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Microsoft has a version of windows running on arm in the surface pro. Wouldn't that give them the headstart on apple?

• kzrdude 6y ago
  Apple had versions of iOS running ARM on phones and pads since how many years? They used their head start already to launch themselves into their ARM computers.
  • macintux 6y ago
    And it's not particularly relevant, but the Newton was an ARM device, so Apple's head start is even longer than that.
    • mattkevan 6y ago
      ARM was a joint project between Apple, Acorn and VLSI, so you could say that they had a head-start on pretty much everyone except Acorn, who invented it in the first place.
• pmarreck 6y ago
  What’s the Windows app compatibility look like on those, though?
  • pitterpatter 6y ago
    Most UWP apps should be easy to compile for ARM. Emulating x86-32 apps on ARM Windows has been a thing for many years and the further expanded x86-64 support is in Insider builds. Really the bigger issue is that the ARM chips Windows has thus far run on don't have the similar TSO opts the M1 came with.