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Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Work n' Play Tech Series of the neXt Curve reThink Podcast, the series that brings you deep tech and industry analysis on the world of consumer and commercial devices and services. This podcast is geared toward enterprise IT and consumers looking for industry and tech trends that will matter as they choose, implement, and manage technologies for organization and/or personal utility and entertainment.

The Work n' Play Tech Series is co-hosted by Leonard Lee, Executive Analyst at neXt Curve, Anurag Agrawal, Chief Global Analyst at Techaisle, and Prakash Sangam, Principal Analyst at Tantra Analyst.

In this inaugural episode, the hosts discuss the headline trend of 2024, the AI PC. How did it start, where are we today, and where do we think we are going. The hosts also provide their impressions of several AI PCs they have been recently testing including:

💻 Lenovo's X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition (powered by Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 Lunar Lake)
💻 Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7x (powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite)
💻 Dell's XPS 13 (powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite)
💻 Samsung Book4 Elite (powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite)
💻 Apple MacBook Air 15" (powered by Apple Silicon M2)

The gang touch on the following topics on the subject of the AI PC:

➡️ Introducing co-hosts Anurag Agrawal and Prakash Sangam (2:07)
➡️ Introducing the Work n' Play Series on neXt Curve's reThink Podcast (3:20)
➡️ The gang kicks off Episode 1 with the AI PC (4:07)
➡️ What is the state of the AI PC and where is it going? (6:50)
➡️ The AI PC in a state of "experimentation" & discovery (11:13)
➡️ Is the AI PC and GenAI finding a home with creators? (16:04)
➡️ The outlook for the big AI PC refresh super cycle (20:24)
➡️ What are the differentiated use cases for the AI PC? (21:08)
➡️ The cost benefit analysis of upgrading to AI PC (25:38)
➡️ Key AI PC takeaways & highlights from CES 2025 (28:50)
➡️ AI PC Reviews & favorites from Lenovo, Dell, and Samsung (36:15)
➡️ Agentic AI on AI PCs and beyond? (46:05)

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Check out Anurag and Techaisle at www.techaisle.com.
Check out Prakash and his research at Tantra Analyst at www.tantranalyst.com.

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