This is the first Snapdragon C laptop ever shown

So a few days before Computex 2026, Qualcomm, the chip maker, introduced a new line of chips called Snapdragon C

They're meant for budget laptops, and what we have here is the first budget laptop we've seen based on Snapdragon C, Acer's Aspire Go 15

So according to Qualcomm, Snapdragon C is intended for laptops that'll cost $300 and up

Now, right now, Qualcomm has a Snapdragon X and X2 line of processors

The lowest end of those start around $600, laptops that start around that price

So this will probably occupy another tier below that, $300 to $600, although we don't know exact pricing yet for this particular model

So this is a pretty typical 15-inch laptop, and we've seen Aspire Go's before, but not one with this particular chip inside

So if you'll notice, we've got a 15-inch Full HD screen here, sort of the baseline for a budget or mid-range system

We're seeing up to 512 gigs of storage and up to 8 gigs of memory. we're hoping that in the SKUs that come to market that they'll be 8 gigs

because we're not quite sure how Windows 11 is going to react to anything less than that. So looking at the other specs of the machine here, up to a 8.4 Snapdragon C processor

and some of the other things are pretty standard fare for a mid to budget laptop like a 1080p camera Let take a look at the sides The ports on either side of the machine are pretty standard fare

On the left side, we've got an HDMI and two USB-Cs. And on the right side, we have USB-A and a headphone jack

So good basic budget connectivity for a laptop this size. Maybe you could use one more port

but given that this is probably going to be between 300 to $600 perfectly acceptable

So one thing to notice about this model, like a lot of budget machines between 300 to $600

you may or may not get key backlighting. It appears there is no key backlighting on this model here

It looks like this printed key tops, which is understandable at the likely price point

this machine will be at. So you'll also notice that this machine is under glass here. I can't touch it

Why is that? Because this is actually the first Snapdragon scene machine that has been announced at Computex

and the only one we're aware of so far at the time we're filming this. So we're not able to run benchmarks on it

do any sort of experiential testing or anything of that sort. We'll have to get to that when this

gets closer to market. But we will see, based on Qualcomm's projections of $300 and up, what this

actually hits at. But again, we expect somewhere between $300 and $600, depending on configuration

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