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There is a solid Windows ARM64 laptop, sort of: Microsoft's Surface Pro X. The main problem, as far as I can tell, is that there are few native ARM apps for Wi
by hsitz 7y ago
There is a solid Windows ARM64 laptop, sort of: Microsoft's Surface Pro X. The main problem, as far as I can tell, is that there are few native ARM apps for Windows (though the MS Edge browser is native ARM64), and the machine is limited to running x86-32 (no 64 bit) apps through a translation layer, which makes the apps seem slow and makes the machine power hungry. But I would definitely consider getting one if I planned on living in the WSL, which is a native ARM-based Linux:
See, e.g.,:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21100071/microsoft-surface-pro-x-edge-chromebook-chrome-browser-arm-chip-apps https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/28/21100071/microsoft-surfac...
https://andregarzia.com/2019/12/a-week-with-the-surface-pro-x.html https://andregarzia.com/2019/12/a-week-with-the-surface-pro-...