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ARM on Windows is going to be irrelevant for at least a decade likely forever. There is a long-standing culture with the Mac that (a) backwards compatibility i
by threeseed 3y ago
ARM on Windows is going to be irrelevant for at least a decade likely forever.
There is a long-standing culture with the Mac that (a) backwards compatibility is minimal, (b) developers need to always keep their code current and (c) users should expect constant turnover in the platform. None of that exists on Windows. And when we last saw Windows on ARM the outcomes were that this wasn't going to change.
Which means it will never be a transition rather a fragmentation of Windows ecosystem into two equal parts. Making it far less compelling for everyone.
- QuarterReptile 3y agoThe reports of emulation and native apps on Windows seem pretty compelling to me, and the battery life improvements are substantial. For people who live in browsers (most people), it's not that hard. The more compelling reason for fragmentation is that AMD and Intel will stay with x86 as long as they can, and high prices from Qualcomm will keep people from shifting over en mass.