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>ARM on Microsoft land has failed not for lack of effort Microsoft failed to have an emulator for legacy software ready to go on day one. They also failed to
by GeekyBear 6y ago
>ARM on Microsoft land has failed not for lack of effort
Microsoft failed to have an emulator for legacy software ready to go on day one.
They also failed to produce ARM versions of their own software in a timely manner.
Heck, Microsoft sold Surface RT as a tablet without producing a version of Office that had a touch based UI.
If you can't be bothered to produce software that supports the features of your own OS, why should anyone else?
- JustFinishedBSG 6y ago> Microsoft failed to have an emulator for legacy software ready to go on day one. They didn't "fail", they were waiting for x64 patents to expire. Apple introducing M1 macs literally the year the relevant x64 patents expired is not a complete coincidence ;)
- WhyNotHugo 6y agoMS fails so much because they don’t commit to anything. Apple took half a decade to do this transition. First including the T1 chip, then slowly growing it, and finally upgrading that to an M1 as they dropped the Intel chip. And that’s just what we say, internally, it surely took more than that. MS does a quick and dirty attempt at thing, while they’re also trying out other directions. Nothings gonna work if you don’t have a clear direction.