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> If you drop backwards compatibility, you can get a lot of headroom for better performance. Microsoft tried that with the Surface X and failed
by joenathanone 5y ago
> If you drop backwards compatibility, you can get a lot of headroom for better performance.
Microsoft tried that with the Surface X and failed
- shaklee3 5y agoNot really. They never stopped x86 as the main product.
- travisgriggs 5y agoDid they really try though? The Surface RT always felt like a tentative "what do you think?" that got thrown under the bus pretty quick as soon as there was any whining. When Apple rolls out a product, there's some transitional overlap, but you can see them getting ready to burn their viking ships in that period. Microsoft's efforts always have lacked that kind of commit factor. IMO.
- rbanffy 5y agoThey halfheartedly tried that on Windows NT with MIPS, PPC, Alpha, and Itanium versions. Lack of key software from Microsoft doomed them to a niche.