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I can't wait for proper high end ARM laptops with Microsoft's backing and support. I'm like the author, I consider the M MacBooks very impressive but I dislike

by jimaek 3y ago

I can't wait for proper high end ARM laptops with Microsoft's backing and support. I'm like the author, I consider the M MacBooks very impressive but I dislike the OS itself. And it was very unexpected that Chrome underperform so much, without it it's a complete deal breaker for me.

throwaway2990 3y ago
Why? Chrome is such a terrible browser to begin with. How is it a deal breaker?
- kybernetikos 3y ago
  I can't speak to the GPs reasons, but Chrome has a large enough user-base that anyone building for the web is going to want to at least test their work in it.
- jasaldivara 3y ago
  In my own experience, Chromium browser (which is the base for Google Chrome) works much better (faster) than Firefox on my Pinebook Pro (ARM, Linux). But I think the author is using Chrome under emulation, so bad performance is expected.
  - dantaro 3y ago
    Correct, I didn't grab the ARM Chromium build, only Chrome. If you want to avoid using Edge then Chromium or Firefox is the way to go.
    - olliej 3y ago
      Given edge is just a chromium wrapper, why avoid it? Just ecosystem issues? (Password managers, etc?)
      - dantaro 3y ago
        I don't avoid it, but some people do because it's a Microsoft product, as is tradition.
imtringued 3y ago
As if those will come any time soon. The big ARM scare of 2017 is already over. ARM is not competitive. By the time they catch up in the server and laptop markets, RISC-V will have eaten their lunch. All they have left to do is run marketing campaigns against RISC-V and watch their inevitable decline.
- pram 3y ago
  2033 the year of RISC-V on the desktop?