PC makers are chasing 'creatives'. But who are they?
THE SO WHAT
“Creatives” is becoming a proxy for anyone running heavy local AI workloads — color-accurate displays and muted chassis are table stakes, GPU and NPU performance are the real segmentation axis. If you build tools for this segment, assume their next laptop refresh is driven by AI throughput, not just Adobe or Figma performance.
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