Geekom GeekBook X16 Pro review: A business laptop offering older but still potent Intel hardware to those working to a budget
THE SO WHAT
Mid-market business buyers are quietly repricing toward “good enough” silicon. If your product assumes customers will keep paying for top-bin CPUs, pressure-test that against a world where LPDDR5X plus last-gen Intel is the new baseline.
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