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I’m out of the Windows ecosystem, except one machine at work. I’d love Windows on ARM to work. I love my M1 and would like something comparable. But Apple had
by MBCook 4y ago
I’m out of the Windows ecosystem, except one machine at work.
I’d love Windows on ARM to work. I love my M1 and would like something comparable.
But Apple had the M1 and the ARM PCs seem to be based on iPhone 7 level chips (perceptually).
“You can have Intel or ARM. No one buys ARM so there is little software. Windows was ruined on ARM for a long time. Your ARM laptop will be way slower, but it will be cheap because the only ones you can buy are ultra-low spec with terrible components like eMMC storage.”
There is absolutely no compelling reason to buy one for any reason and they’re not fixing it.
The first MacBook Air was a horrible computer in many ways, but it really excelled in one that mattered to people.
These don’t have that one thing that matters. They’re just ‘meh’ computers that don’t run much. MS can’t fix it (without their own chip) and Qualcomm seemingly wont either.
- wyldfire 4y ago> Your ARM laptop will be way slower, but it will be cheap because the only ones you can buy are ultra-low spec with terrible components like eMMC storage. It's not clear what you're quoting from. But it's out of date, now. The last generation (or two?) of windows ARM laptops certainly have NVMe storage. And they're not generally cheap (in cost nor components). > MS can’t fix it (without their own chip) and Qualcomm seemingly wont either. Well, launching these laptops without a native Chrome build was a bit of a blunder IMO. That was ~2-3 generations ago and while Google might not ship Chrome for windows-arm64 (last I checked), you can download native binaries of Chromium. IIRC MS does somehow co-brand w/Qualcomm for the SoCs used on the ARM Surface. But I kinda doubt Microsoft will start designing their own.
- naikrovek 4y ago> But I kinda doubt Microsoft will start designing their own. There were job postings a few months back which would indicate you’re wrong, but who knows if those positions were filled, or if the project is still alive internally. We’ll see, I guess.
- jhickok 4y agoMS has been credibly rumored to be designing their own ARM processors for both Azure and the Surface lineup: https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189450/microsoft-arm-processors-chips-servers-surface-report https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189450/microsoft-arm-p...