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Does anyone have reviews of any comparable ARM-based (good battery backup and speed) Windows laptops? Seems like there should be a transition of the entire lapt

Does anyone have reviews of any comparable ARM-based (good battery backup and speed) Windows laptops? Seems like there should be a transition of the entire laptop market to ARM, given that Apple has demonstrated that ARM processors are viable on the laptop.

nebula8804 4y ago
The best Windows experience is to virtualize Windows 11 on M1(or M2) Mac.....although you are still running Windows 11 unfortunately. :/ Still its the snappiest Windows I have used in a long time. Microsoft probably hasn't figured out how to use up all the resources of this chip (for dumb features).
RL_Quine 4y ago
Apple proved that their ARM processors work amazingly in a laptop, not that the ARM processors everyone else has access to work well in a laptop.
seunosewa 4y ago
Apple has demonstrated that ARM processors can be viable on the laptop. The ARM processors on their iPhones and iPads were way faster than other ARM processors before they transitioned their macs. Furthermore, only Apple seems to have the hardware and software tech to allow x86 code to run nearly as fast as native code on an ARM CPU.
dangus 4y ago
When it comes to Windows on ARM, so many reasons to pick a Windows laptop over a Mac are thrown out the door by self-sabotaging compatibility in that way. It's just not a good experience in my mind, unless you plan to use your system like a Chromebook and just stick to browsing the web or using other basic apps. I would also say that 12th generation Intel is more competitive with Apple's current silicon than it gets credit for. It beats Apple on single and multi-threaded performance. No, you won't get 20 hour battery life, but you can find a respectable balance, and to that point I don't think it's worth making the ARM tradeoff on the Windows side of the house. For Apple, ARM is great because they're betting the farm on it. For Microsoft, ARM still looks like a bit like a side project to me.
wmf 4y ago
Non-Apple ARM chips are garbage. Half the performance of M1 at best.

nebula8804 4y ago

The best Windows experience is to virtualize Windows 11 on M1(or M2) Mac.....although you are still running Windows 11 unfortunately. :/ Still its the snappiest Windows I have used in a long time. Microsoft probably hasn't figured out how to use up all the resources of this chip (for dumb features).

RL_Quine 4y ago

Apple proved that their ARM processors work amazingly in a laptop, not that the ARM processors everyone else has access to work well in a laptop.

seunosewa 4y ago

Apple has demonstrated that ARM processors can be viable on the laptop. The ARM processors on their iPhones and iPads were way faster than other ARM processors before they transitioned their macs. Furthermore, only Apple seems to have the hardware and software tech to allow x86 code to run nearly as fast as native code on an ARM CPU.

dangus 4y ago

When it comes to Windows on ARM, so many reasons to pick a Windows laptop over a Mac are thrown out the door by self-sabotaging compatibility in that way. It's just not a good experience in my mind, unless you plan to use your system like a Chromebook and just stick to browsing the web or using other basic apps. I would also say that 12th generation Intel is more competitive with Apple's current silicon than it gets credit for. It beats Apple on single and multi-threaded performance. No, you won't get 20 hour battery life, but you can find a respectable balance, and to that point I don't think it's worth making the ARM tradeoff on the Windows side of the house. For Apple, ARM is great because they're betting the farm on it. For Microsoft, ARM still looks like a bit like a side project to me.

wmf 4y ago

Non-Apple ARM chips are garbage. Half the performance of M1 at best.