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if there's one thing laptops could do better it's last longer battery life remains a sore subject for many and it's still considered a bad idea to head off on a mission-critical outing without lugging a power brick along with you a new breed of laptop aims to change that by altering one of the most fundamental things about your PC the processor the assist Nova Go is one of a handful of new systems to swap out the usual Intel or sometimes AMD CPUs in favor of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 the same chip found in smartphones like last year's Samsung Galaxy s8 why do that the promise is that these laptops and two and one hybrids will offer the same Windows 10 you're used to but AD 20 plus hours of battery life and a phone like always-on LTE connection there have been many questions about which windows have to work on these Snapdragon pcs by default the Nova go will come with Windows 10 S which restricts you to installing only apps from the official Microsoft App Store fortunately it's free and easy to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro like we have here I was able to install the Chrome browser which worked fine other apps that installed and ran correctly include Microsoft Office and the Spotify desktop app but some apps like some games or benchmarking tools wouldn't run at all in hands-on use feels a little sluggish at times but hey it's basically a smartphone brain running an entire laptop unfortunately it's got a pretty premium price and we're more forgiving of slower performance in a budget laptop that costs maybe half as much but if you're intrigued by the idea of a laptop with almost 24 hours of battery life well then you're squarely in the target market for the Nova go or one of the others Snapdragon laptops but if you're primarily interested in the always-on LTE connection keep in mind there were many other Intel powered options out there such as the new LTE version of the Microsoft Surface pro or you could just suck it up and tether to your phone like the rest of us