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> there are outside of the Mac world no viable ARM desktop or laptop CPUs because Qualcomm completely fucked up that market for likely years to come Huh citati
by flykespice 3y ago
> there are outside of the Mac world no viable ARM desktop or laptop CPUs because Qualcomm completely fucked up that market for likely years to come
Huh citation needed? I would like to know more context on that
- mschuster91 3y agoQualcomm had an exclusivity deal with Microsoft for years [1], which they then used to deliver absolute crap to customers, which in combination with almost zero software being available on Windows for ARM [2] (even popular software such as Chrome...) led to these things being nice paperweights. [1] https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-exclusivity-deal-microsoft-windows-on-arm/ https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-exclusivity-deal-mic... [2] https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-windows-on-arm-could-actually-work-this-time/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-windows-on-arm-c...