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Unfortunately, Windows ARM laptops were and are poorly executed. Apple is carrot and stick, where the carrot is performance and the stick is obsolescence. Wit
by DrBazza 6y ago
Unfortunately, Windows ARM laptops were and are poorly executed.
Apple is carrot and stick, where the carrot is performance and the stick is obsolescence.
With Windows, there's neither carrot or stick. ARM isn't that much more performant, the battery life isn't that much better, and they're certainly not abandoning Intel.
OTOH, Microsoft could invest a huge amount of their money on making ARM attractive, but the Wintel ties clearly run deep.
- gumby 6y ago> and the stick is obsolescence Does this really apply? My gf and I each earn FANG salaries and could upgrade a,couple of times a year if we were so inclined but haven’t bothered until the M1 arrived. IPhone 6s & 7, watch 0 & 3, 2016 Macbook + 2017 MacBook Air (TBF she has a big 2019 Intel MBP from work though)...upgrading that old gear didn’t seem worth it. Patches and upgrades continued to arrive (except for the watch 0). But we finally upgraded everything and now I’ll upgrade my 2014 ipad that I’m typing on now. I doubt most people upgrade simply because something new has arrived. Apple doesn’t really drive you to it.
- valesco 6y agoDepends on who you’re asking. My 2012 Thinkpad is on the latest Windows 10. It works very well with its SSD and it is really quiet (new thermal paste). Meanwhile, my 2011 MBA cannot even get GarageBand from the App Store because its OS won’t upgrade. Otherwise it’s fine...
- gumby 6y agoWell sure it depends on who you ask, but though it’s just anecdotal, both you are examples that “obsolescence” may not be that big a driver.
- brundolf 6y agoI think the "stick" the GP was referring to is applied to developers, not consumers. Developers who don't get on board with Windows ARM get... to save themselves some effort. Developers who don't get on board with M1 will have their apps running slower than their competitors' apps across the entire ecosystem within another year or two, period.
- DrBazza 6y agoAs @brundolf said. Whilst you can run Intel code via Rosetta indefinitely(), Apple's strategic position is no more Intel hardware. I'm typing this on a 2013 MBP. I'm personally waiting for an M2 chip, which I expect will follow Moore's law, albeit for ARM. Which backs up your point. () indefinitely as defined by Apple is until they change their mind.