Microsoft and Qualcomm announced a new Snapdragon Developer Kit to be released this summer, 2021. Where can I find this kit? Has it been released yet?
I'm not asking for a recommendation for software. I'm asking where is this kit sold. Everything I've found indicates the Microsoft Store but I can't find it there. Qualcomm has several different Snapdragon development kits offered through various retailers but none of those are the Snapdragon Developer kit for Windows ARM. Nor does a Google search bring up anything other than either press releases or other bits of internet flotsam that is not related to this question.
Microsoft goes all-in on Windows 10 on ARM, with its target set on the M1 Macs
The forefront of those plans is a new Snapdragon Developer Kit. Microsoft says that this kit is an affordable Windows on ARM-based PC that is specially designed for developers. The kit will be available for purchase at the Microsoft Store this summer as part of a partnership between Microsoft and Qualcomm Technologies. Microsoft didn’t share specific pricing or availability, but notes it will be “cost-effective.”
Windows on Snapdragon provides a brief press release on the kit with a description but no way to buy it that I can see.
Qualcomm Enhances Support for Developers with New Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows 10 on Arm PCs also mentions the kit but no details about where or how to purchase.
Or is there some other way of obtaining an inexpensive Windows Arm system for less than US$200?
Currently I'm planning to go with Windows 10 ARM Preview Build on a Raspberry Pi 4 and have just heard of the Snapdragon Development kit.
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The Snapdragon Developer Kit for Windows on ARM was available for purchase from the Microsoft Store:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/ecs-liva-mini-box-qc710-desktop/8z247h1h3skp
However, it's no longer available, since Microsoft has now launched the Windows Dev Kit 2023 to replace it:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-dev-kit-2023/94k0p67w7581
This device uses the Snapdragon® 8cx Gen 3 compute platform, a considerable upgrade over the Snapdragon 7c in the earlier Snapdragon Development Kit. It is intended to be used as a development machine, and I can personally confirm it works well as one with the ARM64 native version of Visual Studio 2022.
More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/arm/dev-kit/