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Windows on ARM is just not particularly compelling. You have a lot more to lose compatibility wise, and likely less performance to gain given that Apple has the
by Leherenn 6y ago
Windows on ARM is just not particularly compelling. You have a lot more to lose compatibility wise, and likely less performance to gain given that Apple has the better chip and control over both the hardware and software.
- madeofpalk 6y agoWhy is it not compelling? Because they just did a bad job of it?
- notriddle 6y agoWhy would you choose Windows over ChromiumOS?
- garmaine 6y agoBecause I want to do something other than run a browser.
- valuearb 6y agoIt’s paradoxical that so many devs bemoan apples closed system, which allows you to build literally anything you want from Unix command lines up to the best pc and mobile Uis in the world, but love developing in a UX trash heap walled in by HTML.
- rleigh 6y agoOne of the reasons is because they used the switch to ARM to lock the system down tightly. Mandatory secureboot that couldn't be disabled. A Windows system that's not as open to modification as the x64 version. They did their level best to get maximum control and this was and is a huge turn off. If they made it as open as x86/x64, and pulled out all the stops to get software support equivalent to x86 like Apple have done with their system, then it would be a compelling proposition. As it is, it has woeful software support, and Microsoft did very little to address this.
- fomine3 6y agoWindows RT was a disaster but Win10 ARM is no longer locked.