Why would I buy a Mac Mini for Linux when devices like this exist? The Qualcomm chip is officially supported and much cheaper than buying the Mac. Seems to be much less hassle and better value on the Microsoft side of things.
The main reason so many Android devices are throwaway junk is Qualcomm. Don't rely on them for anything that you still want to keep running for more than a couple of years.
https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1585562359254421504?s...
Things do seem to be improving. Releasing the Thinkpad x13s has brought attention to the 8cx gen 3 from the Linux community.
Regardless, the internal SOC is the same as the new ARM Thinkpad which also shipped with an unlocked bootloader. Pretty much everything suggests that this will ship unlocked.
That doesn't quite seem accurate.
For one example: https://www.theregister.com/2016/07/15/windows_fix_closes_rt...
Would like to see perf numbers. Could be an interesting box, maybe a nice home server.