The report seems to dispute that, but the wording is ambiguous. However, many are interpreting it to mean that there won’t be a significant impact on battery life if you run full desktop programs – also known as Win32 applications.īecause Win32 applications require more power (and will be run with emulation in Windows 10 S) many thought they would further impact battery life with Windows on Snapdragon systems. Neowin doesn’t supply the exact quote, so we’re not entirely clear what this means. However, in a report published on Neowin, PJ Jacobowitz, a representative from Qualcomm, suggested that performance and battery life impact would be the same as if it was running on a PC with an Intel processor. While some standard Windows 10 programs have UWP versions, many more do not, which meant some people worried that you would either be stuck without some of the desktop applications you rely on, or suffer from worse battery life.
