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Apple already had the eMate 300. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300 And Acorn (the company that invented ARM chips

Apple already had the eMate 300. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300 And Acorn (the company that invented ARM chips - Acorn Risc Machine) had the Acorn A4 http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/22807/Acorn-A4-Laptop/ http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/22807/Acorn-A4-Laptop... Edit: Microsoft was also already there with their Windows CE devices. And Psion and Vtech (http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30249/Vtech-I-T-Laptop/ http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/30249/Vtech-I-T-Lapto...) also used ARM Chips in laptop form factor devices So it's not really about someone beating someone else to market, just the evolution of the market itself.

fattire 10y ago
And isn't the new touchbar thing on the macbook pros also running on ARM? http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/macbook-pro-2016s-touch-bar-said-to-be-controlled-by-a-secondary-arm-processor-1586858 http://gadgets.ndtv.com/laptops/news/macbook-pro-2016s-touch... And speaking of windows 10 on arm... what's the deal with this Windows 10 IoT Core thing? from February and how does it relate to the qcom socs? https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/02/29/windows-10-iot-core-support-for-raspberry-pi-3/ https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2016/02/29/windows-10...