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There are a fair number of people buying Apple Laptops that use them for virtualizing Windows. I'd expect that a transition to ARM would only be able to happen
by godzillabrennus 9y ago
There are a fair number of people buying Apple Laptops that use them for virtualizing Windows. I'd expect that a transition to ARM would only be able to happen for some of the lineup. It couldn't be across the board as it wouldn't run Windows. That would present a new challenge for folks who don't understand much about tech and wouldn't be able to differentiate the product lines properly.
- danielsju6 9y agoIsn't Windows ARM ready now? A bunch of ARM laptops w/ Windows 10 are coming out this year.
- cm2187 9y agoI think it requires special hardware (x86 emulation, which is 32 bit only), and many apps won't be ported to ARM for a while. That being said Apple might find x86 emulation useful too.
- int0x80 9y agoSo you run on ARM just to do x86 emulation? How does it work?
- cm2187 9y agoWindows might have been recompiled to ARM but it will take a while before all apps have. That's also why WinRT was a failure. You couldn't run anything useful on it.
- floatboth 9y agoRT's big problem was the lockdown. They wanted everyone to use the Windows Store. You can't even run architecture-neutral .NET apps on the desktop in RT without a developer unlock.
- mr_toad 9y agoYes, but the two things that keep people using Windows are legacy applications and games. They’d also have to be ported to ARM, and I don’t see that happening in a hurry.
- Deathmax 9y agoMicrosoft has been demoing x86 emulation on ARM for a while now (https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4171 https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/P4171)