Insight partners with Microsoft, Qualcomm as early provider of AI PCs

Insight Enterprises (NSIT) is playing a key role in testing next-generation devices equipped to take full advantage of the new AI-featured Windows operating system update announced Monday by Microsoft (MSFT). Insight will be among the first to adopt Windows-based AI PCs with dedicated neural processing units powered by Qualcomm (QCOM) Snapdragon X Elite processors. The devices by Microsoft Surface, Dell, HP and Lenovo will feature the new Windows 11 always-on AI experience with a new version of Copilot+ that is contextually aware of on-device information. Insight is among a select few Microsoft partners participating in a technical adoption preview program for the next-gen Surface Laptop, also introduced Monday by Microsoft. During this pre-release proof of concept, performed across multiple business units, Insight will evaluate the device architecture by testing key features like native software performance, critical business app compatibility and deployment methodologies. Insight also is testing Windows-based AI PCs powered by AMD (AMD) and Intel (INTC). Early results have shown benefits such as improved battery life and CPU performance, lower memory utilization, and enhanced end-user multitasking for generative AI workloads, images, voice recognition and predictive text processing.