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It doesn't have to be Apple. Apple is the company that is most interested in complete lock in. The Pinewood Pro, an ARM based Linux laptop, is currently pretty
by sien 6y ago
It doesn't have to be Apple. Apple is the company that is most interested in complete lock in.
The Pinewood Pro, an ARM based Linux laptop, is currently pretty poor but it costs $US 200. For $US 400-600 perhaps someone could make a good Linux based ARM laptop.
Amazon's Graviton 2 processors are meant to be pretty good. Perhaps they could do it. Or someone else.
Ars has a review or the Pinebook Pro : https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/pinebook-pro-review-a-200-foss-to-the-hilt-magnesium-chassis-laptop/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/pinebook-pro-review-...
- IfOnlyYouKnew 6y agoI don't quite believe the people who might want to run Linux on the M1 would consider Linux-on-"currently-pretty-poor" to be as similar as you make it out to be.
- rbanffy 6y agoPinebook is possible (as are most of the SBCs we have) because there is an almost endless supply of processors and SoCs designed for cellphones and tablets. If a company decides to make a part that's really focused on performance (and tuned to the OS) the same way the M1 is, and that matches the needs of a laptop, then it'd be possible. But, unless the part is incredibly well tuned for this scenario, it'll fail the same way as the Windows on ARM laptops have - same price as an x86 at meh performance.