its set of apps, all because it runs almost everything through AI.
- ▪Chinese tech monolith Alibaba showcased its AI-centric QwenBook laptop this week with little initial information to go on.
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Tech companies keep trying to “reinvent” the PC with the help of AI, and it only has amounted to chatbots stuffed into every crevice of the laptop experience. Well, not to sound hyperbolic, but I’ve wrapped my mitts around what is the most eclectic laptop-like device ever devised, one that isn’t relegated to any one OS and its set of apps, all because it runs almost everything through AI. Chinese tech monolith Alibaba showcased its AI-centric QwenBook laptop this week with little initial information to go on. I had the chance to actually use the laptop at Snapdragon Summit (full disclosure: travel and lodging were paid by Qualcomm, and Gizmodo did not guarantee any coverage as a condition of accepting the trip). Let’s just say that it’s equal parts intriguing, baffling, and exasperating.
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