It would be interesting to see a more serious effort by others to put together a high performance SOC system for gaming or workstations.
I'm writing this on a cheap core i5 system with intel iris xe graphics. Mediocrity is the name of the game for this type of laptop. Everything is mediocre. The screen, the performance, the touchpad, etc. The only good thing about this system: no blazing fans. That seems to be a thing with most SOC based PCs/laptops. Mediocre performance. Non SOC based solutions exist of course but they suck up a lot more power to the point where laptops start having cooling issues and have to do thermal throttling. I've experienced that with multiple intel based macs. You spend all that money and the system almost immediately starts overheating if you actually bother to use what you paid for.
I actually used to have a wooden plank that I used to insulate my legs from my mac book pro. It was simply too uncomfortable to actually use on my lap.
I'm writing this on a cheap core i5 system with intel iris xe graphics. Mediocrity is the name of the game for this type of laptop. Everything is mediocre. The screen, the performance, the touchpad, etc. The only good thing about this system: no blazing fans. That seems to be a thing with most SOC based PCs/laptops. Mediocre performance. Non SOC based solutions exist of course but they suck up a lot more power to the point where laptops start having cooling issues and have to do thermal throttling. I've experienced that with multiple intel based macs. You spend all that money and the system almost immediately starts overheating if you actually bother to use what you paid for.
I actually used to have a wooden plank that I used to insulate my legs from my mac book pro. It was simply too uncomfortable to actually use on my lap.